Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

56 That is how We established Joseph in the land
that he may settle in it wherever he wished.
We confer Our mercy on whomever We wish,
and We do not waste the reward of the virtuous.
57 And the reward of the Hereafter is surely better
for those who have faith and are Godwary.
58 [After some years] the brothers of Joseph came
and entered his presence.
He recognized them,
but they did not recognize him.
59 When he had furnished them with their provision,
he said, ‘Bring me a brother that you have
through your father.
Do you not see that I give the full measure
and that I am the best of hosts?
60 But if you do not bring him to me,
then there will be no rations for you with me,
and don’t [ever] come near me.’
61 They said, ‘We will solicit him from his father.
[That] we will surely do.’
62 He said to his servants,
‘Put their money in their saddlebags.
Maybe they will recognize it
when they return to their folks,
and maybe they will come back [again].’
63 So when they returned to their father, they said,
‘Father, the measure has been withheld from us,
so let our brother go with us
so that we may obtain the measure,
and we will indeed take [good] care of him.’

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 16 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=363