M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

12. Send him with us tomorrow that he may enjoy himself and sport, and surely we will guard him well.

13. He said: Surely it grieves me that you should take him off, and I fear lest the wolf devour him while you are heedless of him.

14. They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.

15. So when they had gone off with him and agreed that they should put him down at the bottom of the pit, and We revealed to him: You will most certainly inform them of this their affair while they do not perceive.

16. And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping.

17. They said: O our father! surely we went off racing and left Yusuf by our goods, so the wolf devoured him, and you will not believe us though we are truthful.

18. And they brought his shirt with false blood upon it. He said: Nay, your souls have made the matter light for you, but patience is good and Allah is He Whose help is sought for