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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 12:9 | |
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| 12:9 اقتلوا يوسف او اطرحوه ارضا يخل لك وجه ابيكم وتكونوا من بعده قوما صالحين | |
| Transliteration | Oqtuloo yoosufa awi itrahoohu ardan yakhlu lakum wajhu abeekum watakoonoo min baAAdihi qawman saliheena |
| Literal | Kill/fight Joseph or throw him/cast him away (to) a land , your father's face becomes free/alone for you, and you be from after it a correct/righteous nation. |
| Yusuf Ali | "Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the favour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time enough) for you to be righteous after that!" |
| Pickthal | (One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk. |
| Arberry | Kill you Joseph, or cast him forth into some land, that your father's face may be free for you, and thereafter you may be a righteous people.' |
| Shakir | Slay Yusuf or cast him (forth) into some land, so that your father's regard may be exclusively for you, and after that you may be a righteous people. |
| Sarwar | Some of them suggested, "Let us kill Joseph or leave him somewhere far away from the presence of our father. Only then shall we receive equal treatment and thereafter can become righteous people". |
| Khalifa | "Let us kill Joseph, or banish him, that you may get some attention from your father. Afterwards, you can be righteous people." |
| Hilali/Khan | "Kill Yoosuf (Joseph) or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk (by intending repentance before committing the sin)." |
| H/K/Saheeh | Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people." |
| Malik | Let us kill Joseph or throw him out to some far-off land so that the attention of our father turns exclusively towards us, after that, we may again become righteous people!"[9] |
| QXP | One of them proposed, "Let us slay Joseph or leave him in a distant land. Then your father's favor will be all for you, and your affairs will be adjusted right for you." |
| Maulana Ali | Slay Joseph or banish him to some (other) land, so that your father’s regard may be exclusively for you, and after that you may be a righteous people. |
| Free Minds | "Kill Joseph or cast him in the land, then your father's favour will be all yours, and after that you will be an upright people." |
| Qaribullah | (Let us) kill Joseph, or cast him away in some (far off) land, so that your father's face will be left for you, and afterwards you will be a righteous nation. ' |
| George Sale | Wherefore slay Joseph, or drive him into some distant or desert part of the earth, and the face of your father shall be cleared towards you; and ye shall afterwards be people of integrity. |
| JM Rodwell | Slay ye Joseph! or drive him to some other land, and on you alone shall your father's face be set! and after this, ye shall live as upright persons." |
| Asad | [Said one of them:] "Slay Joseph, or else drive him away to some [faraway] land, so that your father's regard may be for you alone: and after this is done, you will be [free to repent and to live once again as] righteous people!" |
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