12.81 . Return unto your father and say : O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen . We testify only to that which we know ; we are not guardians of the unseen .
12. 12.82 . Ask the township where we were , and the caravan with which we travelled hither . Lo! we speak the truth .
12. 12.83 . ( And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him ) he said : Nay , but your minds have beguiled you into something . ( My course is ) comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me . Lo! He , only He , is the Knower , the Wise .
12. 12.84 . And he turned away from them and said : Alas , my grief for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing .
12. 12.85 . They said : By Allah , thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till thy health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!
12. 12.86 . He said : I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah , and I know from Allah that which ye know not .
12. 12.87 . Go , O my sons , and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother , and despair not of the Spirit of Allah . Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk
12. 12.88 . And when they came ( again ) before him ( Joseph ) they said : O ruler! Misfortune hath touched us and our folk , and we bring but poor merchandise , so fill for us the measure and be charitable unto us . Lo! Allah will requite the charitable .
12. 12.89 . He said : Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?
12. 12.90 . They said : Is it indeed thou who art Joseph? He said : I am Joseph and this is my brother . Allah hath shown us favor . Lo! he who wardeth off ( evil ) and endureth ( findeth favor ) ; for verily Allah loseth not the wages of the kindly .
