And he (Yusuf) said to his servants, “”Place their merchandise in their bags so that they may recognise it when they go back to their people and thereby return (to me).””
So when they returned to their father, they said, “”O our father! the measure (of provision) will be withheld from us, therefore send our brother with us so that we may get the measure (of provision) and we will certainly be his protectors.””
He said, “”Shall I believe you with respect to him in a manner other than the manner in which I believed you with respect to his brother earlier? But Allah is the Best Protector and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.””
And when they opened their belongings they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, “”O our father! what (more) do we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us, so we will get more food for our people and we will protect our brother and will have an additional measure of a camel (load), that will be an easy measure.””
He said, “”I will never send him with you until you give me an undertaking in (the name) of Allah that you will bring him back to me unless you are surrounded (and thereby become helpless).””So when they gave him their undertaking, he said, “”Allah is a Trustee over what we say.””
And he said, “”O my sons! (all of you) do not enter through one gate but enter through different gates, and nothing from Allah can be kept away from you by me, the decision is no one’s but Allah’s, in Him do I put my trust and therefore, let all those who trust, put their trust in Him.”
And when they entered in the manner their father had enjoined them, it did not keep away from them anything (that was to happen to them) from Allah, it was nothing but an urge in the soul of Yaqub which he fulfilled, and he was certainly a possessor of knowledge because We had taught him, but the majority of human beings does not know. (R 8)
And when they entered (in the presence of) Yusuf, he took his brother to stay with him. He said, “”I am your brother, so do not grieve because of what they did.””
So, when he provided them with their provision, he put the drinking cup in his brother’s bag. Then an announcer announced, “O caravan! You are certainly thieves.”
They said, “”The penalty for it (is that), he in whose bag it is found, he (himself will receive) the penalty for it, thus do we penalize the unjust.””
So he began (the search) with their sacks before (searching) the sack of his brother, then he brought out the (cup) from the sack of his brother. Thus did We plot for Yusuf. It was (otherwise) not (possible) for him to retain his brother under the law of the king unless Allah willed. We raise the grades of whom We will, and above every possessor of knowledge there is (the Great) Knower.
They said, “”If he has stolen, then his brother too stole earlier,”” but Yusuf kept it a secret in his soul and did not reveal it to them. He said, “”You are in a bad position and Allah knows what you describe.””
He said, “”Allah protect (us) that we seize (some) one other than him with whom we found our property, in that case we will certainly be unjust.”” (R 9)