Joseph 12:91

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Arabic English Morphology
They said V
By Allah Noun
لَقَدْ laqad
certainly Prep
ءَاثَرَكَ ātharaka
Allah has preferred you V
Allah has preferred you Noun
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā
over us Prep
وَإِن wa-in
and indeed Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we have been V
sinners Noun

They said, ‘By God! God really did favour you over all of us and we were in the wrong!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِءِینَ ۝٩١

qālū tal-lahi laqad ātharaka l-lahu ʿalaynā wa-in kunnā lakhāṭiīn