Surah Yusuf, ayah 77

12:77

۞ قَالُوٓاْ إِن يَسۡرِقۡ فَقَدۡ سَرَقَ أَخٞ لَّهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُۚ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِي نَفۡسِهِۦ وَلَمۡ يُبۡدِهَا لَهُمۡۚ قَالَ أَنتُمۡ شَرّٞ مَّكَانٗاۖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ ٧٧

Qālū in yasriq faqad saraqa akhul lahū min qablu fa asarrahā yūsufu fī nafsihī walam yubdihā lahum qāla antum sharrum makānan wallāhu a'lamu bimā tasifūn

They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them.610 He said, "You are worse in position, and Allāh is most knowing of what you describe."

Footnotes

610 He did not answer that he himself had been stolen by them from his father.