قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அதற்குரிய தண்டனையாவது, "எவருடைய சமையில் அது காணப்படுகிறதோ (அவரை பிடித்து வைத்துக் கொள்வதே) அதற்குத் தண்டனை; அநியாயம் செய்வோரை இவ்வாறே நாங்கள் தண்டிக்கிறோம்" என்று (அந்த சகோதரர்கள்) கூறினார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘එහි ප්රතිවිපාකය, එනම් කවරෙකුගේ ගමන් මල්ලෙහි එය සොයා ගනු ලබන්නේ ද එවිට ඔහු මය එහි ප්රතිවිපාකය විඳිය යුත්තේ. අපි අපරාධකරුවන්ට ප්රතිවිපාක ලබා දෙනුයේ එලෙස ය’ යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جواب دیا کہ اس کی سزا یہی ہے کہ جس کے اسباب میں سے پایا جائے وہی اس کا بدلہ ہے ۔ ہم تو ایسے ﻇالموں کو یہی سزا دیا کرتے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれら（兄たちは答えて）言った。「その処罰は，誰でも袋の中から（盃が）発見された者であります。かれが，その償いです。このように，わたしたちは悪を行う者を罰します。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：偷窃者应受的处罚，是在谁的粮袋里搜出酒杯来，就把谁当做奴仆。我们是这样惩罚不义者的。
Tafsir of 12:75
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)
