and at nightfall they came to their father weeping said o our father! behold we went off racing with one another and left joseph behind with our things and thereupon the wolf devoured him! but thou wouldst not believe us even though we speak the truth and they produced his tunic with false blood upon it. exclaimed nay but it is your minds that have made a happening seem a matter of little account to you! but patience in adversity is most goodly and it is to god that i pray to give me strength to bear the misfortune which you have described to me.
وجاءوا أباهم عشاء يبكون قالوا يا أبانا إنا ذهبنا نستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متاعنا فأكله الذئب وما أنت بمؤمن لنا ولو كنا صادقين وجاءوا على قميصه بدم كذب قال بل سولت لكم أنفسكم أمرا فصبر جميل والله المستعان على ما تصفون