The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 263
PT. 13 YUSUF CH. 12 قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّ إِنَّهُ He said, “I will certainly ask. 99 هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ forgiveness for you of my Lord. Surely, He is the Most Forgiving, the Merciful. '1598 فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوْا عَلَى يُوْسُفَ أَوَى إِلَيْهِ And when they came to. 100 Joseph, he put up his parents اَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ادْخُلُوا مِصْرَ إِن شَاءَ اللهُ with himself, and said, Enter امِنِينَ Egypt in peace, if it please Allah. '1599 repented of their sins and, as this verse shows, they no longer thought their own repentance to be sufficient. So they also requested their father to pray to God to forgive them. They now realized that man's anger was nothing compared with God's wrath; therefore they thought it necessary first of all to make peace with God and to ask His forgiveness through their father. This request implied Jacob's pardon, for he could not have prayed for them, as he promised in the following verse, unless he had himself forgiven them. 1598. Important Words: (will) is a word used to change the aorist from the present (JG) to the future () denoting postponement. Jmeans, I will do (not I do or am doing) such a thing. The Arabs ie such a one lives فلان يقتات السوف ,say only by means of things hoped for (Lane). See 9:28. Commentary: Jacob's reply to the request of his sons for forgiveness portrays the true inner nature of man. He hints to them in the word (will) that after 1471 reconciliation, love and affection do not at once take the place of anger and wrath in the heart of a person. The after-effects of bitterness take some time to disappear. Joseph had been preparing himself for a long time to pardon his brothers, so his forgiveness was full and immediate and he also prayed to God to forgive them. But such was not the case with Jacob. This is why Jacob said that he would take some time to become fully reconciled with them and to be in a position to pray for them, though at the same time he comforted his erring sons by drawing their attention to the great mercy and all- comprehensive forgiveness of God. 1599. Commentary: verse a Joseph's real mother had died but the use of the word "parents" in the that beautifully hints stepmother is as much entitled to one's respect and affection as one's real mother. The verse also shows that Joseph had gone out of the town to receive his parents. On starting to do a new work, a Muslim is enjoined to say a lás (if God wills or if it pleases God). By