(The brothers) said: "By Allah! well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"
They said: "By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"
They said: "By Allah! indeed has Allah preferred thee above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!"
They said: "By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."
And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out of that which We have bestowed for their sustenance! By Allah, ye shall certainly be called to account for your false inventions.
By Allah, We (also) sent (Our messengers) to Peoples before thee; but Satan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring: He is also their patron today, but they shall have a most grievous penalty.
"'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,
He said: "By Allah! thou wast little short of bringing me to perdition!
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。”
他们说:“指真主发誓,你将念念不忘优素福,直到你变成为憔悴的或死亡的。”
他们说:“指真主发誓,真主确已从我们当中拣选了你。从前,我们确是有罪的。
他们说:“指真主发誓,你的确还在你那旧有的迷误之中。”
我所供给他们的财产,他们以其中的一部分去供奉那些无知的(偶像)。指真主发誓,关于你们所捏造的(事物),你们必受审问。
指真主发誓,在你之前,我确已派遣许多使者去教化各民族;但恶魔以他们的行为迷惑他们,所以今天他是他们的保护者,他们将受痛苦的刑罚。
“指真主发誓,以前,我们确实在明显的迷误中。
他说:“以真主发誓,你的确几乎陷害了我。