The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 215
PT. 12 YUSUF CH. 12 Joseph, but if you must do قَالَ قَابِل مِنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ One of them said, Kill not. 11 وَالْقَوْهُ فِى غَيْبَتِ الْجُ يَلْتَقِطْهُ something, cast him into the بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَعِلِينَ bottom of a deep well; some of the travellers will pick him up. '1515 Only an insane person or a hardened or habitual murderer or dacoit can take the life of an innocent person suddenly and without premeditation. The brothers of Joseph were members of a respectable family. They could not be expected to come to SO atrocious a decision on the spur of the moment. Their decision to murder Joseph was the result of a mature and well-thought-out plan. Moreover, if the decision to kill Joseph was the outcome of a sudden impulse, the man who made the suggestion should have thought twice before doing so lest the others refused to accept his suggestion and he should be branded a potential murderer. Their words, and you can thereafter become a righteous people, also show that they were not habitual criminals and that in their heart of hearts they disliked the foul deed, though they were temporarily blinded by hatred and jealousy. 1515. Important Words: al (bottom) is derived from which means, he was or became absent; or distant and remote; or hidden and concealed. ale or a means, that part of anything which veils or conceals one; the bottom of a well; covert or place of concealment of birds; a low or depressed piece of land or ground; also a grave (Lane & Aqrab). جب ✰✰ (deep well) is derived from (jabba). They say i. e. he cut it; or cut it off. (jubb) means, a well; or a well not cased with stone or the like; or a well containing much water; or a deep well; or a well that people have found, not one that they have dug; or a well that is wide or ample (Lane & Aqrab). سار travellers) is derived from) سيارة which means, he went or passed along; or he marched, journeyed or departed by night or by day. means, one who travels or journeys much; a caravan; a company of persons journeying. is the name of the five planets viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: This verse embodies yet one more point of resemblance between Joseph and the Holy Prophet. Just as one of the brothers of Joseph opposed the proposal to slay him and suggested instead that he should be disposed of in some other manner, so when the plot to kill the Holy Prophet was mooted and hatched at Mecca, some of the plotters objected. Similarly, when the Meccans made a compact to boycott and starve the Holy Prophet and his followers to death, some of 1423