Surah Yusuf 12:73

Joseph · Verse 73 of 111 · Juz 13 · Page 244

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَـٰرِقِينَ

They said, "By Allāh, you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

They said ‘By God’ ta’Llāhi is an oath entailing astonishment ‘You know very well that we did not come to work corruption in the land and we are certainly not thieves’ that is we have never stolen anything.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 12:73, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.