Surah Yusuf

فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ ۖ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِى دِينِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِى عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ

Fa bada'a bi'au‘iyatihim qabla wi‘ā'i akhīhi ṡummastakhrajahā miw wi‘ā'i akhīh(i), każālika kidnā liyūsuf(a), mā kāna liya'khuża akhāhu fī dīnil-maliki illā ay yasyā'allāh(u), narfa‘u darajātim man nasyā'(u), wa fauqa kulli żī ‘ilmin ‘alīm(un).

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 of the king except that Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.

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