يُوسُف : ٧٨

  • قَالُواْ They said
  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا O
  • ٱلۡعَزِيزُ Aziz!
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • لَهُۥٓ he has
  • أَبٗا a father
  • شَيۡخٗا old
  • كَبِيرٗا [great]
  • فَخُذۡ so take
  • أَحَدَنَا one of us
  • مَكَانَهُۥٓۖ (in) his place
  • إِنَّا Indeed we
  • نَرَىٰكَ [we] see you
  • مِنَ of
  • ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ the good-doers
They said, "O ʿAzeez,1 indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
Footnotes
1 - Addressing Joseph, who now held the title of "al-ʿAzeez."
They said, 'O Court officer, lo! he has a father, an aged man, who loves him more than we do, and who finds solace in him from [the anguish he feels for] his dead son; and it will grieve him to part with him, so take one of us, enslave him, in his place, instead of him: indeed we see that you are among the virtuous', in [terms of] your actions.