Surah Yusuf — Verse 94
Joseph · 12:94 · 94/111
وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ
Walamma fasalati alAAeeru qalaaboohum innee laajidu reeha yoosufa lawla antufannidoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Later, when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘You may think I am senile but I can smell Joseph,’
Marmaduke Pickthall
When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious of the breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And when the caravan set out (from Egypt), their father (Ya‘qūb) said (in Canaan), “I sense the fragrance of Yūsuf, if you do not take me to be senile.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed feel the smell of Yûsuf (Joseph), if only you think me not a dotard (a person who has weakness of mind because of old age)."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And as the caravan set out (from Egypt), their father said (in Canaan): "Indeed I smell the fragrance of Joseph. I say so although you may think that I am doting."