وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَى یُوسُفَ آوَى إِلَیْهِ أَخَاهُ قَالَ إِنِّی أَنَا أَخُوکَ فَلاَ تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا کَانُوا یَعْمَلُونَ (( 69 ))

69- AND WHEN THEY ENTERED BEFORE JOSEPH; HE SEATED HIS BROTHER BESIDES HIMSELF, SAYING:ِ ``I AM YOUR BROTHER, (JOSEPH) SO DO NOT WORRY OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.''

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَایَةَ فِی رَحْلِ أَخِیهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَیَّتُهَا الْعِیرُ إِنَّکُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ(( 70 ))

70- AND WHEN HE FURNISHED THEM WITH THEIR PROVISIONS, HE PUT A DRINKING-CUP IN HIS BROTHER'S PACK. THEN A CRIER CRIED:ِ ``O, YOU, CAMELEERS, YOU ARE THIEVES!''

قَالُوا وَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَیْهِمْ مَاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ (( 71 ))

71- THEY SAID; WHILE TURNING TO THEM, ``WHAT HAVE YOU LOST?''

قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِکِ وَلِمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِیر وَأَنَا بِهِ زَعِیمٌ(( 72 ))

72- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE HAVE LOST THE KING'S GOBLET, AND HE WHO BRINGS IT, SHALL RECEIVE A CAMEL-LOAD (AS A REWARD); THAT, I GUARANTEE.''

قَالُوا تَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِی الاَْرْضِ وَمَا کُنَّا سَارِقِینَ(( 73 ))

73- THEY SAID:ِ ``BY ALLAH, YOU KNOW THAT WE CAME NOT TO MAKE MISCHIEF IN THE LAND, AND WE ARE NOT THIEVES.''

قَالُوا فَمَا جَزَاؤُهُ إِنْ کُنتُمْ کَاذِبِینَ(( 74 ))

74- THEY SAID:ِ ``WHAT IS ITS RECOMPENSE IF YOU WERE LIARS?''

قَالُوا جَزَاؤُهُ مَنْ وُجِدَ فِی رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ کَذَلِکَ نَجْزِی الظَّالِمِینَ(( 75 ))

75- THEY SAID:ِ ``ITS RECOMPENSE IS HIM IN WHOSE BAG IT IS FOUND. HE SHALL BE (YOUR BONDS-MAN) AS ITS RECOMPENSE. SO DO WE PUNISH THE OPPRESSORS.''

فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِیَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَاءِ أَخِیهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ وِعَاءِ أَخِیهِ کَذَلِکَ کِدْنَا لِیُوسُفَ مَا کَانَ لِیَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِی دِینِ الْمَلِکِ إِلاَّ أَنْ یَشَاءَ اللهُ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَات مَّنْ نَّشَاءُ وَفَوْقَ کُلِّ ذِی عِلْم عَلِیمٌ (( 76 ))

76- THEN HE BEGAN WITH (THE SEARCH OF) THEIR SACKS, BEFORE HIS BROTHER'S SACK, AND (AT LAST) HE TOOK IT OUT OF HIS BROTHER'S BAGGAGE. SO DID WE PLAN FOR JOSEPH; BECAUSE BY THE KING'S LAW HE HAD NO RIGHT TO SEIZE HIS BROTHER, EXCEPT THAT GOD WILLED. WE RAISE THE GRADES OF THOSE WHOM WE WILL, AND ABOVE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE THERE IS (ONE WHO IS MORE) KNOWING.