
Comparative Study
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1 Joseph responded, “Allah forbid that we should take other than the one with whom we found our property. Otherwise, we would surely be unjust.” Dr. Mustafa Khattab
2 He answered: "May God preserve us from [the sin of] detaining any other than him with whom we have found our property-for then, behold, we would indeed be evildoers!" Muhammad Asad
3 He said, “God forbid that we should arrest anyone except him in whose possession we found our property; for then we would be unjust.” Talal Itani
4 Joseph said: "Allah forbid that we should seize any except him with whom we found our good. Were we to do so, we would surely be one of the wrong-doers." Maududi
5 He said: Allah forbid, that we should take anyone but him with whom we found our property. Indeed (if we did so), we should be Zalimun (wrong-doers). Muhsin Khan
6 He replied, ‘God forbid that we should take anyone other than the person on whom we found our property: that would be unjust of us.’ Muhammad Abdel Haleem
7 He said: God be my safe place that we take but him with Whom we found our sustenance. Truly, we, then, would be of the ones who are unjust. Dr.Leila Bakhtiar
8 He said : Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our property; then truly we should be wrongdoers. Marmaduke Pickthall
9 He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust." Sahih Int.
10 He said: "(Allah) forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully. Yusuf Ali
11 he said, "Allah forbid that we take except (one) who, we found our possession with him. indeed, we then surely (would be) wrongdoers." Word by Word