That is: you are worse in standing before Allah than the one whom you accused of theft in the way you treated Joseph, for Joseph did not commit any actual theft, whereas your betrayal (1) was real. “And Allah knows best what you allege”—that is, what you say.

“They said, ‘O al-Aziz, he has a very aged father, so take one of us in his place. Indeed, we see that you are among the doers of good.’” (78)