Al-Qur'an Surah Yusuf Verse 61

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “We shall persuade his father about him and we will certainly do it.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They promised, “We will try to convince his father to let him come. We will certainly do ˹our best˺.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

They said, “We will persuade his father to send him, and we will surely do our best.”

A. J. Arberry

They said, 'We will solicit him of our father; that we will do.'

Abdul Haleem

They said, ‘We shall do all we can to persuade his father to send him with us, indeed we shall.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They said: we will surely entice away his father from him; and verily we are doers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said; "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father; Indeed we shall do it."

Abul Ala Maududi

They said: "We will surely try to prevail over our father to send him. Be sure we shall do so."

Ahmed Ali

They said: "We shall request his father, and will certainly do that."

Ahmed Raza Khan

They said, “We will seek him from his father – this we must surely do.”

Ali Quli Qarai

They said, ‘We will solicit him from his father. [That] we will surely do.’

Ali Ünal

They said: "We will try to win him from his father, indeed we will do our utmost."

Amatul Rahman Omar

They said, `We will certainly persuade his father to part with him and we are sure to do (it).´

English Literal

They said: "We will entice/solicit from him his father, and we are making/doing (E)."

Faridul Haque

They said, "We will seek him from his father - this we must surely do."

Hamid S. Aziz

"But if you bring him not to me, no measure shall you have with me, nor shall you come nigh me."

Hilali & Khan

They said: "We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

But if you bring him not to me, you shall have no measure (of corn) from me, nor shall you come near me.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

They said: We will strive to make his father yield in respect of him, and we are sure to do (it).

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.

Muhammad Sarwar

Joseph's brothers said, "We shall try to influence his father to send him with us and we shall be successful".

Qaribullah & Darwish

They replied: 'We will ask our father for him. This we will surely do'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

They said: "We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."

Wahiduddin Khan

They replied, "We shall try to persuade his father to send him with us. We shall do [our utmost]!"

Talal Itani

They said, “We will solicit him from his father. We will surely do.”

Tafsir jalalayn

They said, `We will try to tempt his father away from him, that is, we will try our hardest to seek him from him. That we will surely do'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

"...nor shall you come near me."

They said;"We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."

They said, `We will try our best to bring him with us, so that we spare no effort to prove to you that we are truthful in what we told you about ourselves.'

Allah said