Surat Yusuf · Joseph
Qur'an 12:77
۞ قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
“They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allāh is most knowing of what you describe."”
Yusuf 12:77 · Saheeh International
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[Och Josefs bröder] sade: "Om han har stulit så har en broder till honom stulit före honom!" Men Josef lät dem inte ana vad han tänkte utan behöll det inom sig; och han sade för sig själv: "Ni är i ett värre läge [än han] - och Gud känner väl till vad ni påstår [om oss]."
Recited by Mishary Alafasy. Plays on through the surah.
Yusuf's Brothers accuse Him of Theft!
After Yusuf's brothers saw that the king's bowl was taken out of Binyamin's bag, they said,
إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ
(If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal before.) They tried to show themselves as innocent from being like Binyamin, saying that he did just like a brother of his did beforehand, meaning Yusuf, peace be upon him! Allah said,
فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِ
(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), meaning the statement that he said afterwards,
أَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَاناً وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمْ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!) Yusuf said this to himself and did not utter it aloud, thus intending to hide what he wanted to say to himself even before he said it. Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said about Allah's statement,
فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِ
(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), "He kept in himself his statement next,
أَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَاناً وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمْ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!)."
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged, English).
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