The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 218
PT. 12 قَالُوا يَا بَانَا إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا * YUSUF CH. 12 18. They said, 'O our father, we went forth racing with one يُوْسُفَ عِنْدَ مَتَاعِنَا فَا كَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَمَا another, and left Joseph with Eng our things, and the wolf اَنْتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَوْ كُنَّا صُدِقِينَ devoured him, but thou wilt not believe us even if we speak the truth. "1521 وَجَاءُ وَ عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ بِدَهِ كَذِبِ قَالَ And they came with false. 19 blood on his shirt. "He said, بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ Nay, but your souls have made b جَمِيلٌ وَاللهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا your eyes. So now comely تَصِفُونَ a great thing appear light in patience is good for me. And it is Allah alone Whose help is to be sought against what you assert. '1522 "12:84. or beginning of the darkness of night; also the time from the declining of the sun (from the meridian) to the rising of the dawn (Lane). 1521. Commentary: even if we speak the truth, show that Joseph's brethren were not habitual criminals, otherwise they would not have uttered words which bespoke nervousness and betrayed their offence. 1522. Important Words: (false) really means either a lie or a falsehood or the act of telling a lie, but here it is used in the sense of i. e. false or that about which a lie is uttered (Lane). made a great thing appear سولت This verse also indicates that when Joseph was cast into a well he was a mere lad of eleven or twelve, otherwise his brothers would not have said that they made him take care of their things while they were playing. A young man of seventeen or eighteen is not entrusted with work of this kind. He himself can take part in all kinds of sports. Nor is he, when armed, likely to be attacked by a wolf, unless there be a pack of wolves, and Palestine is not a land where wolves roam in packs. The words, thou wilt not believe us J light) is derived from JL. The verb (sawila) of which the aorist is J means, he or it was or became lax, flaccid or uncompact; or it hung down loosely; or it was or became pendent or pendulous. They say a Jew i. e. Satan led him into error; or he facilitated to him the commission 1426