12:76 fa bada-a bi aw’Iyatihim qabla wi’AAi akhiyhi thum-mastakhrajahaa min wi’AAi akhiyh* kadhaalika kidnaa li yuusuf* maa kaana li ya’khudha akhaahu fiy diynil maliki il-laa ay yashaa-al-laah* narfa’U darajaatim man nashaa’* wa fawqa kul-li dhiy ‘Ilmin ‘Aliym

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So he first searched their bags before his brother’s bag, then removed it from his brother’s bag; this was the plan We had taught Yusuf; he had no right to take his brother by the king’s law, except if Allah wills; We may raise in ranks whomever We will; and above every possessor of knowledge is another scholar.

Yusuf Ali:
So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he came to) the baggage of his brother: at length he brought it out of his brother's baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by the law of the king except that Allah willed it (so). We raise to degrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all endued with knowledge is one, the All-Knowing.

Pickthal:
Then he (Joseph) began the search with their bags before his brother's bag, then he produced it from his brother's bag. Thus did We contrive for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother according to the king's law unless Allah willed. We raise by grades (of mercy) whom We will, and over every lord of knowledge there is one more knowing.