Surah Yusuf 12:61 — translation and meaning

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قَالُوا سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَاعِلُونَ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
سَنُرَاوِدُ
sanurawidu
We will try to get permission
عَنْهُ
anhu
for him
أَبَاهُ
abahu
(from) his father
وَإِنَّا
wa-inna
and indeed we
لَفَاعِلُونَ
lafa'iluna
surely will do

Transliteration

Qaaloo sanuraawidu 'anhu abaahu wa innaa lafaa'iloon

Translation

They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

His brothers replied to him, saying that they would ask for him from their father, and would work hard to bring him, doing what Joseph instructed them without fail.

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

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