The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 258
PT. 13 CH. 12 89. And, YUSUF when they came before him (Joseph), they said, فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا يَايُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ مَشَنَا وَاَهْلَنَا الضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَاعَةِ o exalted one, poverty has smitten us and our family, and مُزْجُةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا الْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقُ we have brought a paltry sum of عَلَيْنَا اِنَّ اللهَ يَجْزِي الْمُتَصَدِّقِيْنَ money, so give us the full measure, and be charitable to us. Surely, Allah rewards the charitable. '1588 قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ He said, “Do you know what. 90 وَاخِيْهِ إِذْ اَنْتُمْ جَهِلُونَ you did to Joseph and his you were brother, when ignorant?'1589 been endowed with great powers and faculties do not try to develop them to their utmost limit. The Holy Prophet inculcated this supreme lesson in his followers, saying that they should never give way to despair. He is reported to have said i. e. For every disease there is a remedy, except death. Similarly, he said, J Egyptians did not speak Arabic and therefore we cannot think that the Ministers of Egypt were known by this title. So in the verse under comment the word has been used only in the sense of a chief or an exalted person. In this sense also Potiphar has been called in v. 52. The conduct of Joseph's brothers on occasion seems to be who says that this. . هلك القوم فهو اهلكهم such and such people have perished, in fact he it is who causes them to perish (by creating a feeling of despair in them) (Muslim, Part II, vol. 2). Indeed all success lies in hope and action, not in vain and futile daydreaming which does not go beyond making castles in the air. 1588. Commentary: The Arabic word (meaning, an honourable or exalted one) does not seem to be a specific title, though in later times i. e. after the advent of Islam, the Kings of Egypt came to be known by this title. The ancient inexplicable. Either they had morally sunk so low that, ignoring the real purpose of their present visit to Egypt, which was to make a search for Joseph, Benjamin and Judah, they began to beg for corn, or, perhaps fearing lest they should be taken for spies, they begged for corn to hide the real purpose of their visit. 1589. Commentary: 1466 appears that Joseph could not, on this occasion, bear to see his brothers degrade themselves by thus begging for corn and decided to reveal himself to them; but he appears to be shy of