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Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 64

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قَالَ هَلْ ءَامَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـٰفِظًا ۖ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Q a la hal a manukum AAalayhi ill a kam a amintukum AAal a akheehi min qablu fa A ll a hu khayrun ha fi th an wahuwa ar h amu a l rr ah imeen a
[Jacob] replied: "Shall I trust you with him in the same way63 as I trusted you with his brother [Joseph] aforetime? [Nay,] but God's guardianship is better [than yours], for He is the most merciful of the merciful!"
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "not otherwise than".

He said: "Should I trust you with him as I once trusted you with his brother? Allah is the best protector and He is the Most Merciful of the mercy-givers."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
He responded, 'Should I trust you with him as I once trusted you with his brother 'Joseph'? But 'only' Allah is the best Protector, and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
He said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his brother to you aforetime? Allah is better at guarding, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah is the best to take care (of him) and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!" 1725
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

I construe Jacob's answer to be a flat refusal to let Benjamin go with them. It would be like the former occasion when he trusted Joseph with them and they lost him. Did they talk of taking care of him? The only protection that he trusted was that of Allah. He at least showed mercy to old and young alike. Did man show such mercy? Witness his sad old age and his lost little Joseph! Would they bring down "his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave?"

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