قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَٰلِمُونَ

ќōōлə мə'əəз̃əл-лаhи əн-нə`хуз̃ə ильлəə мəу-вəджəднəə мəтəə'əнəə 'иŋŋдəhу иннəə из̃əль-лəз̃ōōлимуун

He said, ‘God forbid that we should detain anyone except him with whom we found our wares, for then we would indeed be wrongdoers.’

فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُواْ مِنْهُ خَلَصُواْ نَجِيًّا  ۖ قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُم مَّوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطتُمْ فِى يُوسُفَ  ۖ فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِىٓ أَبِىٓ أَوْ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ لِى  ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ

фəлəммəə-стəй`əсуу минhу хōлəсуу нəджиййə, ќōōлə кəбиируhум əлəм тə'лəмуу əннə əбəəкум ќōд əхōз̃ə 'əлэйкум-мəуc̃иќōмм-минəл-лаhи вəмиŋŋ-ќōблю мəə фəррōттум фии йуусуф, фəлəн əбрōhəль-əрдō həттəə йə`з̃əнə лии əбии əу йəhкумəл-лаhу лий, вəhувə хōйруль-həəкимиин

When they had despaired of [moving] him, they withdrew to confer privately. The eldest of them said, ‘Don’t you know that your father has taken a [solemn] pledge from you by Allah, and earlier you have neglected your duty in regard to Joseph? So I will never leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah passes a judgement for me, and He is the best of judges.

ٱرْجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَٰفِظِينَ

ирджи'уу илəə əбиикум фəќуулюю йəə əбəəнəə иннə-бнəкə сəрōќō вəмəə шəhиднəə ильлəə бимəə 'əлимнəə вəмəə куннəə ли-ль-ґōйби həəфиз̃ыын

Go back to your father, and say, ‘‘Father! Your son has indeed committed theft, and we testified only to what we knew, and we could not have forestalled the unseen.

وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا  ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

вəəс`əлиль-ќōрйəтəль-лəтии куннəə фииhəə вəəль'иирōль-лəтии əќбəльнəə фииhəə, вə`иннəə лəсōōдиќуун

Ask [the people of] the town we were in, and the caravan with which we came. We indeed speak the truth.’’ ’

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا  ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ  ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا  ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

ќōōлə бəль сəувəлəт лəкум əŋŋфусукум əмрō, фəсōбрун джəмииль, 'əсəл-лаhу əй-йə`тийəнии биhим джəмии'ə, иннəhу hувəль-'əлиимуль-həкиим

He said, ‘No, your souls have made a matter seem decorous to you. Yet patience is graceful. Maybe Allah will bring them all [back] to me. Indeed He is the All-knowing, the All-wise.’

وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

вəтəвəльлəə 'əнhум вəќōōлə йəə əсəфəə 'əлəə йуусуфə вəəбйəддōт 'əйнəəhу минəль-hузни фəhувə кəз̃ыым

He turned away from them and said, ‘Alas for Joseph!’ His eyes had turned white with grief, and he choked with suppressed agony.

قَالُواْ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُاْ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَٰلِكِينَ

ќōōлюю тəл-лаhи тəфтə`у тəз̃куру йуусуфə həттəə тəкуунə həрōдōн əу тəкуунə минəль-həəликиин

They said, ‘By Allah! You will go on remembering Joseph until you wreck your health or perish.’

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُواْ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

ќōōлə иннəмəə əшкуу бəc̃c̃ии вəhузнии илəл-лаhи вə`ə'лəму минəл-лаhи мəə лəə тə'лəмуун

He said, ‘I complain of my anguish and grief only to Allah. I know from Allah what you do not know.’