Joseph
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[12:81]
[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.

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* v.81 : I.e., the finding of the King’s cup in Benjamin’s bag (Baghawī and Zamakhsharī).
* Lit., “We were not guardians over that which was beyond the reach of [our] perception”: i.e., “at the time when we gave you our pledge regarding Benjamin, we did not know that he would steal” (Zamakhsharī).