قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبٗا شَيۡخٗا كَبِيرٗا فَخُذۡ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٧٨
Qālū yā'ayyuhal-'azīzu inna lahū aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh ahadanā makānahū innā narāka minal-muhsinīn
They said, "O ʿAzeez,611 indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
Footnotes
611 Addressing Joseph, who now held the title of "al-ʿAzeez."