12.81 . Return unto your father and say : O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen . We testify only to that which we know ; we are not guardians of the unseen .

12.82 . Ask the township where we were , and the caravan with which we travelled hither . Lo! we speak the truth .

12.83 . ( And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him ) he said : Nay , but your minds have beguiled you into something . ( My course is ) comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me . Lo! He , only He , is the Knower , the Wise .

12.84 . And he turned away from them and said : Alas , my grief for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing .

12.85 . They said : By Allah , thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till thy health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!

12.86 . He said : I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah , and I know from Allah that which ye know not .

12.87 . Go , O my sons , and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother , and despair not of the Spirit of Allah . Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving folk

12.88 . And when they came ( again ) before him ( Joseph ) they said : O ruler! Misfortune hath touched us and our folk , and we bring but poor merchandise , so fill for us the measure and be charitable unto us . Lo! Allah will requite the charitable .

12.89 . He said : Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?

12.90 . They said : Is it indeed thou who art Joseph? He said : I am Joseph and this is my brother . Allah hath shown us favor . Lo! he who wardeth off ( evil ) and endureth ( findeth favor ) ; for verily Allah loseth not the wages of the kindly .

12.91 . They said : By Allah , verily Allah hath preferred thee above us , and we were indeed sinful .

12.92 . He said : Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you , and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy .

12.93 . Go with this shirt of mine and lay it on my father ' s face , he will become ( again ) a seer ; and come to me with all your folk .

12.94 . When the caravan departed their father had said : Truly I am conscious of the breath of Joseph , though ye call me dotard .

12.95 . ( Those around him ) said : By Allah , Lo! thou art in thine old aberration .

12.96 . Then , when the bearer of glad tidings came , he laid it on his face and he became a seer once more . He said : Said I not unto you that I know from Allah that which ye know not?

12.97 . They said : O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us , for lo! we were sinful .

12.98 . He said : I shall ask forgiveness for you of my Lord . He is the Forgiving , the Merciful .

12.99 . And when they came in before Joseph , he took his parents unto him , and said : Come into Egypt sale , if Allah will!

12.100 . And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him prostrate , and he said : O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream of old . My Lord hath made it true , and He hath shown me kindness , since He took me out of the prison and hath brought you from the desert after Satan had made strife between me and my brethren . Lo! my Lord is tender unto whom He will . He is the Knower , the Wise .