Sura 12 Yusuf (Joseph), ayah 33
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قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُنْ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ
Translation by words
- قَالَ
- He said,
- رَبِّ
- "My Lord,
- ٱلسِّجْنُ
- the prison
- أَحَبُّ
- (is) dearer
- إِلَىَّ
- to me
- مِمَّا
- than what
- يَدْعُونَنِىٓ
- they invite me
- إِلَيْهِ
- to it.
- وَإِلَّا
- And unless
- تَصْرِفْ
- You turn away
- عَنِّى
- from me
- كَيْدَهُنَّ
- their plot
- أَصْبُ
- I might incline
- إِلَيْهِنَّ
- towards them
- وَأَكُن
- and [I] be
- مِّنَ
- of
- ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ
- the ignorant."
He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and (thus) be of the ignorant."
12:33
Translation: Saheeh International