81 Preface ارجِعوا إِلىٰ أَبيكُم فَقولوا يا أَبانا إِنَّ ابنَكَ سَرَقَ وَما شَهِدنا إِلّا بِما عَلِمنا وَما كُنّا لِلغَيبِ حافِظينَYusuf Ali“Turn ye back to your father, and say, ?O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!1'He stole in secret and without our knowledge. How could we in the circumstances prevent it? 1 This may have been a good statement for the other nine brothers, but Judah was himself personally and specially pledged.