They replied ˹in shock˺, “Are you really Joseph?” He said, “I am Joseph, and here is my brother ˹Benjamin˺! Allah has truly been gracious to us. Surely whoever is mindful ˹of Allah˺ and patient, then certainly Allah never discounts the reward of the good-doers.”
Explanation
These readings are identical in meaning if the second is taken to contain an implied interrogative. It may also be an exclamation, which amounts to the same meaning [Makki]. Both are consistent with the same skeletal form.