ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَٰفِظِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
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,
Word-by-Word Translation
ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟
Return
إِلَىٰٓ
to
أَبِيكُمْ
your father
فَقُولُوا۟
and say
يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ
'O our father
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱبْنَكَ
your son
سَرَقَ
has stolen
وَمَا
and not
شَهِدْنَآ
we testify
إِلَّا
except
بِمَا
of what
عَلِمْنَا
we knew
وَمَا
And not
كُنَّا
we were
لِلْغَيْبِ
of the unseen
حَـٰفِظِينَ
guardians
٨١
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