12:91
قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آثَرَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَاطِئِينَ
Transliteration:
Qaloo taAllahi laqad atharaka Allahu AAalayna wa-in kunna lakhati-eena
Word by Word:
They said, "By Allah, certainly Allah has preferred you over us and indeed, we have been sinners."
Translations:
[The brothers] said: "By God! Most certainly has God raised thee high above us, and we were indeed but sinners!"
They said: "By God! indeed has God preferred thee above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!"
They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were indeed sinful.
They said: By Allah! Allah has indeed chosen thee over us, and we were certainly sinners.
They said, "By Allah , certainly has Allah preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."