Surah Yusuf · Ayah 79·Makkī

79

أَن إِلَّا مَن إِنَّآ إِذًا ﴿٧٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

یوسف(ع) و دقت در گفتار

نکن سزاوار توجه این است که یوسف (ع) هیچ گونه نسبت سرقتی به برادر نمی دهد؛ بلکه جنین می کوید که ما متاع خود را نزد او یافتهایم. این دلیل بر ان است که او به دقت توجه داشته که در زندگی هرگز خلاف نگوید.!

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 · 8 roots in 8 of 13 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

13 words · 48 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 79 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.

  • إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلْنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلْعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلْبَادِ وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍۭ بِظُلْمٍ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allah and [from] al-Masjid al-Haram, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one…

  • ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

    That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers.

  • يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

    He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

  • وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِىٍّ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَتَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ إِلَىٰ مَرَدٍّ مِّن سَبِيلٍ

    And he whom Allah sends astray - for him there is no protector beyond Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there for return [to the…

  • إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Except the chosen servants of Allah.

  • إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring…

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.

  • An-Naas 114:12 shared roots

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

    ع-و-ذق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:182 shared roots

    قَالَتْ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا

    ع-و-ذق-و-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:272 shared roots

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ع-و-ذق-و-ل

  • Al-Falaq 113:12 shared roots

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

    ع-و-ذق-و-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:982 shared roots

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    ع-و-ذأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Muminoon 23:972 shared roots

    وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

    ع-و-ذق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:79?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:79 include Quran 22:25 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 12:52 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 22:12 (Surah Al-Hajj), and Quran 42:44 (Surah Ash-Shura). For example, 22:25 reads: “Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allah and [from] al-Masjid al-Haram, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one…” 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 12:79 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:79 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."”

Which surah is verse 12:79 in?

Quran 12:79 is āyah 79 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 12:79?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 12:79 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:79?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:79 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.