سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ

Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 85

Joseph · Meccan · Juz 13 · Page 245

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ ﴿85﴾
They said: "By Allâh! You will never cease remembering Yûsuf (Joseph) until you become weak with old age, or until you be of the dead."
قَالُوا۟ qālū They said
تَٱللَّهِ tal-lahi By Allah
تَفْتَؤُا۟ tafta-u you will not cease
تَذْكُرُ tadhkuru remembering
يُوسُفَ yūsufa Yusuf
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until
تَكُونَ takūna you become
حَرَضًا ḥaraḍan fatally ill
أَوْ aw or
تَكُونَ takūna become
مِنَ mina of
ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ l-hālikīna those who perish

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