سورة یُوسُف
Surah Yûsuf 12:79
Joseph · Verse 79 of 111
قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَنْ وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَظَالِمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He said, `God forbid that we take anyone except the one with whom we found our property, for (otherwise) we would, of course, be unjust.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully.
Ahmed Ali
"May God forgive us," he said, "if we hold any one but him with whom we found our property, or else we would be unjust."
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Ali Unal
He said: "God forbid that we take any other but him with whom we found our merchandise; (if we did otherwise) then surely we (too) would be wrongdoers."
Daryabadi
He said: Allah forbid that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our stuff; verily then we should be the wrong-doers.
Faridul Haque
He said, "The refuge of Allah from that we should take anyone except him with whom our property was found - we would then surely be unjust."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: Allah forbid that we should seize other than him with whom we found our property, for then surely we should be unjust!
Maulvi Sher Ali
He replied, `ALLAH forbid that we should take any other but him with whom we have found our property; for then we would certainly be unjust.'
Muhammad Asad
He answered: "May God preserve us from [the sin of] detaining any other than him with whom we have found our property - for then, behold, we would indeed be evildoers!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
He said: "Allah forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.
Muhammad Sarwar
He replied, "God forbid! How could I take someone in place of the thief? In doing so I would be committing injustice."
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: Allah protect us that we should seize other than him with whom we found our property, for then most surely we would be unjust.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "GOD forbid that we should take other than the one in whose possession we found our goods. Otherwise, we would be unjust."
Shabbir Ahmed
He answered, “God save us from detaining other than the one with whom we found our goods. Otherwise, we would be unjust.”