The Holy Quran 12:81 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Translation

(The eldest brother said to the others) "Return to your father and say, 'O our father! Indeed your son has stolen. We are testifying only to what we know (to what we have seen i.e. that the cup was found in his satchel), and we have no knowledge of the unseen (we do not know whether it was really he who stole it).'"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, leave me here, and all of you go and tell your father that something has happened which no one could have expected. Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “That is, we gave you our word according to what we understood. How could we have known that Binyamin would steal and be caught?

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