The Quran

سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:85

Joseph · Verse 85 of 111

قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `By Allâh! you will not cease mentioning Joseph until you are consumed away (for some disease) or become of the perished.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!

Ahmed Ali

"By God," said they, "you will never stop thinking of Joseph till you are consumed or perish."

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Ali Unal

They said: "By God! You will not cease mentioning Joseph until you are consumed, or you perish!"

Daryabadi

They said: by Allah! thou wilt not cease remembering Yusuf until thou art wizened or thou be of the dead.

Faridul Haque

They said, "By Allah, you will keep remembering Yusuf till your health fails you or you lose your life."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: By Allah! Thou wilt not cease remembering Joseph till thou art prey to disease or thou art of those who perish.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They said, `By ALLAH, thou wilt not cease talking of Joseph until thou art wasted away or thou art of those who perish.'

Muhammad Asad

Said [his sons]: "By God! Thou wilt never cease to remember Joseph till thou art broken in body and spirit or art dead!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

They said: "By Allah! You will never cease remembering Yusuf (Joseph) until you become weak with old age, or until you be of the dead."

Muhammad Pickthall

They said: By Allah, thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till thy health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "You are always remembering Joseph. By God, it will either make you sick or you will die".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They said: By Allah! you will not cease to remember Yusuf until you are a prey to constant disease or (until) you are of those who perish.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "By GOD, you will keep on grieving over Joseph until you become ill, or until you die."

Shabbir Ahmed

His sons said, "By God! You will never cease remembering Joseph until your health is ruined or you perish."