قَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡعَزِیزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥۤ أَبࣰا شَیۡخࣰا كَبِیرࣰا فَخُذۡ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥۤۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٧٨
qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānahu innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīn
Abdel Haleem: They said, ‘Mighty governor, he has an elderly father. Take one of us in his place. We can see that you are a very good man.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
yāayyuhā
أَيّ
Root: أ ي ي
Noun
3
l-ʿazīzu
عَزِيز
Root: ع ز ز
Noun
4
inna
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
5
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
Noun
6
aban
أَب
Root: أ ب و
Noun
7
shaykhan
شَيْخ
Root: ش ي خ
Noun
8
kabīran
كَبِير
Root: ك ب ر
Noun
9
fakhudh
أَخَذَ
Root: أ خ ذ
Verb
10
aḥadanā
أَحَد
Root: أ ح د
Noun
11
makānahu
مَكان
Root: ك و ن
Noun
12
innā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
13
narāka
رَأَى
Root: ر أ ي
Verb
14
mina
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
15
l-muḥ'sinīna
مُحْسِن
Root: ح س ن
Noun