Joseph 12:73

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Arabic English Morphology
They said V
By Allah Noun
لَقَدْ laqad
certainly Prep
عَلِمْتُم ʿalim'tum
you know V
مَّا
not Prep
we came V
that we cause corruption V
فِى
in Prep
the land Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we are V
thieves Noun

They said, ‘By God! You must know that we did not come to make mischief in your land: we are no thieves.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُم مَّا جِئۡنَا لِنُفۡسِدَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِینَ ۝٧٣

qālū tal-lahi laqad ʿalim'tum mā ji'nā linuf'sida fī l-arḍi wamā kunnā sāriqīn