The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 214
CH. 12 YUSUF PT. 12 ضَل مبينن "Surely, our father is in manifest 1513 error. اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا تَخْلُ Kill Joseph or cast him out. 10 لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ may قَوْمًا صَلِحِينَ to some distant land, so that your father's favour become exclusively yours and you can thereafter become a righteous people. '1514 "12:96. 1513. Important Words: aac (a strong party) is derived from which means, he twisted a thing or wound it round or he folded it tightly; he bound or tied a thing. ac means, party or company of men who league together to defend one another, generally from ten to forty in number; a company of men absolutely. ('aṣabiyyat) means, zeal in the cause of one's party; a strong attachment which holds several persons closely united by the same interests or the same opinion and which causes them to defend one another; partisanship or party spirit (Lane). Commentary: The verse under comment contains the fifth resemblance of the Holy Prophet with Joseph. Joseph's brothers were annoyed that instead of them, who, as they thought, were superior to him in every respect, he had won the affection of their father and had become the centre of his attention. In the same way it is on record that when some Arab chiefs were asked what they thought of the Prophet's claims, they answered that if God had intended to raise a Prophet it was they who deserved this honour. " The Meccans also seemed to hold the view that the Quran ought to have been revealed to one of the great men of Mecca or Ță’if (43:32). They looked upon the Holy Prophet as too small a person to be selected for the exalted office of a Prophet. 1514. Commentary: Like the brothers of Joseph, who plotted to kill him, the Quraish of Mecca also conspired to put the Holy Prophet to death (8:31). This is the sixth point of resemblance between the two Prophets. But here again the Quran differs from the Bible. According to the Quran, Joseph's brothers first held a secret conference and matured a plan to put Joseph out of their way, and then went in a body to their father asking him to send him with them, while according to the Bible, they came to a sudden decision to slay him as soon as they saw him approaching them in the fields, without previous consultation (Gen. 37:18-20). Of the two accounts the Quranic one is obviously nearer truth. 1422