Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:77

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

qālū in yasriq faqad saraqa akhun lahu min qablu fa-asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihi walam yub'dihā lahum qāla antum sharrun makānan wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā taṣifūna

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."

— Saheeh International

[His brothers] said, ‘If he is a thief then his brother was a thief before him,’ but Joseph kept his secrets and did not reveal anything to them. He said, ‘You are in a far worse situation. God knows best the truth of what you claim.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They [(Yûsuf’s (Joseph) brothers] said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his [Yûsuf (Joseph)] who did steal before (him)." But these things did Yûsuf (Joseph) keep in himself, revealing not the secrets to them. He said (within himself): "You are in worst case, and Allâh is the Best Knower of that which you describe!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 13Page 244meccan

Word by Word

۞ قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
إِنinIf
يَسْرِقْyasriqhe steals
فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
سَرَقَsaraqastole
أَخٌۭakhuna brother
لَّهُۥlahuof his
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُۚqablubefore
فَأَسَرَّهَاfa-asarrahāBut Yusuf kept it secret
يُوسُفُyūsufuBut Yusuf kept it secret
فِىfīwithin
نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
يُبْدِهَاyub'dihāreveal it
لَهُمْۚlahumto them
قَالَqālaHe said
أَنتُمْantumYou
شَرٌّۭsharrun(are the) worse
مَّكَانًۭاۖmakānan(in) position
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَاbimāof what
تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou describe