Tafsir for verse: 12:73
قَالُواْ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُم مَّا جِئۡنَا لِنُفۡسِدَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَٰرِقِينَ ٧٣ ﴿73﴾
73They said, “We swear by Allah, you know, we did not come to make mischief in the land, nor have we ever been thieves.”
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Commentary
By Allah, there is a meaning of astonishment in what has been attributed to them. They said, 'Certainly, you have known,' so they testified by their knowledge. This is due to what was established for them from the signs of their religion and their trustworthiness in their repeated coming and their interaction with the king. They entered with the mouths of their mounts tied shut, so that they would not consume any crops or food belonging to anyone from the market. And because they returned the goods they found in their saddlebags, 'And we were not thieves,' and we have never been described as such, as it contradicts our state.
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