They said, “By Allah, you know we did not come to cause trouble in the land, and we are not thieves.”
Yusuf 12:73
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قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِقِينَ
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They said, “By God, you know we did not come to cause trouble in the land, and we are not thieves.”
Joseph's brothers said, "By Allah, you know we didn't come here to make trouble, and we're not thieves!"
Joseph's brothers said, "By Allah, you know we didn't come here to cause trouble, and we're not thieves!"
They said, “By God, you know well that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we were never thieves.”
They said, “By Allah, you know that we didn’t come to cause trouble in the land, and we are not thieves.”
They said, “By God, you know that we didn’t come to cause trouble in the land, and we are not thieves.”
They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
They said: "By Allâh! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"
They said, “By Allah, you know well that we did not come to spread corruption in the land, nor are we thieves.”
(The brothers) said: "By Allah! well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"
They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and are no thieves.
They said, "By God, you [ought to] know we have not come here to cause any trouble in the land. We are not thieves!"
They said: "By Allah, you certainly know that we did not come to act corruptly in this land, nor are we those who steal."
They said, ‘By Allah! You certainly know that we did not come to make trouble in this country, and we are not thieves.’
Qaloo taAllahi laqad AAalimtum ma jina linufsida fee alardi wama kunna sariqeena