يُوسُف : ١٧

  • قَالُواْ They said
  • يَٰٓأَبَانَآ O our father!
  • إِنَّا Indeed we
  • ذَهَبۡنَا [we] went
  • نَسۡتَبِقُ racing each other
  • وَتَرَكۡنَا and we left
  • يُوسُفَ Yusuf
  • عِندَ with
  • مَتَٰعِنَا our possessions
  • فَأَكَلَهُ and ate him
  • ٱلذِّئۡبُۖ the wolf
  • وَمَآ But not
  • أَنتَ you
  • بِمُؤۡمِنٖ (will) believe
  • لَّنَا us
  • وَلَوۡ even if
  • كُنَّا we are
  • صَٰدِقِينَ truthful
They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."
They said, 'O father, we went competing, shooting, and left Joseph by our things, our clothes, and the wolf ate him. But you would never believe us, even though we speak the truth', before you, you would still have accused us [of lying] in this story, because of your adoration of Joseph, so how much more so when you think ill of us?