The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 241
PT. 13 YUSUF CH. 12 him to me that I may take him وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ اسْتَخْلِصُهُ And the King said, Bring. 55 لِنَفْسِي فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ specially for myself. And when لَدَيْنَا مَكِينُ أَمِينٌ he had spoken to him, he said, 'Thou art this day a man of established position and trust with us. '1558 whom God Himself protects from evil. As for himself, he admits in the verse that human nature alone- unaided by Divine mercy, which manifests itself through revelation, religious law and Divine grace- cannot protect itself from evil. Man, by nature, is apt to fall into evil and it is God's connection alone which can lead him to the right path. The clause (save that whereon my Lord has mercy) is capable of three different interpretations: (a) save the me (soul or spirit) whereupon my Lord has mercy; in this case the particle L. stands for; (b) save that man upon whom my Lord has mercy; in this case will be taken as meaning i. e. that person; and (c) yes, but it is God's mercy which saves whom it chooses; in this case the particle will be taken as and the expression (i. e. self-accusing soul) viz. when a man is struggling against sin and his evil propensities, sometimes overcoming him and at others being vanquished. The third meaning applies to a man when his evil inclinations have the better of him. At this stage he is described by the term; (i. e. the soul prone to evil). All these kinds of (soul) have been mentioned in the Quran (89:28; 75:3; 12:54) and have been fully discussed in the Teachings of Islam by Aḥmad, the Promised Messiah. 1558. Commentary: In the words, I may take him specially for myself, the King seems to administer a veiled rebuke to Potiphar, hinting that, whereas he (Potiphar) had failed to treat with honour a man like Joseph, he himself would now bestow on him the honour he deserved by admitting him to his special favour. This was the attitude of the King before he had spoken to Joseph. But when he had talked with him, he became still more enamoured of him and hastened to confer high rank upon him. In the Bible we read: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "According unto thy word shall all would mean a (mercy). These three meanings refer to the three stages in the spiritual growth of man. The first meaning refers to the stage when man has attained the stage of spiritual perfection. At this stage he is known by the name (i. e. the soul at rest or the soul in peace). The second meaning is applied to man when he is yet in the stage of adpeople be ruled: only in the throne will 1449