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9. Oqtuloo yoosufa awi itrahoohu ardan yakhlu lakum wajhu abeekum watakoonoo min
baAAdihi qawman saliheen
a
9. "Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the favour of your
father may be given to you alone: (there will be time enough) for you to be righteous
after that!"
10. Qala qa-ilun minhum la taqtuloo yoosufa waalqoohu fee ghayabati aljubbi yaltaqithu
baAAdu a
l
ssayyarati in kuntum faAAileen
a
10. Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to
the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."
11. Qaloo ya abana ma laka la ta/manna AAala yoosufa wa-inna lahu lanasihoon
a
11. They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are
indeed his sincere well-wishers?
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