12:8 idh qaaluu la yuusufu wa akhuuhu aHab-bu ilaa abiynaa min-naa wa naHnu ‘USbah* in-na abaanaa lafiy Dalaalim mubiyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
When they said, "Indeed Yusuf and his brother * are dearer to our father than we are, and we are one group; undoubtedly our father is, clearly, deeply engrossed in love." (* Of the same mother.)

Yusuf Ali:
They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously wandering (in his mind)!

Pickthal:
When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain aberration.