Sourate Yusuf · سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ · Juz 13
Q 12:77
۞ قَالُوٓا۟ إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
Traductions
Ils dirent: «S'il a commis un vol, un frère à lui auparavant a volé aussi.» Mais Joseph tint sa pensée secrète, et ne la leur dévoila pas. Il dit [en lui même]: «Votre position est bien pire encore! Et Allah connaît mieux ce que vous décrivez.»They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allah is most knowing of what you describe."Tafsir
Les frères de Joseph dirent: Ce n’est pas étonnant qu’il soit l’auteur du vol puisque son frère germain le précédé en cela. C’est de Joseph qu’ils parlaient mais celui-ci dissimula l’effet de ces paroles sur lui et dit en son for intérieur: Ce sont plutôt l’envie et la malfaisance passée qui était la vôtre, qui furent le mal incarné et Allah connaît le mieux la fausseté de vos inventions.
Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))
They [Yusuf's brothers] said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his [Yusuf] who did steal before (him). " But these things did Yusuf keep in himself, revealing not the secrets to them. He said (within himself): "You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe! (77)
Yusuf's Brothers accuse Him of Theft!
After Yusuf's brothers saw that the king's bowl was taken out of Binyamin's bag, they said,
إِن يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ
(If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal before.) They tried to show themselves as innocent from being like Binyamin, saying that he did just like a brother of his did beforehand, meaning Yusuf, peace be upon him! Allah said,
فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِي نَفْسِهِ
(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), meaning the statement that he said afterwards,
أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!) Yusuf said this to himself and did not utter it aloud, thus intending to hide what he wanted to say to himself even before he said it. Al-'Awfi reported that Ibn 'Abbas said about Allah's statement,
فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِي نَفْسِهِ
(But these things did Yusuf keep in himself), "He kept in himself [his statement next],
أَنتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۖ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
(You are in an evil situation, and Allah is the Best Knower of that which you describe!)."
Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net