They answered: "We shall try to persuade his father to part with him, and, verily, we shall do [our utmost]!"

They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father: Indeed we shall do it."

They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.

They said: We shall strive to make his father yield about him, and we are sure to do (it).

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