12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 61
They said: “We will seek to lure him away from his father — and that will we do.”
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
They said, ‘We will request our father for him. That is something we will surely do.’
Progressive Muslims
They said: "We will try to get him away from his father, and we shall be successful. "
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "We shall try to persuade his father to let him go; that we will surely do. "
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
They said: “We will seek to lure him away from his father — and that will we do.”
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
They said: "We will try to get him away from his father, and we shall be successful."
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
They said, "We will negotiate with his father about him. We will surely do this."
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They said: "We shall request his father, and will certainly do that. "
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from him, and indeed, we will do . "
Muhammad Asad
They answered: "We shall try to persuade his father to part with him, and, verily, we shall do !"
Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
They said: "We will surely try to prevail over our father to send him. Be sure we shall do so."
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
They said to him: "we will talk his father into our cause and persuade him into sending him with us and rest assured that that we will certainly do. "
Bijan Moeinian
They replied: "We will do our best to convince our father to send him with us. "
Al-Hilali & Khan
They said: "We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father: Indeed we shall do it."
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
They promised, "We will try to convince his father to let him come. We will certainly do ˹our best˺."
Taqi Usmani
They said, "We shall persuade his father about him and we will certainly do it."
Abdul Haleem
They said, ‘We shall do all we can to persuade his father to send him with us, indeed we shall.’
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'We will solicit him of our father; that we will do. '
E. Henry Palmer
They said, 'We will desire him of our father, and we will surely do it. '
Hamid S. Aziz
"But if you bring him not to me, no measure shall you have with me, nor shall you come nigh me. "
Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "We will soon solicit him of his father, and surely we will indeed be performing (that). "
George Sale
They answered, we will endeavour to obtain him of his father, and we will certainly perform what thou requirest.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "We will really try our wish to get him from his father: Indeed we will do it. "
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `We will certainly persuade his father to part with him and we are sure to do (it). '
Ali Quli Qarai
They said, ‘We will solicit him from his father. we will surely do.’