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قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأۡمَ۬نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَ
Qaaloo yaaa abaanaa maa laka laa ta'mannaa 'alaa Yoosufa wa innaa lahoo lanaa sihoon
They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?
— Yusuf (يُوسُف), 12:11
قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأۡمَ۬نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَTransliteration: Qaaloo yaaa abaanaa maa laka laa ta'mannaa 'alaa Yoosufa wa innaa lahoo lanaa sihoon
Translation (Yusuf Ali): They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?
This is verse 11 of Surah Yusuf (يُوسُف, meaning "Joseph"), the 12th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 111 total verses.