Surah 12 · Juz 13
Yusuf · 12:75
قَالُوا جَزَاؤُهُ مَنْ وُجِدَ فِي رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
(75) [The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense.[608] Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."
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[608]- According to their law, a convicted thief was made a slave of the one from whom he had stolen.
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[608]- According to their law, a convicted thief was made a slave of the one from whom he had stolen.
Tafsir
75. Joseph’s brothers said that the payment for any thief among them was that the person in whose bag the stolen item was found would become the slave of whoever he stole from. This punishment of being made into a slave is the way they punished thieves.
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