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

to Allah.
I know from Allah what you do not know.’
87 ‘Go, my sons,
and look for Joseph
and his brother,
and do not despair of Allah’s mercy.
Indeed no one despairs of Allah’s mercy
except the faithless lot.’
88 Then, when they entered into his presence,
they said, ‘O emir!
Distress has befallen our family, and us,
and we have brought [just] a meager sum.
Yet grant us the full measure,
and be charitable to us!
Indeed Allah rewards the charitable.’
89 He said,
‘Have you realized what you did to Joseph
and his brother,
when you were senseless?’
90 They said, ‘Are you really Joseph?!’
He said, ‘I am Joseph, and this is my brother.
Certainly Allah has shown us favour.
Indeed if one is Godwary and patient
Allah does not waste
the reward of the virtuous.’
91 They said, ‘By Allah,
Allah has certainly preferred you over us,
and we have indeed been erring.’
92 He said, ‘There shall be no reproach on you today.
Allah will forgive you,

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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=368