Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."

So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this Message): 'Of a surety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of this their affair while they know (thee) not'

他们当中有一个发言人曾说：“你们不要杀死优素福，你们可以把他投入井里。要是你们那样做了，一些过路的旅客会把他拾去的。”

当他们把他带走，并且一致决定把他投入井底的时候，我启示他说：“将来你必定要把他们这件事，在他们不知不觉的时候，告诉他们。”