Joseph 12:81

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Arabic English Morphology
Return V
to Prep
your father Noun
and say V
'O our father Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
ٱبْنَكَ ib'naka
your son Noun
سَرَقَ saraqa
has stolen V
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
we testify V
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
بِمَا bimā
of what Noun
عَلِمْنَا ʿalim'nā
we knew V
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we were V
of the unseen Noun
حَٰفِظِينَ ḥāfiẓīna
guardians Noun

so go back to your father and say, “Your son stole. We can only tell you what we saw. How could we guard against the unforeseen

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ٱرۡجِعُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰۤ أَبِیكُمۡ فَقُولُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَبَانَاۤ إِنَّ ٱبۡنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدۡنَاۤ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمۡنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلۡغَیۡبِ حَـٰفِظِینَ ۝٨١

ir'jiʿū ilā abīkum faqūlū yāabānā inna ib'naka saraqa wamā shahid'nā illā bimā ʿalim'nā wamā kunnā lil'ghaybi ḥāfiẓīn