66 He said: I will by no means send him with you, until you give me a firm covenant in Allāh’s name that you will bring him back to me, unless you are completely surrounded. And when they gave him their covenant, he said: Allāh is Guardian over what we say.

67 And he said: O my sons, enter not by one gate but enter by different gates. And I can avail you naught against Allāh. Judgment is only Allāh’s. On Him I rely, and on Him let the reliant rely.

68 And when they entered as their father had bidden them, it availed them naught against Allāh, but (it was only) a desire in the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And surely he was possessed of knowledge, because We had given him knowledge, but most people know not.

69 And when they went in to Joseph, he lodged his brother with himself, saying: I am thy brother, so grieve not at what they do.

70 Then when he furnished them with their provision, (someone) placed the drinking-cup in his brother’s bag. Then a crier cried out: O caravan, you are surely thieves!

71 They said, while they turned towards them: What is it that you miss?

72 They said: We miss the king’s drinking-cup, and he who brings it shall have a camel-load, and I am responsible for it.

73 They said: By Allāh! You know for certain that we have not come to make mischief in the land, and we are not thieves.

74 They said: But what is the penalty for this, if you are liars?

75 They said: The penalty for this — the person in whose bag it is found, he himself is the penalty for it. Thus do we punish the wrongdoers.

76 So he began with their sacks before the sack of his brother, then he brought it out from his brother’s sack. Thus did We plan for the sake of Joseph. He could not take his brother under the king’s law, unless Allāh pleased. We raise in degree whom We please. And above everyone possessed of knowledge is the All-Knowing One.

77 They said: If he steal, a brother of his did indeed steal before. But Joseph kept it secret in his soul, and disclosed it not to them. He said: You are in an evil condition, and Allāh knows best what you state.