قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُم مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِقِينَ
Qaloo taAllahi laqad AAalimtum ma ji/na linufsida fee al-ardi wama kunna sariqeena
They said, "By Allah certainly you know, not we came that we cause corruption in the land, and not we are thieves."
Said [the brothers]: "By God! Well do you know that we have not come to commit deeds of corruption in this land, and that we have not been thieving!"
(The brothers) said: "By God! well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"
They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and are no thieves.
They said: By Allah! You know for certain that we have not come to make mischief in the land, and we are not thieves.
They said, "By Allah , you have certainly known that we did not come to cause corruption in the land, and we have not been thieves."