The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 255
CH. 12 أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا وَإِنَّا لَصُدِقُونَ PT. 13 YUSUF of the caravan with which we came, and certainly we are speaking the truth. ” ”1582 قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا He replied, Nay, but your. 84 اللَّهُ souls have embellished to you فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ، عَسَى اللهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنى an evil thing. So now comely بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيْمُ الْحَكِيمُ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَأْسَفَى عَلَى. patience is good for me. May be Allah will bring them all to me; for He is the All-Knowing, the Wise. '1583 85. And he turned away from them and said, ‘O my grief for يُوْسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ Joseph! And his eyes became white because of grief, and he "12:19. 1582. Commentary: verse shows that Jacob had been foretold by God that Joseph was In the verse as (city) is in reality living and that all three brothers (people of the city) and عير members of the اصحاب العير caravan) is) caravan). The words and have been omitted to lend emphasis to the statement. The construction "inquire of the caravan" would signify "if you inquire of any member of the caravan he would testify to the truth of our statement. " 1583. Commentary: The verse does not mean that Jacob accused his sons of making a false report about the detention of Benjamin. What he is represented here as saying is that, owing to their enmity with Benjamin, the idea that he could not be guilty of theft did not occur to them, but there must certainly have been some misunderstanding in the matter. The would come back safe. words, Maybe, Allah will bring them The pronouns (them) used in the all to me, is in the plural which, according to the rules of Arabic grammar applies to more than two. The persons referred to here thus are Joseph, Benjamin, and Judah. Judah's regard for his promise seems to have made a good impression on Jacob's mind and therefore he began to feel pain at his absence also and did not forget him in his prayer. In the words, He is the All- Knowing, the Wise, Jacob seems to hint that God had revealed to him the reality of the matter, and that whatever had happened, had happened in pursuance of a divine plan for the welfare of the family and 1463