He said, “Allah forbid that we should arrest anyone except him in whose possession we found our property; for then we would be unjust.”
Yusuf 12:79
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قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَنْ وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَظَالِمُونَ
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He said, “God forbid that we should arrest anyone except him in whose possession we found our property; for then we would be unjust.”
Joseph said, "Allah forbid that we take anyone except the one who had our cup. If we did that, we'd be unfair."
Joseph replied, "Allah forbid that we take anyone except the one in whose bag we found our belongings. If we did, we'd certainly be wrongdoers."
He said, “God forbid that we take anyone other than the one with whom we found our property. We would then truly be wrongdoers.”
He said, “Allah forbid, that we should detain anyone except whom we found our property with him. For then, we would be unjust.”
He said, “God forbid, that we should detain anyone except whom we found our property with him. For then, we would be unjust.”
He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."
He said: "Allâh forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zâlimûn (wrong-doers)."
Joseph said, “Allah forbid that we should take except the one with whom we found our property, for we would then be unjust.”
He said: "Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully.
He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.
He replied, "God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property. In that case, we would clearly be wrongdoers."
Joseph said: "Allah forbid that we should seize any except him with whom we found our good. Were we to do so, we would surely be one of the wrong-doers."
He said, ‘God forbid that we should detain anyone except him with whom we found our wares, for then we would indeed be wrongdoers.’
Qala maAAatha Allahi an nakhutha illa man wajadna mataAAana AAindahu inna ithan lathalimoona