Surat Yusuf (78-79)

{قَالُواْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُ أَباً شَيْخاً كَبِيراً فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ} (يوسف : 78)

78- They remembered the covenant which their father took from them to protect your brother Yusuf and return him to his father. So, they started to beseech Yusuf to release Benjamin saying: O minister, his father is an old man, he loves him too much, and is not able to stay away from him, so take one of us instead of him. Indeed, you are a man of honor, justice, and goodness.

{قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّهِ أَن نَّأْخُذَ إِلاَّ مَن وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِندَهُ إِنَّـا إِذاً لَّظَالِمُونَ} (يوسف: 79)

79- Yusuf (peace be upon him) said to them: We seek refuge with Allah to take anyone but he whom we found the stolen goods in his luggage. If we take someone else, we will be oppressors as stated in your Shari`ah, and we seek refuge in Allah against oppression.