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YUSUFALI : Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."

PICKTHAL : One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.

SHAKIR : A speaker from among them said: Do not slay Yusuf, and cast him down into the bottom of the pit if you must do (it), (so that) some of the travellers may pick him up.

M& HILALI : One from among them said: "Kill not Yusuf (Joseph), but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of a well, he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."