سورة یُوسُف
Surah Yûsuf 12:11
Joseph · Verse 11 of 111
قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(On making this resolution) they (went to their father and) said, `Our father! why do you not trust us with regard to Joseph, while, as a matter of fact, we are his sincere well-wishers?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?
Ahmed Ali
(Then going to their father) they said: "O father, why don´t you trust us with Joseph? We are in fact his well-wishers.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They said (having agreed on this) to their father: "Our father! Why will you not trust Joseph with us, while we are his sincere well-wishers?
Daryabadi
They said: our father! wherefore thou intrustest us not with Yusuf, whereas verily we are his well-wishers.
Faridul Haque
They said, "O our father! What is the matter with you that you do not trust us with Yusuf, although we are in fact his well-wishers?"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: O our father, why dost thou not trust us with Joseph, and surely we are his sincere well-wishers?
Maulvi Sher Ali
They said, `O our father, why dost thou not trust us with respect to Joseph, when we are certainly his sincere well-wishers?
Muhammad Asad
[On this they agreed; and thereupon] they spoke [thus to their father]: "O our father! Wherefore wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, seeing that we are indeed his well-wishers?
Muhammad Musin Khan
They said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yusuf (Joseph), - when we are indeed his well-wishers?"
Muhammad Pickthall
They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him?
Muhammad Sarwar
Then they asked their father, "Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We are his well-wishers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
They said: O our father! what reason have you that you do not trust in us with respect to Yusuf? And most surely we are his sincere well-wishers:
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "Our father, why do you not trust us with Joseph? We will take good care of him.
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "O Our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph when we are good friends to him?"