They said, “His punishment, if it is found in his bag: he will belong to you. Thus we penalize the guilty.”
Yusuf 12:75
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قَالُوا جَزَاؤُهُ مَنْ وُجِدَ فِي رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
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They said, “His punishment, if it is found in his bag: he will belong to you. Thus we penalize the guilty.”
The brothers answered, "The punishment is that whoever has the cup in his bag will become your prisoner. That's how we punish wrongdoers."
They answered, "Whoever has the cup in his bag will be held as punishment. That's how we punish wrongdoers."
They said, “Its recompense is that whoever it is found in his bag — he himself is its recompense. That is how we repay the wrongdoers.”
They said, “His punishment—if it is found in his bag—he will belong to you. Thus we penalize the guilty.”
They said, “His punishment—if it is found in his bag—he will belong to you. Thus we penalize the guilty.”
[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
They [Yûsuf’s (Joseph) brothers] said: "His penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found, should be held for the punishment (of the crime). Thus we punish the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers)!"
They said, “The punishment is that the one in whose saddlebag it is found should be enslaved in recompense. This is how we punish the wrongdoers.”
They said: "The penalty should be that he in whose saddle-bag it is found, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thus it is we punish the wrong-doers!"
They said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the cup) is found, he is the penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.
They replied, "The penalty should be that he in whose saddlebag it is found, should be held [as bondman] to atone for the crime. That is how we punish the wrongdoers."
They replied: "He in whose saddlebag the cup is found, he himself shall be its recompense." Thus do we punish the wrong-doers.
They said, ‘The requital for it shall be that he in whose saddlebag it is found shall give himself over as its requital. Thus do we requite the wrongdoers.’
Qaloo jazaohu man wujida fee rahlihi fahuwa jazaohu kathalika najzee alththalimeena