The Holy Quran 12:17 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوسُفَ عِندَ مَتَـٰعِنَا فَأَكَلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صَـٰدِقِينَ

Translation

They said, "O our father! We went racing and left Yusuf (alone) with our goods, when a wolf ate him up. (Sensing that Ya'qoob عليه الصلاة والسلام did not believe them, they added,) But you will not believe us even though we are truthful."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The brothers' false story: that is, we were not in the least negligent in looking after him: we seated Yusuf ﵇ where our clothes and other things that needed guarding had been placed, and began running to outstrip one another. He had barely gone out of sight for a moment when the wolf pounced on Yusuf ﵇.

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