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They
said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely
do. |
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62. |
He
said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags,
so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will
come again. |
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63. |
So
when they went back to their father they said: O our father! The measure
is denied us, so send with us our brother that we may obtain the measure,
surely we will guard him well. |
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64. |
He
said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his brother to
you aforetime? Allah is better at guarding, and He is the Most Merciful
of those who show mercy. |
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65. |
And
when they opened their belongings they discovered that their merchandise
had been returned to them. They said: O our father! What (more)
can we ask? Here is our merchandise returned to us. We shall get provision
for our folk and guard our brother, and we shall have the extra measure
of a camel (load).
This (that we bring now)
is a light measure. |
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He
said: I will not send him with you till you give me an undertaking
in the name of Allah that you will bring him hack to me, unless you
are surrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said:
Allah is the Warden over what we say. |
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67. |
And
he said: O my sons! Go not in by one gate; go in by different gates.
I can naught avail you as against Allah. Lo! the decision rests with
Allah only. In Him do I put my trust, and in Him let all the trusting
put their trust. |
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68. |
And
when they entered in the manner which their father had enjoined, it
would have naught availed them as against Allah; it was but a need
of Jacob's soul which he thus satisfied; and lo! he was a lord of
knowledge because We had taught him; but most of mankind know not. |
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| 69. |
And
when they went in before Joseph {Yusuf},
he took his brother unto himself, saying: Lo; I, even I, am your brother,
therefore sorrow not for what they did. |
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| 70. |
And
when he provided them with their provision, he put the drinking cup
in his brother's saddlebag, and then a crier cried: O camel riders!
You are surely thieves! |
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71. |
They
cried, coming toward them: What is it you have lost? |
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72. |
They
said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who brings it shall have
a camel load, and I (said Joseph
{Yusuf}) am answerable for it. |
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They
said: By Allah, well you know we came not to do evil in the land,
and are no thieves. |
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They
said : And what shall be the penalty for it if you prove liars? |
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They
said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the
cup) is found, he is the penalty
for it. Thus we requite wrongdoers. |
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76. |
Then
he (Joseph {Yusuf})
began the search with their bags before his brother's bag, then he
produced it from his brother's bag. Thus did We contrive for Joseph
{Yusuf}.
He could not have taken his brother according to the king's law unless
Allah willed. We raise by grades (of
mercy) whom We will, and over
every lord of knowledge there is one more knowing. |
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| 77. |
They
said : If he stealeth, a brother of his stole before. But Joseph
{Yusuf} kept it secret in his
soul and revealed it not unto them. He said (within
himself) : You are in worse
case and Allah knows best (the
truth of) that which you allege. |
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78. |
They
said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he has an aged father, so take one
of us instead of him. Lo ! we behold you of those who do kindness. |
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He
said : Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found
our property; then truly we should be wrongdoers. |
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| 80. |
So,
when they despaired of (moving)
him, they conferred together apart. The eldest of them said: Know
you not how your father took an undertaking from you in Allah's name
and how you failed in the case of Joseph {Yusuf}
aforetime? Therefore I shall not go forth from the land until my father
gives leave or Allah judges for me. He is the Best of Judges. |
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81. |
Return
unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! your son has stolen. We
testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the unseen. |
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82. |
Ask
the township where we were, and the caravan with which we travelled
hither. Lo! we speak the truth. |
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| 83. |
(And
when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him)
he said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something.
(My course is)
comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me.
Lo! He, only He, is the Knower, the Wise. |
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84. |
And
he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph {Yusuf}!
And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing. |
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85. |
They
said: By Allah, you will never cease remembering Joseph {Yusuf}
till your health is ruined or you are of those who perish! |
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86. |
He
said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know
from Allah that which you know not. |
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87. |
Go,
O my sons, and ascertain concerning Joseph {Yusuf}
and his brother, and despair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none
despaires of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk |
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88. |
And
when they came (again)
before him (Joseph {Yusuf})
they said: O ruler! Misfortune has touched us and our folk, and we
bring but poor merchandise, so fill for us the measure and be charitable
unto us. Lo! Allah will requite the charitable. |
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89. |
He
said: Know you what you did unto Joseph {Yusuf}
and his brother in your ignorance? |
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| 90. |
They
said: Is it indeed you who are Joseph {Yusuf}?
He said: I am Joseph {Yusuf}
and this is my brother. Allah has shown us favor. Lo! he who wards
off (evil)
and endures (finds favor);
for verily Allah loses not the wages of the kindly. |
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