فَبَدَأَ So he began fabada-a with their bags bi-awʿiyatihim before qabla (the) bag wiʿāi (of) his brother akhīhi then thumma he brought it out is'takhrajahā from min (the) bag wiʿāi (of) his brother akhīhi Thus kadhālika (did) We plan kid'nā for Yusuf liyūsufa He could not mā He could not kāna take liyakhudha his brother akhāhu by fī the law dīni (of) the king l-maliki except illā that an Allah willed yashāa Allah willed l-lahu We raise narfaʿu (in) degrees darajātin whom man We will nashāu but over wafawqa every kulli possessor dhī (of) knowledge ʿil'min (is) the All-Knower ʿalīmun
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion [i.e., law] of the king except that Allāh willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.1