The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 212
CH. 12 YUSUF PT. 12 وَكَذَلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ And thus shall it be as thou. 7 hast seen, thy Lord will choose thee and "teach thee تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ the interpretation of things and وَعَلَى آلِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَى أَبَوَيْكَ perfect His favour upon thee مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَقَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمة and upon the family of Jacob as He perfected it upon two of thy forefathers Abraham and Isaac. Verily, thy Lord is All- Knowing, Wise. '1511 & "12:22, 102. yet the more for his dreams. This also goes to support the Quranic version. The verse under comment mentions another important resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as Jacob, on hearing the dream of Joseph, told him that when his brothers heard of it, they would plot against him and seek to do him harm, similarly, when Waraqah bin Naufal heard of the first revelation from the Holy Prophet, he told him that a time would come when his people would plot against him and turn him out of their town. 1511. Important Words: (Jacob) may, be said to have Ya'ākob (Jacob) is really a shortened form of Ya'akob-el, admitting several explanations such as "God follows" or "God rewards. " Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel (another name of Jacob) and known as the third Patriarch (Enc. Bib. & Jew. Enc. ). See also 2:41. Commentary: The words, thy Lord shall choose thee, mean that God will deal with you (Joseph) according to your dream, and you will attain to the greatness which has been promised to you in the vision. عقبه been derived from They say i. e. he struck his heel; he came after him as though at his heel. The Bible says, "And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob," (Gen. 25:26) as if "one who takes hold by the heel. " The name is also explained in the Bible as "the supplanter" (Gen. 27:36). It is the prevalent critical opinion that The expression, shall teach you the interpretation of things, is capable of two meanings: (a) what you have seen in the dream will come to pass (b) God will teach you how to interpret dreams. By the word "favour" occurring in this verse is meant the boon of prophethood, which means that Joseph received the promise that God would bestow prophethood on him, 1420