Surah Yusuf · Ayah 61·Makkī

61

عَنْهُ وَإِنَّا ﴿٦١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 61 of 111

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 28:12 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ

    And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his…

  • Quran 12:12 · Yusufclose

    أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

    Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians.

  • Quran 74:14 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

  • Quran 26:73 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

    Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"

  • Quran 12:81 · Yusufrelated

    ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَٰفِظِينَ

    Return to your father and say, "O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,

  • Quran 96:15 · Al-Alaqrelated

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

    No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Burooj 85:162 shared roots

    فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

    ف-ع-لر-و-د

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:743 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

    ف-ع-لأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2262 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

    ف-ع-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:622 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

    ف-ع-لق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:283 shared roots

    وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ف-ع-لأ-ب-وق-و-ل

  • As-Saff 61:22 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    ف-ع-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:61?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:61 include Quran 28:12 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 12:12 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 74:14 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), and Quran 26:73 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 28:12 reads: “And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 12:61 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:61 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."”

Which surah is verse 12:61 in?

Quran 12:61 is āyah 61 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:61?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:61 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.