81 Preface ارجِعوا إِلىٰ أَبيكُم فَقولوا يا أَبانا إِنَّ ابنَكَ سَرَقَ وَما شَهِدنا إِلّا بِما عَلِمنا وَما كُنّا لِلغَيبِ حافِظينَAli Quli QaraiGo back to your father, and say, “Father! Your son has indeed committed theft, and we testified only to what we knew,1 and we could not have forestalled the unseen. That is, concerning the penalty for theft according to the custom of the Canaanites.