Surah Yusuf Ayat 81 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 81
Return to your father and say, “O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,
“Turn ye back to your father, and say, ‘O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!
So go back to your father and tell him: “Father! Your son has certainly been guilty of stealing. We did not see him stealing but testify according to what we know, and obviously we had no power to keep watch over that what is altogether hidden from us.
“Return to your father and say, ‘O our father! Verily, your son (Benjamin) has stolen, and we testify not except according to what we know, and we could not know the unseen!
Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.
Return to your father and so say, ‘O our father, surely your son stole; and in no way do we testify except to what we know; and in no way were we preservers of the Unseen.
so go back to your father and say, “Your son stole. We can only tell you what we saw. How could we guard against the unforeseen?
تم سب والد صاحب کی خدمت میں واپس جاؤ اور کہو کہ اباجی! آپ کے صاحبزادے نے چوری کی اور ہم نے وہی گواہی دی تھی جو ہم جانتے تھے۔ ہم کچھ غیب کی حفاﻇت کرنے والے نہ تھے
Quran 12 Verse 81 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Yusuf ayat 81, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(12:81) So go back to your father and tell him: “Father! Your son has certainly been guilty of stealing. We did not see him stealing but testify according to what we know, and obviously we had no power to keep watch over that what is altogether hidden from us.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Yusuf verse 81 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yusuf ayat 80 which provides the complete commentary from verse 80 through 82.
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