Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف

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إِذْ

قَالُوا

لَيُوسُفُ

وَأَخُوهُ

أَحَبُّ

إِلَى

أَبِينَا

مِنَّا

وَنَحْنُ

عُصْبَةٌ

إِنَّ

أَبَانَا

لَفِي

ضَلَالٍ

مُّبِينٍ

ʾidh qālū la-yūsufu wa-ʾakhūhu ʾaḥabbu ʾilā ʾabīnā minnā wa-naḥnu ʿuṣbatun ʾinna ʾabānā la-fī ḍalālin mubīnin-i

They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously wandering (in his mind)!

Abdullah Yusufali

When they said, ‘Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than [the rest of] us, though we are a hardy band. Our father is indeed in manifest error.’

Ali Quli Qarai