_And he sent him with them_; and he said, O my sons, enter not _the city of Miṣr_ by one gate; but enter by different gates; _lest the_ [evil] _eye fall upon you_.[238] But I shall not avert from you, _by my saying this_, anything _decreed to befall you_ from God: _I only say this from a feeling of compassion._ Judgment belongeth not [unto any] save unto God _alone_. On Him do I rely, and on Him let those rely who rely. And when they entered as their father had commanded them, _separately_, it did not avert from them anything _decreed to befall them_ from God, but [only satisfied] a desire in the soul of Jacob, which he accomplished; _that is, the desire of averting the_ [evil] _eye, arising from a feeling of compassion:_ and he was endowed with knowledge, because We had taught him: but the greater number of men, _namely the unbelievers_, know not _God’s inspiration of His saints_. And when they went in unto Joseph, he received unto him (_or pressed unto him_) his brother. He said, Verily I am thy brother;[239] therefore be not sorrowful for that which they did _from envy to us_. _And he commanded him that he should not inform them, and agree with him that he should employ a stratagem to retain him with him._ And when he had furnished them with their provision, he put the cup, _which was a measure made of gold set with jewels_,[240] in the sack of his brother _Benjamin_. Then a crier cried, _after they had gone forth from the chamber of Joseph_, O company of travellers, ye are surely thieves. They said (and turned unto them), What is it that ye miss? They answered, We miss the king’s measure; and to him who shall bring it [shall be given] a camel-load _of corn_, and I am surety for it, _namely the load_. They replied, By God! ye well know that we have not come to act corruptly in the land, and we have not been thieves. _The crier and his companions said_, Then what shall be the recompense of him _who hath stolen it_, if ye be liars _in your saying, We have not been thieves,—and it be found among you?_ They answered, His recompense [shall be that] he in whose sack it shall be found _shall be made a slave:_ he, _the thief_, shall be compensation for it; _namely, for the thing stolen. Such was the usage of the family of Jacob._ Thus do We recompense the offenders _who are guilty of theft.—So they turned towards Joseph, that he might search their sacks._ And he began with their sacks, _and searched them_ before the sack of his brother [Benjamin], _lest he should be suspected_. Then he took it forth (_namely, the measure_) from the sack of his brother. Thus, _saith God_, did We contrive a stratagem for Joseph. It was not [lawful] for him to take his brother _as a slave for theft_ by the law of the king of _Egypt_ (_for his recompense by his law was beating, and a fine of twice the value of the thing stolen; not the being made a slave_), unless God had pleased, _by inspiring him to inquire of his