12:81 irji’UU ilaa abiykum fa quuluu yaa abaanaa in-nabnaka saraq* wa maa shahidnaa il-laa bimaa ‘Alimnaa wa maa kun-naa lilgaybi HaafiZiyn

Click here to play the verse

Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
"Return to your father and then submit, ‘O our father! Indeed your son has stolen; we were witness only to what we know and we were not guardians of the unseen.’

Yusuf Ali:
"Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!

Pickthal:
Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.