Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil, save that whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
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Juz 13
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the king said: Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my person. And when he had talked with him he said: Lo! thou art to-day in our presence established and trusted.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Set me over the storehouses of the land. Lo! I am a skilled custodian.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus gave We power to Joseph in the land. He was the owner of it where he pleased. We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We lose not the reward of the good.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the reward of the Hereafter is better, for those who believe and ward off (evil).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Joseph's brethren came and presented themselves before him, and he knew them but they knew him not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when he provided them with their provision he said: Bring unto me a brother of yours from your father. See ye not that I fill up the measure and I am the best of hosts?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if ye bring him not unto me, then there shall be no measure for you with me, nor shall ye draw near.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo when they went back to their father they said: O our father! The measure is denied us, so send with us our brother that we may obtain the measure, surely we will guard him well.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his brother to you aforetime? Allah is better at guarding, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they opened their belongings they discovered that their merchandise had been returned to them. They said: O our father! What (more) can we ask? Here is our merchandise returned to us. We shall get provision for our folk and guard our brother, and we shall have the extra measure of a camel (load). This (that we bring now) is a light measure.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking in the name of Allah that ye will bring him back to me, unless ye are surrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is the Warden over what we say.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he said: O my sons! Go not in by one gate; go in by different gates. I can naught avail you as against Allah. Lo! the decision rests with Allah only. In Him do I put my trust, and in Him let all the trusting put their trust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they entered in the manner which their father had enjoined, it would have naught availed them as against Allah; it was but a need of Jacob's soul which he thus satisfied; and lo! he was a lord of knowledge because We had taught him; but most of mankind know not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they went in before Joseph, he took his brother unto him, saying: Lo! I, even I, am thy brother, therefore sorrow not for what they did.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when he provided them with their provision, he put the drinking-cup in his brother's saddlebag, and then a crier cried: O camel-riders! Lo! ye are surely thieves!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey cried, coming toward them: What is it ye have lost?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who bringeth it shall have a camel-load, and I (said Joseph) am answerable for it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and are no thieves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the cup) is found, he is the penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he (Joseph) began the search with their bags before his brother's bag, then he produced it from his brother's bag. Thus did We contrive for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother according to the king's law unless Allah willed. We raise by grades (of mercy) whom We will, and over every lord of knowledge there is one more knowing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: If he stealeth, a brother of his stole before. But Joseph kept it secret in his soul and revealed it not unto them. He said (within himself): Ye are in worse case, and Allah knoweth best (the truth of) that which ye allege.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he hath a very aged father, so take one of us instead of him. Lo! we behold thee of those who do kindness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo, When they despaired of (moving) him, they conferred together apart. The eldest of them said: Know ye not how your father took an undertaking from you in Allah's name and how ye failed in the case of Joseph aforetime? Therefore I shall not go forth from the land until my father giveth leave or Allah judgeth for me. He is the Best of Judges.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallReturn unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAsk the township where we were, and the caravan with which we travelled hither. Lo! we speak the truth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him) he said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me. Lo! He, only He, is the Knower, the Wise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: By Allah, thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till thy health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGo, O my sons, and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother, and despair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they came (again) before him (Joseph) they said: O ruler! Misfortune hath touched us and our folk, and we bring but poor merchandise, so fill for us the measure and be charitable unto us. Lo! Allah will requite the charitable,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Is it indeed thou who art Joseph? He said: I am Joseph and this is my brother. Allah hath shown us favour. Lo! he who wardeth off (evil) and endureth (findeth favour); for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the kindly.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were indeed sinful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).