قَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَبَانَاۤ إِنَّا ذَهَبۡنَا نَسۡتَبِقُ وَتَرَكۡنَا یُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ وَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمُؤۡمِنࣲ لَّنَا وَلَوۡ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٧
qālū yāabānā innā dhahabnā nastabiqu wataraknā yūsufa ʿinda matāʿinā fa-akalahu l-dhi'bu wamā anta bimu'minin lanā walaw kunnā ṣādiqīn
Abdel Haleem: They said, ‘We went off racing one another, leaving Joseph behind with our things, and a wolf ate him. You will not believe us, though we are telling the truth!’

Interlinear Analysis

1
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
yāabānā
أَب
Root: أ ب و
Noun
3
innā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
4
dhahabnā
ذَهَبَ
Root: ذ ه ب
Verb
5
nastabiqu
اسْتَبَقَ
Root: س ب ق
Verb
6
wataraknā
تَرَكَ
Root: ت ر ك
Verb
7
yūsufa
يُوسُف
Root: ي و س ف
Noun
8
ʿinda
عِند
Root: ع ن د
Noun
9
matāʿinā
مَتاع
Root: م ت ع
Noun
10
fa-akalahu
أَكَلَ
Root: أ ك ل
Verb
11
l-dhi'bu
ذِئْب
Root: ذ أ ب
Noun
12
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
13
أَنتَ
anta
Noun
14
bimu'minin
مُؤْمِن
Root: أ م ن
Noun
15
لَّنَا
lanā
Noun
16
walaw
لَو
Root: ل و
Prep.
17
kunnā
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
18
ṣādiqīna
صادِق
Root: ص د ق
Noun