Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 73rd 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: They said, "By Allah , you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

Pickthall: They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and are no thieves.

Yusuf Ali: (The brothers) said: "By Allah! well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

Shakir: They said: By Allah! you know for certain that we have not come to make mischief in the land, and we are not thieves.

Muhammad Sarwar: Joseph's brothers said, "We swear by God, as you know, that we have not come to spread evil in the land and that we have not committed any theft."

Mohsin Khan: They said: "By Allah! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

Arberry: 'By God,' they said, 'you know well that we came not to work corruption in the land. We are not robbers.'

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See Also

• Verse (12:73) Morphology - description of each Arabic word