Surah Yusuf — Verse 79
Joseph · 12:79 · 79/111
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَـٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّظَـٰلِمُونَ
Qala maAAatha Allahi anna'khutha illa man wajadna mataAAanaAAindahu inna ithan lathalimoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
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."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
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.’
Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He said, “We seek Allah’s refuge from keeping anyone other than him with whom we have found our thing, otherwise we shall be unjust.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
He said: "Allâh forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zâlimûn (wrong-doers)."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Joseph said: "Allah forbid that we should seize any except him with whom we found our good. Were we to do so, we would surely be one of the wrong-doers."