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1Joseph! turn aside from this. And do thou, woman, ask pardon for thy fault; verily, thou wert of the sinners.’ [30] And women in the city said, ‘The wife of the prince desires her young man for his person; he has infatuated her with love: verily, we see her in obvious error.’ And when she heard of their craftiness, she sent to them and prepared for them a banquet, and gave each of them a knife; and she said, ‘Come forth to them!’ And when they saw him they said, ‘Great God!’ and cut their hands! and said, ‘God forbid! This is no mortal, this is nothing but an honourable angel.’ Said she, ‘This is he concerning whom ye blamed me. _I did desire him for his person, but he was too continent. But if he do not what I bid him he shall surely be imprisoned and shall surely be among the small!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! Prison is dearer to me than what they call on me to do; and unless Thou turn from me their craftiness I shall feel a passion for them and shall be among the ignorant!’ And his Lord answered him and turned from him their craftiness; verily, He both hears and knows! [35] Then it appeared good to them, even after they had seen the signs*, to imprison him until a time. 1 In their sudden emotion at his beauty. | * Of his innocence. XII, 36-42. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 223 And there entered the prison with him two young men. Said one of them, ‘Verily, I see myself} pressing wine.’ And the other said, ‘Verily, I see myself bearing on my head loaves from which the birds do eat; inform us of the interpretation thereof; verily, we see that thou art of those who do good.’ He said, ‘There shall not come to you any food with which ye are provided, but I will inform you both of its interpretation before it comes to you. - That is (some) of what my Lord has taught me; verily, I have left the faith of a people who do not believe in Gad, while in the future too they disbelieve. And I have followed the faith of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; we could not associate aught with God; that is from God’s grace upon us and upon: men: but most men give not thanks. O. ye twain: fellow-prisoners! Are manifold lords better, or God, the one, the dominant? [40] What ye worship beside Him are naught but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment is only God’s; He bids you worship only Him. That is the standard of religion,—but. most men do not know. O.- ye twain fellow-prisoners! as for one of you, he shall pour out wine for his lord: and as for the other, he shall be crucified, and the birds shall eat of his head. The matter is. decreed whereon ye asked me for’a decision !’ And he said to him whom he thought would escape of those two, ‘Remember me with thy lord!’ But Satan made him? forget the remembrance of his lord, so he tarried in prison a few years. ? In a dream. * The application of the pronoun is vague in the text of this 224 THE QUR'AN. XII, 43-51
2forget the remembrance of his lord, so he tarried in prison a few years. ? In a dream. * The application of the pronoun is vague in the text of this 224 THE QUR'AN. XII, 43-51 Then said the king, ‘Verily, I see seven fat kine which seven lean kine devoured ; and seven green ears of corn and others dry. O ye chiefs! Explain to me my vision, if a vision ye can expound!’ Said they, ‘Confused dreams, and naught of the exposition of such dreams know we!’ [45] Then he who had escaped of those twain said,—remembering after a while,—‘ Verily, I will inform you of the interpretation thereof, so send me.’ ‘Joseph! O thou truth teller! explain to us the seven fat kine which seven lean devoured ; and the seven green ears of corn and others dry. Haply I may go back to the men, haply they then may know !’ He said, ‘ Ye shall sow for seven years, as is your wont ; but what ye reap, let it remain in the ear, except a little whereof ye shall eat. Then there shall come after that seven severe (years) which shall devour what ye have put by before for them, save a little of what ye shall preserve. Then there will come after that a year in which men shall have rain and in which they shall press 4.’ [50] Then said the king, ‘ Bring him to me.’ And when the messenger came to him, he said, ‘Go back to thy lord, and ask him, “ What meant the women who cut their hands? Verily, my lord knows their craftiness!”’ —_. He said, ‘What was your design when ye desired Joseph for his person?’ They said, ‘God passage, which is variously interpreted, either that Satan made the butler forget to mention Joseph to his lord Pharaoh, or that Satan made Joseph forget for the moment his Lord God, and place his trust on the man rather than on Him, } Te. press wine and oil. XII, 51-61. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 225 forbid! we know no bad of him.’ Said the wife of the prince, ‘ Now does the truth appear! I desired him for his person and, verily, he is of those who tell the truth.’ *That’ (said Joseph) ‘was that he might know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that God guides not the craft of those who do betray! Yet I do not clear myself, for the soul is very urgent to evil, save what my Lord has had mercy on; verily, my Lord is forgiving and merciful !’ And the king said, ‘ Bring him to me. I will take him specially for myself.’ And when he had spoken with him he said, ‘ Verily, to-day thou art with us in a permanent place of trust.’ [55] He said, ‘ Place me over the treasures of the land ; verily, I will be a knowing keeper.’ Thus did we stablish Joseph in the land that he might settle in what part thereof he pleased—we overtake with our mercy whom we will, nor do we waste the hire of those who do good; and surely the hire of the future life is better for those who believe and who have feared. And his brethren came to Joseph, and they entered in unto him and he knew them, but they recognised not him.
3And his brethren came to Joseph, and they entered in unto him and he knew them, but they recognised not him. And when he had equipped them with their equipment he said, ‘ Bring me a brother that ye have from your father; do ye not see that I give good measure, and that I am the best of entertainers ? [60] But if ye bring him not to me, no measure shall ye have with me, nor shall ye come nigh me.’ . They said, ‘We will desire him of our father, and we will surely do it.’ [6] Q 226 THE QURAN. XII, 62-67. Then he said to his young men, ‘Put their chattels! in their packs, haply they may know it when they are come back to their family; haply they may return.’ And when they returned to their father, they said, ‘O our father! Measure is withheld from us; so send with us our brother that we may get measure, and, verily, him we will keep!’ He said, ‘Shall I entrust you with him, save as I entrusted you with his brother before ? but God is the best of keepers, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.’ [65] And when they opened their goods they found their chattels restored to them. Said they, ‘O our father! What more can we crave? Here are our chattels restored to us, and we shall guard our brother, and shall have an additional measure beside that—a small measure 2%’ He said, ‘I will by no means send him with you until you give. me a compact from God that ye will surely bring him to me, unless ye be encompassed 3.’ So when they had given him their compact he said, ‘God over what ye say has charge.’ And he said, ‘O my sons! enter not by one gate, but enter by several gates ; but I cannot avail you aught against God. Judgment is only God’s; upon Him do I rely, and on Him do the reliant rely.’ 1 The goods which they had brought to barter, or the money they had paid for the corn. 2? Commentators differ as to whether this means that what they had brought was insufficient, or whether the additional measure was a small quantity for Pharaoh to bestow, or whether Jacob utters the words meaning that it is not enough to induce him to part with his son. ' 5 By some unavoidable hindrance. XII, 68-76. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 227 And when they had entered as their father bade them, it availed them nothing against God, save for a want in Jacob’s soul which it fulfilled ; for, verily, he was possessed of knowledge, for that we -had taught him ;—but most men do not know. And when they entered in unto Joseph, he took his brother to stay with him, and said, ‘ Verily, I am thy brother—then take not ill that which they have been doing.’ [70] And when he had equipped them with their equipment he placed the drinking cup in his brother’s pack; then a crier cried out, ‘O ye caravan ! verily, ye are thieves!’ They said, approaching them, ‘ What is it that ye miss ?’ Said they, ‘We miss the goblet of the king, and whoso brings it shall have a camel-load, and I am guarantee thereof.’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Joseph! turn aside from this. And do thou, woman, ask pardon for thy fault; verily, thou wert of the sinners.’ [30] And women in the city said, ‘The wife of the prince desires her young man for his person; he has infatuated her with love: verily, we see her in obvious error.’ And when she heard of their craftiness, she sent to them and prepared for them a banquet, and gave each of them a knife; and she said, ‘Come forth to them!’ And when they saw him they said, ‘Great God!’ and cut their hands! and said, ‘God forbid! This is no mortal, this is nothing but an honourable angel.’ Said she, ‘This is he concerning whom ye blamed me. _I did desire him for his person, but he was too continent. But if he do not what I bid him he shall surely be imprisoned and shall surely be among the small!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! Prison is dearer to me than what they call on me to do; and unless Thou turn from me their craftiness I shall feel a passion for them and shall be among the ignorant!’ And his Lord answered him and turned from him their craftiness; verily, He both hears and knows! [35] Then it appeared good to them, even after they had seen the signs*, to imprison him until a time. 1 In their sudden emotion at his beauty. | * Of his innocence. XII, 36-42. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 223 And there entered the prison with him two young men. Said one of them, ‘Verily, I see myself} pressing wine.’ And the other said, ‘Verily, I see myself bearing on my head loaves from which the birds do eat; inform us of the interpretation thereof; verily, we see that thou art of those who do good.’ He said, ‘There shall not come to you any food with which ye are provided, but I will inform you both of its interpretation before it comes to you. - That is (some) of what my Lord has taught me; verily, I have left the faith of a people who do not believe in Gad, while in the future too they disbelieve. And I have followed the faith of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; we could not associate aught with God; that is from God’s grace upon us and upon: men: but most men give not thanks. O. ye twain: fellow-prisoners! Are manifold lords better, or God, the one, the dominant? [40] What ye worship beside Him are naught but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which God has sent down no authority. Judgment is only God’s; He bids you worship only Him. That is the standard of religion,—but. most men do not know. O.- ye twain fellow-prisoners! as for one of you, he shall pour out wine for his lord: and as for the other, he shall be crucified, and the birds shall eat of his head. The matter is. decreed whereon ye asked me for’a decision !’ And he said to him whom he thought would escape of those two, ‘Remember me with thy lord!’ But Satan made him? forget the remembrance of his lord, so he tarried in prison a few years. ? In a dream. * The application of the pronoun is vague in the text of this 224 THE QUR'AN. XII, 43-51
2forget the remembrance of his lord, so he tarried in prison a few years. ? In a dream. * The application of the pronoun is vague in the text of this 224 THE QUR'AN. XII, 43-51 Then said the king, ‘Verily, I see seven fat kine which seven lean kine devoured ; and seven green ears of corn and others dry. O ye chiefs! Explain to me my vision, if a vision ye can expound!’ Said they, ‘Confused dreams, and naught of the exposition of such dreams know we!’ [45] Then he who had escaped of those twain said,—remembering after a while,—‘ Verily, I will inform you of the interpretation thereof, so send me.’ ‘Joseph! O thou truth teller! explain to us the seven fat kine which seven lean devoured ; and the seven green ears of corn and others dry. Haply I may go back to the men, haply they then may know !’ He said, ‘ Ye shall sow for seven years, as is your wont ; but what ye reap, let it remain in the ear, except a little whereof ye shall eat. Then there shall come after that seven severe (years) which shall devour what ye have put by before for them, save a little of what ye shall preserve. Then there will come after that a year in which men shall have rain and in which they shall press 4.’ [50] Then said the king, ‘ Bring him to me.’ And when the messenger came to him, he said, ‘Go back to thy lord, and ask him, “ What meant the women who cut their hands? Verily, my lord knows their craftiness!”’ —_. He said, ‘What was your design when ye desired Joseph for his person?’ They said, ‘God passage, which is variously interpreted, either that Satan made the butler forget to mention Joseph to his lord Pharaoh, or that Satan made Joseph forget for the moment his Lord God, and place his trust on the man rather than on Him, } Te. press wine and oil. XII, 51-61. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 225 forbid! we know no bad of him.’ Said the wife of the prince, ‘ Now does the truth appear! I desired him for his person and, verily, he is of those who tell the truth.’ *That’ (said Joseph) ‘was that he might know that I did not betray him in his absence, and that God guides not the craft of those who do betray! Yet I do not clear myself, for the soul is very urgent to evil, save what my Lord has had mercy on; verily, my Lord is forgiving and merciful !’ And the king said, ‘ Bring him to me. I will take him specially for myself.’ And when he had spoken with him he said, ‘ Verily, to-day thou art with us in a permanent place of trust.’ [55] He said, ‘ Place me over the treasures of the land ; verily, I will be a knowing keeper.’ Thus did we stablish Joseph in the land that he might settle in what part thereof he pleased—we overtake with our mercy whom we will, nor do we waste the hire of those who do good; and surely the hire of the future life is better for those who believe and who have feared. And his brethren came to Joseph, and they entered in unto him and he knew them, but they recognised not him.
3And his brethren came to Joseph, and they entered in unto him and he knew them, but they recognised not him. And when he had equipped them with their equipment he said, ‘ Bring me a brother that ye have from your father; do ye not see that I give good measure, and that I am the best of entertainers ? [60] But if ye bring him not to me, no measure shall ye have with me, nor shall ye come nigh me.’ . They said, ‘We will desire him of our father, and we will surely do it.’ [6] Q 226 THE QURAN. XII, 62-67. Then he said to his young men, ‘Put their chattels! in their packs, haply they may know it when they are come back to their family; haply they may return.’ And when they returned to their father, they said, ‘O our father! Measure is withheld from us; so send with us our brother that we may get measure, and, verily, him we will keep!’ He said, ‘Shall I entrust you with him, save as I entrusted you with his brother before ? but God is the best of keepers, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.’ [65] And when they opened their goods they found their chattels restored to them. Said they, ‘O our father! What more can we crave? Here are our chattels restored to us, and we shall guard our brother, and shall have an additional measure beside that—a small measure 2%’ He said, ‘I will by no means send him with you until you give. me a compact from God that ye will surely bring him to me, unless ye be encompassed 3.’ So when they had given him their compact he said, ‘God over what ye say has charge.’ And he said, ‘O my sons! enter not by one gate, but enter by several gates ; but I cannot avail you aught against God. Judgment is only God’s; upon Him do I rely, and on Him do the reliant rely.’ 1 The goods which they had brought to barter, or the money they had paid for the corn. 2? Commentators differ as to whether this means that what they had brought was insufficient, or whether the additional measure was a small quantity for Pharaoh to bestow, or whether Jacob utters the words meaning that it is not enough to induce him to part with his son. ' 5 By some unavoidable hindrance. XII, 68-76. THE CHAPTER OF JOSEPH. 227 And when they had entered as their father bade them, it availed them nothing against God, save for a want in Jacob’s soul which it fulfilled ; for, verily, he was possessed of knowledge, for that we -had taught him ;—but most men do not know. And when they entered in unto Joseph, he took his brother to stay with him, and said, ‘ Verily, I am thy brother—then take not ill that which they have been doing.’ [70] And when he had equipped them with their equipment he placed the drinking cup in his brother’s pack; then a crier cried out, ‘O ye caravan ! verily, ye are thieves!’ They said, approaching them, ‘ What is it that ye miss ?’ Said they, ‘We miss the goblet of the king, and whoso brings it shall have a camel-load, and I am guarantee thereof.’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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