يُوسُف : ٨٢

  • وَسۡـَٔلِ And ask
  • ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَ the town
  • ٱلَّتِي where
  • كُنَّا we were
  • فِيهَا [in it]
  • وَٱلۡعِيرَ and the caravan
  • ٱلَّتِيٓ which
  • أَقۡبَلۡنَا we returned
  • فِيهَاۖ [in it]
  • وَإِنَّا And indeed we
  • لَصَٰدِقُونَ surely (are) truthful
And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"
And ask the city in which we were - namely Egypt - in other words, send forth [someone] to ask its people, and the caravan, the men of the caravan, with which we approached - and these were a group of Canaanites. Surely we speak the truth" ', in what we say. So they went back to him and told him as much.