Surah Yusuf 12:3 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 3 / 111 · Page 235

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ

Word by Word

نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
نَقُصُّ
naqussu
relate
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
أَحْسَنَ
ahsana
the best
الْقَصَصِ
al-qasasi
of the narrations
بِمَا
bima
in what
أَوْحَيْنَا
awhayna
We have revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
هَذَا
hadha
(of) this
الْقُرْآنَ
al-qur'ana
the Quran
وَإِن
wa-in
although
كُنتَ
kunta
you were
مِن
min
before it
قَبْلِهِ
qablihi
before it
لَمِنَ
lamina
surely among
الْغَافِلِينَ
al-ghafilina
the unaware

Transliteration

Nahnu naqussu 'alaika ahsanal qasasi bimaaa awhainaaa ilaika haazal quraana wa in kunta min qablihee laminal ghaafileen

Translation

We relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

By revealing this Qur’ān to you, I narrate, O Messenger, the best of stories, in their accuracy, the soundness of their words and their eloquence. Before I revealed it, you were unaware of these stories, without any knowledge of them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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