Surah Yusuf, Ayah 76 (12:76)
فَبَدَاَ بِاَوۡعِيَتِهِمۡ قَبۡلَ وِعَآءِ اَخِيۡهِ ثُمَّ اسۡتَخۡرَجَهَا مِنۡ وِّعَآءِ اَخِيۡهِؕ كَذٰ لِكَ كِدۡنَا لِيُوۡسُفَؕ مَا كَانَ لِيَاۡخُذَ اَخَاهُ فِىۡ دِيۡنِ الۡمَلِكِ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؕ نَرۡفَعُ دَرَجٰتٍ مَّنۡ نَّشَآءُؕ وَفَوۡقَ كُلِّ ذِىۡ عِلۡمٍ عَلِيۡمٌ ٧٦
English translation (Pickthall)
Then he (Joseph) 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. 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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فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمۡ بِجَهَازِهِمۡ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِىۡ رَحۡلِ اَخِيۡهِ ثُمَّ اَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ اَيَّـتُهَا الۡعِيۡرُ اِنَّكُمۡ لَسَارِقُوۡنَ ٧٠
12:70And 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! Lo! ye are surely thieves!
قَالُوۡا وَاَقۡبَلُوۡا عَلَيۡهِمۡ مَّاذَا تَفۡقِدُوۡنَ ٧١
12:71They cried, coming toward them: What is it ye have lost?
قَالُوۡا نَفۡقِدُ صُوَاعَ الۡمَلِكِ وَلِمَنۡ جَآءَ بِهٖ حِمۡلُ بَعِيۡرٍ وَّاَنَا بِهٖ زَعِيۡمٌ ٧٢
12:72They said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who bringeth it shall have a camel-load, and I (said Joseph) am answerable for it.
قَالُوۡا تَاللّٰهِ لَـقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمۡ مَّا جِئۡنَا لِـنُفۡسِدَ فِى الۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِقِيۡنَ ٧٣
12:73They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and are no thieves.
قَالُوۡا فَمَا جَزَاۤؤُهٗۤ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ كٰذِبِيۡنَ ٧٤
12:74They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars?
قَالُوۡا جَزَاۤؤُهٗ مَنۡ وُّجِدَ فِىۡ رَحۡلِهٖ فَهُوَ جَزَاۤؤُهٗؕ كَذٰ لِكَ نَجۡزِى الظّٰلِمِيۡنَ ٧٥
12:75They said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the cup) is found, he is the penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.
فَبَدَاَ بِاَوۡعِيَتِهِمۡ قَبۡلَ وِعَآءِ اَخِيۡهِ ثُمَّ اسۡتَخۡرَجَهَا مِنۡ وِّعَآءِ اَخِيۡهِؕ كَذٰ لِكَ كِدۡنَا لِيُوۡسُفَؕ مَا كَانَ لِيَاۡخُذَ اَخَاهُ فِىۡ دِيۡنِ الۡمَلِكِ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؕ نَرۡفَعُ دَرَجٰتٍ مَّنۡ نَّشَآءُؕ وَفَوۡقَ كُلِّ ذِىۡ عِلۡمٍ عَلِيۡمٌ ٧٦
12:76Then he (Joseph) 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. 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.
قَالُوۡۤا اِنۡ يَّسۡرِقۡ فَقَدۡ سَرَقَ اَخٌ لَّهٗ مِنۡ قَبۡلُۚ فَاَسَرَّهَا يُوۡسُفُ فِىۡ نَفۡسِهٖ وَلَمۡ يُبۡدِهَا لَهُمۡۚ قَالَ اَنۡـتُمۡ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۚ وَاللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُوۡنَ ٧٧
12:77They said: If he stealeth, a brother of his stole before. But Joseph kept it secret in his soul and revealed it not unto them. He said (within himself): Ye are in worse case, and Allah knoweth best (the truth of) that which ye allege.
قَالُوۡا يٰۤاَيُّهَا الۡعَزِيۡزُ اِنَّ لَهٗۤ اَبًا شَيۡخًا كَبِيۡرًا فَخُذۡ اَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهٗۚ اِنَّا نَرٰٮكَ مِنَ الۡمُحۡسِنِيۡنَ ٧٨
12:78They said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he hath a very aged father, so take one of us instead of him. Lo! we behold thee of those who do kindness.
