They [(Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers] said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his [Yusuf (Joseph)] who did steal before (him)." But these things did Yusuf (Joseph) keep in himself, revealing not the secrets to them. He said (within himself): "You are in worst case, and Allah knows best the truth of what you assert!"
گفتند: «اگر او دزدى كرده، پيش از اين [نيز] برادرش دزدى كرده است. «يوسف اين [سخن‌] را در دل خود پنهان داشت و آن را برايشان آشكار نكرد [ولى‌] گفت: «موقعيت شما بدتر [از او]ست، و خدا به آنچه وصف مى‌كنيد داناتر است.»