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we say. My sons, do not enter from one gate. Enter from different
doors. I cannot be of any help to you against Allah; judgement is His
alone. In Him, I have put my trust. In Him alone let the trustful put their
trust.'
And when they entered from where their father had advised them,
nothing availed them against the decree of Allah. It was but a wish in
Yaqub's soul which he had thus fulfilled. He was possessed of
knowledge because of whatWe had taught him, though most men were
unaware of it.
When they presented themselves beforeYusuf, he lodged his brother
with himself, and said: 'I am your brother. Do not grieve at what they
did.'
And when he had given them their provisions, he hid a drinking-cup
in his brother's pack.
Then a crier called out after them: 'Travellers, you are thieves! '
They turned back and asked: 'What have you lost? '
'We miss the king's drinking-cup,' he replied. 'He that restores it shall
have a camel-load. I pledgemyword for it.'
'By Allah,' they said, 'you know we did not come to do evil in this
land.We are no thieves.'
They said: 'What shall be the penalty of himwho stole it, if you prove
to be lying? '
They replied: 'He in whose pack (the cup) is found shall be (your
bondsman). Thus we punish the wrongdoers.'
He searched their bags before his brother's and then took out the cup
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THE QURAN