Joseph 12:79

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
مَعَاذَ maʿādha
Allah forbid Noun
Allah forbid Noun
أَن an
that Prep
we take V
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
مَن man
(one) who Noun
we found V
مَتَٰعَنَا matāʿanā
our possession Noun
with him Noun
Indeed, we Prep
إِذًا idhan
then Prep
surely (would be) wrongdoers Noun

He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأۡخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدۡنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥۤ إِنَّاۤ إِذࣰا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ ۝٧٩

qāla maʿādha l-lahi an nakhudha illā man wajadnā matāʿanā ʿindahu innā idhan laẓālimūn