Surah Yusuf 12:78
سُورَةُ يُوسُفَ · Meccan · Verse 78 of 111
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًۭا شَيْخًۭا كَبِيرًۭا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Translation
They said, ‘Mighty governor, he has an elderly father. Take one of us in his place. We can see that you are a very good man.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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