12.51 . He ( the king ) ( then sent for those women and ) said : What happened when ye asked an evil act of Joseph? They answered : Allah Blameless! We know no evil of him . Said the wife of the ruler : Now the truth is out . I asked of him an evil act , and he is surely of the truthful .
12. 12.52 . ( Then Joseph said : I asked for ) this , that he ( my lord ) may now that I betrayed him not in secret , and that surely Allah guideth not the snare of the betrayers .
12. 12.53 . I do not exculpate myself . Lo! the ( human ) soul enjoineth unto evil , save that whereon my Lord hath mercy . my Lord is Forgiving , Merciful .
12. 12.54 . And the king said : Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my person . And when he had talked with him he said : Lo! thou art today our presence established and trusts
12. 12.55 . He said : Set me over the storehouses of the land I am a skilled custodian .
12. 12.56 . Thus gave We power to Joseph in the land . He was the owner of it where be pleased . We reach with our mercy whom We will . We lose not the reward of the good .
12. 12.57 . And the reward of the Hereafter is better , for those who believe and ward of ( evil ) .
12. 12.58 . And Joseph ' s brethren came and presented themselves before him , and he knew them but they knew him not .
12. 12.59 . And when he provided them with their provision he said : Bring unto me a brother of yours from your father . See ye not that I fill up the measure and I am the best of hosts?
12. 12.60 . And if ye bring him not unto me , then there shall be no measure for you with me , nor shall ye draw near .