يُوسُف : ٦٦

  • قَالَ He said
  • لَنۡ Never
  • أُرۡسِلَهُۥ will I send him
  • مَعَكُمۡ with you
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • تُؤۡتُونِ you give to me
  • مَوۡثِقٗا a promise
  • مِّنَ by
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • لَتَأۡتُنَّنِي that surely you will bring him to me
  • بِهِۦٓ that surely you will bring him to me
  • إِلَّآ unless
  • أَن that
  • يُحَاطَ you are surrounded
  • بِكُمۡۖ you are surrounded
  • فَلَمَّآ And when
  • ءَاتَوۡهُ they had given him
  • مَوۡثِقَهُمۡ their promise
  • قَالَ he said
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • عَلَىٰ over
  • مَا what
  • نَقُولُ we say
  • وَكِيلٞ (is) a Guardian
[Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise [i.e., oath] by Allāh that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded [i.e., overcome by enemies]." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allāh, over what we say, is Entrusted."1
Footnotes
1 - i.e., sufficient to witness and deal with the matter.
He said, 'I will not send him with you until you give me a [solemn] pledge, a covenant, in the name of God, by your swearing an oath, that assuredly you will bring him back to me, unless you are besieged', such that you die, or are overwhelmed and thus unable to bring him back. They agreed to this. And when they gave him their [solemn] pledge, to this effect, he said, 'God shall be Guardian, Witness, over what we say', we and you. Thus he sent him with them.