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قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ Qur’an Yusuf (12:66)

Q a la lan orsilahu maAAakum h att a tutooni mawthiqan mina All a hi latatunnanee bihi ill a an yu hat a bikum falamm a a tawhu mawthiqahum q a la All a hu AAal a m a naqoolu wakeel un

Said [Jacob]: "I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge, before God, that you will indeed bring him back unto me, unless you yourselves be encompassed [by death]!" And when they had given him their solemn pledge, [Jacob] said: "God is witness to all that we say!"

- Mohammad Asad

Ya'qoob (Jacob) replied: "I will never send him with you until you pledge in the name of Allah that you will surely bring him back to me unless you become helpless." And when they had given their pledge, he said: "Allah is the Witness over the pledge you made."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Jacob insisted, 'I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn oath by Allah that you will certainly bring him back to me, unless you are totally overpowered.' Then after they had given him their oaths, he concluded, 'Allah is a Witness to what we have said.'

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking in the name of Allah that ye will bring him hack to me, unless ye are surrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is the Warden over what we say.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

(Jacob) said: "Never will I send him with you until ye swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's name that ye will be sure to bring him back to me unless ye are yourselves hemmed in (and made powerless)." And when they had sworn their solemn oath he said: "Over all that we say be Allah the Witness and Guardian!" ¹⁷²⁸ ¹⁷²⁹

Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 66

Said [Jacob]: "I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge, before God, that you will indeed bring him back unto me, unless you yourselves be encompassed [by death]!" And when they had given him their solemn pledge, [Jacob] said: "God is witness to all that we say!"

- Mohammad Asad

Ya'qoob (Jacob) replied: "I will never send him with you until you pledge in the name of Allah that you will surely bring him back to me unless you become helpless." And when they had given their pledge, he said: "Allah is the Witness over the pledge you made."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Jacob insisted, 'I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn oath by Allah that you will certainly bring him back to me, unless you are totally overpowered.' Then after they had given him their oaths, he concluded, 'Allah is a Witness to what we have said.'

- Mustafa Khattab

He said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking in the name of Allah that ye will bring him hack to me, unless ye are surrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is the Warden over what we say.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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