¹  Return to your father and say, ‘O our father! Your son committed theft. We testify only to what we know. We could not guard against the unforeseen.  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

²  [And as for you others,] return to your father and say: `O our father! Behold, thy son has stolen-but we [can] bear witness to no more than what has become known to us; and [although we gave you our pledge,] we could not guard against something that [lay hidden in the future and, hence,] was beyond the reach of our perception.   Muhammad Asad

³  “Go back to your father, and say, ‘Our father, your son has stolen. We testify only to what we know, and we could not have prevented the unforeseen.’”  Talal Itani

⁴  So go back to your father and tell him: "Father! Your son has certainly been guilty of stealing. We did not see him stealing but testify according to what we know, and obviously we had no power to keep watch over that what is altogether hidden from us.  Maududi

⁵  Return to your father and say, 'O our father! Verily, your son (Benjamin) has stolen, and we testify not except according to what we know, and we could not know the unseen!  Muhsin Khan

⁶  so go back to your father and say, “Your son stole. We can only tell you what we saw. How could we guard against the unforeseen?  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

⁷  Return to your father and say: O our father! Truly, thy son stole and we bore witness only to what we knew. And we had not been ones who guard the unseen.  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

⁸  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.  Marmaduke Pickthall

⁹  Return to your father and say, "O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,  Sahih Int.

¹⁰  "Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!  Yusuf Ali

¹¹  return to your father and say, 'o our father! indeed, your son has stolen, and not we testify except of what we knew. and not we were of the unseen guardians.  Word by Word