12:83 qaala bal saw-walat lakum anfusukum amraa* fa Sabrun jamiyl* ‘Asal-laahu ay ya’tiyaniy bihim jamiy’AA* in-nahuu huwal ‘Aliymul Hakiym

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Said Yaqub, "Your souls have fabricated an excuse for you; therefore patience is excellent; it is likely that Allah will bring all * of them to me; undoubtedly only He is the All Knowing, the Wise." (* All three including Yusuf.)

Yusuf Ali:
Jacob said: "Nay, but ye have yourselves contrived a story (good enough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe Allah will bring them (back) all to me (in the end). For He is indeed full of knowledge and wisdom."

Pickthal:
(And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him) he said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me. Lo! He, only He, is the Knower, the Wise.