Surah Yusuf 12:73
ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ
They said, "By Allah, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."
Tafsir of Yusuf 12:73
Tafsir
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Verse range: 12:73
After Yusuf's servants accused his brothers of theft,
قالوا تالله لقد علمتم ما جينا لنفسد في اﻻرض وما كنا سارقين
They said: "By Allah! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves! `Ever since you knew us, you, due to our good conduct, became certain that,
ما جينا لنفسد في اﻻرض وما كنا سارقين
(we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!). They said, `Theft is not in our character, as you came to know.' Yusuf's men said,