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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yusuf 12:75

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

[The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قال إخوة يوسف: جزاء السارق مَن وُجِد المسروق في رحله فهو جزاؤه. أي يسلَّم بسرقته إلى مَن سرق منه حتى يكون عبدًا عنده، مثل هذا الجزاء -وهو الاسترقاق- نجزي الظالمين بالسرقة، وهذا ديننا وسنتنا في أهل السرقة.

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