Yūsuf
Joseph
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يوسف
الٓر ۚ Alif Laam Ra alif-lam-ra These til'ka (are the) Verses āyātu (of) the Book l-kitābi [the] clear l-mubīni
Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the clear Book.
إِنَّآ Indeed, We innā We have sent it down anzalnāhu (as) a Quran in Arabic qur'ānan (as) a Quran in Arabic ʿarabiyyan so that you may laʿallakum understand taʿqilūna
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.
نَحْنُ We naḥnu relate naquṣṣu to you ʿalayka the best aḥsana of the narrations l-qaṣaṣi in what bimā We have revealed awḥaynā to you ilayka (of) this hādhā the Quran l-qur'āna although wa-in you were kunta before it min before it qablihi surely among lamina the unaware l-ghāfilīna
We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.