The Quran

سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:82

Joseph · Verse 82 of 111

وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّتِي كُنَّا فِيهَا وَالْعِيرَ الَّتِي أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

"And you may inquire of (the inhabitants of) the city we were in, and of (the people of) the caravan carrying the corn we accompanied. We speak nothing but the truth".´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'

Ahmed Ali

Enquire from the people of that city, or ask the men of the caravan with whom we have come. We are verily speaking the truth.´"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

‘Inquire in the township where we were, and the caravan with whom we traveled hither. We are certainly telling the truth.’ "

Daryabadi

And inquire those of the city where we have been and of the caravan with whom we have travelled hither; and verily we are truth- tellers.

Faridul Haque

‘And ask the township in which we were, and the caravan in which we came; and indeed we are truthful.’ "

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And ask the town where we were, and the caravan with which we proceeded. And surely we are truthful.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And inquire of the people of the town wherein we were, and of the caravan with which we came, and certainly we are speaking the truth.'

Muhammad Asad

And ask thou in the town in which we were [at the time], and of the people of the caravan with whom we travelled hither, and [thou wilt find that] we, are indeed telling the truth!'"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And ask (the people of) the town where we have been, and the caravan in which we returned, and indeed we are telling the truth.

Muhammad Pickthall

Ask the township where we were, and the caravan with which we travelled hither. Lo! we speak the truth.

Muhammad Sarwar

You can ask the people of the town where we were and the caravan we met there. We are certainly telling the truth."

Muhammed ali Shakir

And inquire in the town in which we were and the caravan with which we proceeded, and most surely we are truthful.

Rashad Khalifa

`You may ask the community where we were, and the caravan that came back with us. We are telling the truth.' "

Shabbir Ahmed

Ask the township where we were, and the caravan we came with. We are certainly telling the truth.’"