Surah Yusuf Ayah 81

ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ

In Saheeh International's English translation, Quran 12:81 says: “Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.<sup foot_note=196531>1</sup>”

Translation source: Saheeh International

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Quran 12:81 is in Surah Yusuf, chapter 12 of the Quran.

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