قَالَ
لَنۡ
أُرۡسِلَهُۥ
مَعَكُمۡ
حَتَّىٰ
تُؤۡتُونِ
مَوۡثِقٗا
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِ
لَتَأۡتُنَّنِي
بِهِۦٓ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يُحَاطَ
بِكُمۡۖ
فَلَمَّآ
ءَاتَوۡهُ
مَوۡثِقَهُمۡ
قَالَ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَىٰ
مَا
نَقُولُ
وَكِيلٞ
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He 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.
— M. Pickthall
[Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise [i.e., oath] by Allāh that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded [i.e., overcome by enemies]." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allāh, over what we say, is Entrusted."1
— Saheeh International
(Jacob) said: "Never will I send him with you until ye swear a solemn oath to me, in Allah's name, that ye will be sure to bring him back to me unless ye are yourselves hemmed in (and made powerless). And when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Over all that we say, be Allah the witness and guardian!"
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
They find Their Money returned to Their Bags
Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags. When they found their merchandise in their bags,
قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى
(They said: "O our
…They find Their Money returned to Their Bags
Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf h
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