Yusuf-11, Quran Recitation by Abu Bakr al Shatri

They said: “O our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph? And most surely we are his sincere well-wishers.”

They said: our father! wherefore thou intrustest us not with Yusuf, whereas verily we are his well-wishers.

They said, ‘Father! Why is it that you do not trust us with Joseph? We are indeed his well-wishers.

They said (having agreed on this) to their father: "Our father! Why will you not trust Joseph with us, while we are his sincere well-wishers?

(Then going to their father) they said: "O father, why don´t you trust us with Joseph? We are in fact his well-wishers.

They said, “O our father! What is the matter with you that you do not trust us with Yusuf, although we are in fact his well-wishers?”

(On making this resolution) they (went to their father and) said, `Our father! why do you not trust us with regard to Joseph, while, as a matter of fact, we are his sincere well-wishers?

They said, 'Father, what ails thee, that thou trustest us not with Joseph? Surely we are his sincere well-wishers.

One from amongst them said, "Slay not Joseph, but, if you must act, throw him into the bottom of a pit; some caravan of travellers may pick him up."

They said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yusuf (Joseph), - when we are indeed his well-wishers?"

A speaker among them said: Slay not Joseph, but, if you are going to do anything, cast him down to the bottom of the well. Some of the travellers may pick him up.

They said: O our father! what reason have you that you do not trust in us with respect to Yusuf? And most surely we are his sincere well-wishers:

They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him?

Then they asked their father, "Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We are his well-wishers.

They said: 'Father, what is the matter with you, do you not trust us with Joseph? Indeed, we are sincere advisors.

They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

They said, "O our father! What is the matter with you that you do not trust us with Yusuf, although we are in fact his well-wishers?"

They said, “Father, why do you not trust us with Joseph, although we care for him?”

They said to their father, "Why do you not trust us with Joseph? We are indeed his well-wishers.

They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?