قَالُوا إِنْ یَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَأَسَرَّهَا یُوسُفُ فِی نَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ یُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ أَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَکَاناً وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ (( 77 ))
77- THEY SAID:ِ ``IF HE STEALS, VERILY A BROTHER OF HIM (i.e. JOSEPH) STOLE BEFORE; BUT JOSEPH CONCEALED IT IN HIS SOUL, AND DID NOT REVEAL IT TO THEM. HE JUST SAID:ِ YOU ARE IN A WORSE CASE, AND ALLAH KNOWS BETTER, WHAT YOU DESCRIBE.''
قَالُوا یَا أَیُّهَا الْعَزِیزُ إِنَّ لَهُ أَباً شَیْخاً کَبِیراً فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَکَانَهُ إِنَّا نَرَاکَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِینَ(( 78 ))
78- THEY SAID:ِ ``O, AZIZ! HE HAS AN OLD, AGED FATHER. SO TAKE ONE OF US IN HIS PLACE, THAT WE SEE, YOU ARE OF THE GOOD-DOERS.''
قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ نَّأْخُذَ إِلاَّ مَنْ وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّا إِذاً لَظَالِمُونَ(( 79 ))
79- HE SAID GOD FORBID, THAT WE SHOULD SEIZE ANY ONE EXCEPT HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE FOUND OUR PROPERTY. IF WE DO THAT, WE MUST THEN BE OF THE OPPRESSORS.