Surah Yusuf 12:73 — translation and meaning
يوسف · Verse 73 / 111 · Page 244
قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِقِينَ
Word by Word
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
تَاللَّهِ
tal-lahi
By Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
certainly
عَلِمْتُم
alim'tum
you know
مَّا
ma
not
جِئْنَا
ji'na
we came
لِنُفْسِدَ
linuf'sida
that we cause corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the land
وَمَا
wama
and not
كُنَّا
kunna
we are
سَارِقِينَ
sariqina
thieves
Transliteration
Qaaloo tallaahi laqad 'alimtum maa ji'na linufsida fil ardi wa maa kunnaa saariqeen
Translation
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."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The brothers of Joseph swore by Allah that those accusing them knew they were free of blame and innocent of this, as they could see from their situation, and that they had not come to the land of Egypt to cause corruption in it, and that they had never been thieves.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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