فَبَدَأَ بِأَوۡعِيَتِهِمۡ قَبۡلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَخۡرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدۡنَا لِيُوسُفَۖ مَا كَانَ لِيَأۡخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِي دِينِ ٱلۡمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ نَرۡفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٖ مَّن نَّشَآءُۗ وَفَوۡقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلۡمٍ عَلِيمٞ ٧٦
Fabadaʾa biʾawʿiyatihim qabla wiʿāʾi akhīhi thummastakhrajahā miw wiʿāʾi akhīh, kadhālika kidnā liyūsuf, mā kāna liyaʾkhudha akhāhu fī dīnil-maliki illā ay yashāʾallāh, narfaʿu darajātim man nashāʾ, wa fawqa kulli dhī ʿilmin ʿalīm.
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion [i.e., law] of the king except that Allāh willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.1
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- Ending with the ultimate knowledge of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).