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61. |
They
said: "We shall try to get permission (for
him) from his father, and verily,
we shall do it." |
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62. |
And
[Yusuf (Joseph)]
told his servants to put their money (with
which they had bought the corn)
into their bags, so that they might know it when they go back to their
people, in order that they might come back. |
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63. |
So,
when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father!
No more measure of grain shall we get (unless
we take our brother). So send
our brother with us, and we shall get our measure and truly we will
guard him." |
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64. |
He
said: "Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother
[Yusuf (Joseph)]
to you aforetime? But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most
Merciful of those who show mercy." |
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65. |
And
when they opened their bags, they found their money had been returned
to them. They said: "O our father! What (more)
can we desire? This, our money has been returned to us, so we shall
get (more)
food for our family, and we shall guard our brother and add one more
measure of a camel's load. This quantity is easy (for
the king to give)." |
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| 66. |
He
[Ya'qub (Jacob)]
said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn
oath to me in Allah's Name, that you will bring him back to me unless
you are yourselves surrounded (by
enemies, etc.)," And when
they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Allah is the Witness
over what we have said." |
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67. |
And
he said: "O my sons! Do not enter by one gate, but enter by different
gates, and I cannot avail you against Allah at all. Verily! The decision
rests only with Allah. In him, I put my trust and let all those that
trust, put their trust in Him." |
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68. |
And
when they entered according to their father's advice, it did not avail
them in the least against (the
Will of) Allah, it was but a
need of Ya'qub's (Jacob)
inner-self which he discharged. And verily, he was endowed with knowledge
because We had taught him, but most men know not. |
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| 69. |
And
when they went in before Yusuf (Joseph),
he betook his brother (Benjamin)
to himself and said: "Verily! I am your brother, so grieve not
for what they used to do." |
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| 70. |
So
when he had furnished them forth with their provisions, he put the
(golden)
bowl into his brother's bag, then a crier cried: "O you (in)
the caravan! Surely, you are thieves!" |
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71. |
They,
turning towards them, said: "What is it that you have missed?" |
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72. |
They
said: "We have missed the (golden)
bowl of the king and for him who produces it is (the
reward of) a camel load; I will
be bound by it." |
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| 73. |
They
said: "By Allah! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief
in the land, and we are no thieves!" |
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74. |
They
[Yusuf's (Joseph) men]
said: "What then shall be the penalty of him, if you are
(proved to be)
liars." |
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75. |
They
[Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers]
said: "The penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found,
should be held for the punishment (of
the crime). Thus we punish the
Zalimun (wrong-doers, etc.)!" |
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76. |
So
he [Yusuf (Joseph)]
began (the search)
in their bags before the bag of his brother. Then he brought it out
of his brother's bag. Thus did We plan for Yusuf (Joseph).
He could not take his brother by the law of the king (as
a slave), except that Allah willed it. (So
Allah made the brothers to bind themselves with their way of "punishment,
i.e. enslaving of a thief.")
We raise to degrees whom We please, but over all those endowed with
knowledge is the All-Knowing (Allah). |
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| 77. |
They
[(Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers]
said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his [Yusuf
(Joseph)] who did steal before
(him)."
But these things did Yusuf (Joseph)
keep in himself, revealing not the secrets to them. He said
(within himself):
"You are in worst case, and Allah knows best the truth of what
you assert!" |
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78. |
They
said: "O ruler of the land! Verily, he has an old father
(who will grieve for him);
so take one of us in his place. Indeed we think that you are one of
the Muhsinun (good-doers -
see V.2:112)." |
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| 79. |
He
said: "Allah forbid, that we should take anyone but him with
whom we found our property. Indeed (if
we did so), we should be Zalimun
(wrong-doers)." |
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| 80. |
So,
when they despaired of him, they held a conference in private. The
eldest among them said: "Know you not that your father did take
an oath from you in Allah's Name, and before this you did fail in
your duty with Yusuf (Joseph)?
Therefore I will not leave this land until my father permits me, or
Allah decides my case (by releasing
Benjamin) and He is the Best
of the judges. |
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81. |
"Return
to your father and say, 'O our father! Verily, your son (Benjamin)
has stolen, and we testify not except according to what we know, and
we could not know the unseen! |
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82. |
"And
ask (the people of)
the town where we have been, and the caravan in which we returned,
and indeed we are telling the truth." |
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| 83. |
He
[Ya'qub (Jacob)]
said: "Nay, but your ownselves have beguiled you into something.
So patience is most fitting (for
me). May be Allah will bring
them (back)
all to me. Truly He! only He is All-Knowing, All-Wise." |
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84. |
And
he turned away from them and said: "Alas, my grief for Yusuf
(Joseph)!"
And he lost his sight because of the sorrow that he was suppressing. |
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85. |
They
said: "By Allah! You will never cease remembering Yusuf
(Joseph)
until you become weak with old age, or until you be of the dead." |
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86. |
He
said: "I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allah, and I
know from Allah that which you know not. |
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87. |
"O
my sons! Go you and enquire about Yusuf (Joseph)
and his brother, and never give up hope of Allah's Mercy. Certainly
no one despairs of Allah's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve." |
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88. |
Then,
when they entered unto him [Yusuf
(Joseph)], they said: "O
ruler of the land! A hard time has hit us and our family, and we have
brought but poor capital, so pay us full measure and be charitable
to us. Truly, Allah does reward the charitable." |
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89. |
He
said: "Do you know what you did with Yusuf (Joseph)
and his brother, when you were ignorant?" |
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| 90. |
They
said: "Are you indeed Yusuf (Joseph)?
" He said: "I am Yusuf (Joseph),
and this is my brother (Benjamin).
Allah has indeed been gracious to us. Verily, he who fears Allah with
obedience to Him (by abstaining
from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds),
and is patient, then surely, Allah makes not the reward of the Muhsinun
(good-doers - see V.2:112)
to be lost." |
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