The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 252
CH. 12 YUSUF 78. They said, 'If he has stolen, a brother of his had also PT. 13 MLIJE قَبْلُ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ committed theft before. But Joseph kept it secret in his heart and did not disclose it to them. He simply said, 'You seem to be in the worst condition; and Allah knows best what you allege. '1577 79. They said, 'O exalted one, he has a very aged father, so يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ اَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ RKURE كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ إِنَّا نَرِيكَ take one of us in his stead; for مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ we see thee to be of those who do good. '1578 قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ نَّأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَنْ وَجَدْنَا He replied, God forbid that. 80 مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَةَ إِنَّا إِذَا تَظْلِمُونَ our we should take any save him with whom we found property; for then we should certainly be unjust. '1579 1577. Commentary: One sin leads to another. Joseph's brothers had first sought to put him to death. Now quite unashamedly they hastened to accuse him of theft. Strangely enough, commentators, instead of dismissing brothers had now become even more degenerate than before. 1578. Commentary: to Not being satisfied with accusing Benjamin of theft, they proceed to disown him and some even refuse acknowledge him as their brother saying, he has a very aged father. 1579. Commentary: as a this baseless accusation malicious lie, start searching for some act of stealing in Joseph's life and have gone so far as to declare that while a child he had stolen a few things from the house of his aunt. The words, You seem to be in the worst condition, pathetically point to Joseph's painful thought that, instead of repenting after their early lapse, his 1460 This verse constitutes a strong refutation of the Christian doctrine of Atonement. Joseph said that it would be an act of injustice on his part to detain an innocent person in place of a guilty one although Joseph's brethren had voluntarily offered to suffer for Benjamin. The Bible also