قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (அதற்கு) அவர்கள், "அல்லாஹ்வின் மீது சத்தியமாக, நாங்கள் நாட்டிலே குழப்பம் உண்டாக்க வரவில்லை என்பதை நீங்கள் நிச்சயமாக அறிவீர்கள்; நாங்கள் திருடர்களுமல்லர்" என்றார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අල්ලාහ් මත දිවුරා පවසමු. මහපොළොවේ කලහකම් කිරීමට අපි නොපැමිණි බවත් අපි සොරුන් නො වන බවත් සැබැවින් ම නුඹලා දන්නෙහු’ යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- انہوں نے کہا اللہ کی قسم! تم کو خوب علم ہے کہ ہم ملک میں فساد پھیلانے کے لئے نہیں آئے اور نہ ہم چور ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「アッラーにかけて誓います。わたしたちはこの国で，悪事を働く為に来たのではないことを，あなたがたは既に御存じです。わたしたちは，盗みは致しません。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 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。
Tafsir of 12:73
تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَرِقِينَ (By Allah! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!) `Ever since you knew us, you, due to our good conduct, became certain that, مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَرِقِينَ (we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!) They said, `Theft is not in our character, as you came to know.' Yusuf's men said, فَمَا جَزَآؤُهُ `(What then shall be the penalty of him), in reference to the thief, if it came out that he is one of you,' إِن كُنتُمْ كَذِبِينَ (if you are (proved to be) liars) They asked them, `What should be the thief's punishment if he is one of you' قَالُواْ جَزؤُهُ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّلِمِينَ (They said: "His penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found, should be held for the punishment. Thus we punish the wrongdoers!") This was the law of Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, that the thief be given as a slave to the victim of theft.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
