Surah Yusuf 12:79
سُورَةُ يُوسُفَ · Meccan · Verse 79 of 111
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّظَٰلِمُونَ
Translation
He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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