فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْـــَٔـسُوْا مِنْہُ خَلَصُوْا نَجِيًّا۰ۭ قَالَ كَبِيْرُہُمْ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوْۗا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمْ قَدْ اَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَّوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللہِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُّمْ فِيْ يُوْسُفَ۰ۚ فَلَنْ اَبْرَحَ الْاَرْضَ حَتّٰى يَاْذَنَ لِيْۗ اَبِيْۗ اَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللہُ لِيْ۰ۚ وَہُوَ خَيْرُ الْحٰكِمِيْنَ۸۰
Falamma istayasoo minhu khalasoo najiyyan qala kabeeruhum alam taAAlamoo anna abakum qad akhatha AAalaykum mawthiqan mina Allahi wamin qablu ma farrattum fee yoosufa falan abraha alarda hatta yathana lee abee aw yahkuma Allahu lee wahuwa khayru alhakimeena
When they despaired of (persuading) him, they went aside to confer. The oldest of them said: "You know that your father has pledged you in the name of God, and you have been guilty of iniquity in the case of Joseph before. I will not leave this place unless my father permits or God decides for me, for He is the best of all judges.
