Hafiz soon
Yusuf · 12:87

O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allāh. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allāh except the disbelieving people."

Sahih International

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يَـٰبَنِىَّ

yābaniyya

O my sons!

Word breakdown

ي

Harf · Vocative particle

O!

بنى

Ism · Noun

O my sons!

Rootبنيbny

yes

184× in the Quran · Common

LemmaبُنَىّNoun

ـ

Ism · Personal pronoun

me/my

Grammar rules

Vocative يا (O!)

يَـٰبَنِىَّ (O my sons!) uses the vocative — it's calling out to someone or addressing them directly.

We add "O" before the name — "O O my sons!!"

Lesson 21 · Advanced Nasb Cases