The Holy Quran 12:79 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ

Translation

He (Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام) said, "May Allaah protect us from (the injustice of) taking anyone (as prisoner) besides the one with whom we found our article. If we do so, then we would certainly be of the oppressors." (unjust ones)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, Allah forbid that we should seize one person in place of another without cause. We shall detain only the one with whom our property was found (that is Binyamin, who, as a full brother, will stay with us). Here too [Yusuf ﵇] did not say, instead of اِلَّا مَنْ وَّجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهٗٓ (“except the one with whom we found our property”)

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