(The brothers) said: "By Allah! well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not knowing (what ye were doing)?"

Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. But force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them),

他们说：“指真主发誓，你们知道，我们不是到这个地方来捣乱的，我们向来不是小偷。”

他说：“你们知道吗？当你们是愚昧的时候，你们是怎样对待优素福和他弟弟的呢？”

不能娶妻者，叫他们极力保持贞操，直到真主以他的恩惠而使他们富足。你们的奴婢中要求订约赎身者，如果你们知道他们是忠实的，你们就应当与他们订约，并且把真主赐予你们的财产的一部分给他们。如果你们的婢女，要保守贞操，你们就不要为了今世生活的浮利而强迫她们卖淫。如果有人强迫她们，那末，在被迫之后，真主确是至赦的，确是至慈的。