Surah Yusuf · سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ · Juz 13
Q 12:66
قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ
Translations
[Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise by Allah that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded by enemies." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allah, over what we say, is Witness."- Il dit: «Jamais je ne l'enverrai avec vous, jusqu'à ce que vous m'apportiez l'engagement formel au nom d'Allah que vous me le ramènerez à moins que vous ne soyez cernés». Lorsqu'ils lui eurent apporté l'engagement, il dit: «Allah est garant de ce que nous disons».Tafsir
Their father told them he would not send their brother with them until they had sworn by Allah that they would bring him back, unless destruction overwhelmed them all and none of them remained, and they were unable to do anything about it or to return. When they had given their father a firm promise in Allah's name, he said that Allah was a witness over what they said, and His witnessing was sufficient for them.
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
And when they opened their bags, they found their money had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? This, our money has been returned to us; so we shall get (more) food for our family, and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load. This quantity is easy (for the king to give). (65)He Ya'qub said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name, that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies)," And when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Allah is the Witness to what we have said. (66)
They find Their Money returned to Their Bags
Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags. When they found their merchandise in their bags,
قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِي
(They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire?..."), what more can we ask for,
هَٰذِهِ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا
(This, our money has been returned to us;) Qatadah commented (that they said), "What more can we ask for, our merchandise was returned to us and the 'Aziz has given us the sufficient load we wanted?" They said next,
وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا
(so we shall get (more) food for our family,), 'if you send our brother with us the next time we go to buy food for our family,'
وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ
(and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load.) since Yusuf, peace be upon him, gave each man a camel's load of corn.
ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ
(This quantity is easy (for the king to give).) They said these words to make their case more appealing, saying that taking their brother with them is worth this gain,
قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ
(He [Ya'qub (Jacob)] said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name..."), until you swear by Allah with the strongest oath,
لَتَأْتُنَّنِي بِهِ إِلَّا أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ
(that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies)), unless you were all overwhelmed and were unable to rescue him,
فَلَمَّا آتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ
(And when they had sworn their solemn oath), he affirmed it further, saying,
اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ
(Allah is the Witness to what we have said.) Ibn Ishaq commented, "Ya'qub did that because he had no choice but to send them to bring necessary food supplies for their survival. So he sent Binyamin with them."
Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net