should devour him notwithstanding that
we are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.

012.015
Y: So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him down to
the bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this Message): 'Of a
surety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of this their affair
while they know (thee) not'

P: Then, when they led him off, and were of one mind that they should
place him in the depth of the pit, We inspired in him: Thou wilt tell
them of this deed of theirs when they know (thee) not.

S: So when they had gone off with him and agreed that they should put
him down at the bottom of the pit, and We revealed to him: You will
most certainly inform them of this their affair while they do not
perceive.

012.016
Y: Then they came to their father in the early part of the night,
weeping.

P: And they came weeping to their father in the evening.

S: And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping.

012.017
Y: They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, and left
Joseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him.... But thou wilt
never believe us even though we tell the truth."

P: Saying: O our father! We went racing one with another, and left
Joseph by our things, and the wolf devoured him, and thou believest not
our saying even when we speak the truth.

S: They said: O our father! surely we went off racing and left Yusuf by
our goods, so the wolf devoured him, and you will not believe us though
we are truthful.

012.018
Y: They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your
minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience
is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone)
Whose help can be sought"..

P: And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your
minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience.
And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which
ye describe.

S: And they brought his shirt with false blood upon it. He said: Nay,
your souls have made the matter light for you, but patience is good and
Allah is He Whose help is sought for against what you describe.

012.019
Y: Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their
water-carrier (for water), and he let down his bucket (into the
well)...He said: "Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man!" So
they concealed him as a treasure! But Allah knoweth well al