Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the thirteenth verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)

Sahih International: [Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

Pickthall: He said: Lo! in truth it saddens me that ye should take him with you, and I fear less the wolf devour him while ye are heedless of him.

Yusuf Ali: (Jacob) said: "Really it saddens me that ye should take him away: I fear lest the wolf should devour him while ye attend not to him."

Shakir: He said: Surely it grieves me that you should take him off, and I fear lest the wolf devour him while you are heedless of him.

Muhammad Sarwar: Jacob replied, "I shall be grieved if you take him with you; I fear that some wild-beast will harm him in your absence."

Mohsin Khan: He [Ya'qub (Jacob)] said: "Truly, it saddens me that you should take him away. I fear lest a wolf should devour him, while you are careless of him."

Arberry: He said, 'It grieves me that you should go with him, and I fear the wolf may eat him, while you are heedless of him.'

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See Also

• Verse (12:13) Morphology - description of each Arabic word