The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 211
PT. 12 YUSUF CH. 12 قَالَ يُبْنَى لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَى He said, “O my darling on. 6 اِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَنَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ) relate not thy dream to thy brothers, lest they contrive a plot against thee; "for Satan is to man an open enemy. 1510 "2:169; 18:51; 35:7. Lasai. e. even if Moses and Jesus had been living, they could not have helped tendering their allegiance to me (Kathir. vol. 2, p. 246). He also saidi. e. I am the chief of all the children of Adam (Tirmidhi, ch. on Manaqib). The second point of resemblance between the Holy Prophet and Joseph mentioned in this verse is that, whereas Joseph related his vision to his father, the Holy Prophet, at the instance of his wife, Khadijah, related his first revelation to Waraqah bin Naufal, who was one of the elders of the family (Bukhārī). 1510. Important Words (dream) is derived from which means, (1) he saw with the eye; (2) he saw mentally; (3) he saw in a dream or vision; (4) he held the opinion; (5) he thought or considered, etc. The Arabs say i. e. I saw him where the eye or sight fell upon him, i. e. I saw him actually with the eye. means, a dream or vision seen in sleep. According to most lexicologists is synonymous with (hulm) but according to others the former is such as is good and the latter is the contrary (Lane). Commentary: Here again the Quran differs from the Bible and again the Quranic version is decidedly more reasonable and correct. According to the Quran, Joseph told his dream to his father first, while according to the Bible he first related it to his brothers (Gen. 37:9). But the Bible itself says that Joseph had seen another dream, even before this dream which the Quran relates and, on listening to this first dream, his brethren had said to him: "Shalt thou indeed reign over us or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?" And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words (Gen. 37:5-8). Now, after the rebuke he had received from his brothers on telling them his first dream, it is highly unreasonable and improbable that Joseph should have related his second and similar dream to them before acquainting his father with it. So the Quranic account is clearly nearer truth and reason than the Biblical account. The Quran represents Jacob, the father of Joseph, as having forbidden him to mention his dream to his brethren. It also gives the reason why he forbade him to do so. The reason I was that the dream would excite their envy and they would be tempted to plot against him. That this fear of Jacob was only too well-founded is borne out by the Bible itself, for it says that Joseph's brethren hated him 1419