Yusuf 12:79
Joseph · ayah 79 of 111
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّظَٰلِمُونَ
Qala maAAatha Allahi anna/khutha illa man wajadna mataAAanaAAindahu inna ithan lathalimoon
"He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust.""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"He said: "Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully."