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سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:61

Joseph · Verse 61 of 111

قَالُوا سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَاعِلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `We will certainly persuade his father to part with him and we are sure to 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.

Ahmed Ali

They said: "We shall request his father, and will certainly do that."

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Ali Unal

They said: "We will try to win him from his father, indeed we will do our utmost."

Daryabadi

They said: we will surely entice away his father from him; and verily we are doers.

Faridul Haque

They said, "We will seek him from his father - this we must surely do."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: We shall strive to make his father yield about him, and we are sure to do (it).

Maulvi Sher Ali

They replied, `We shall try to induce his father to part with him and we will certainly do it.'

Muhammad Asad

They answered: "We shall try to persuade his father to part with him, and, verily, we shall do [our utmost]!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

They said: "We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."

Muhammad Pickthall

They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.

Muhammad Sarwar

Joseph's brothers said, "We shall try to influence his father to send him with us and we shall be successful".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They said: We will strive to make his father yield in respect of him, and we are sure to do (it).

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "We will negotiate with his father about him. We will surely do this."

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, “We will try to persuade his father to let him go. We will surely do that.”