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Total pages: 1256
Index: 112 pages
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| 80
Then when they lost hope of him, they retired for a private consultation.
The eldest of them said: "Don't you know that your father has
taken from you a covenant in the name of Allah, and even before how
you fell short of your duty towards Yusuf? So I will certainly not
leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah decides for me;
for He is the Best of the judges. |
| 81
"You return to your father and say: "O our Dad, surely your
son has committed theft, and we do not intimate except what we knew,
and we were not guardians over the unseen. |
| 82
"And you ask the town we were in, and the caravan we have come
with. And surely we are the truthful indeed"." |
| 83
He said: "Of course, your souls have made up this affair for
you. Therefore patience is good. It may be that Allah will bring them
in a body to me. He, He indeed is the all-Knowing, most Wise." |
| 84
And he turned back from them and said: "O my grief for Yusuf!"
And his eyes were drowned with tears on account of the grief, while
he was suppressing. |
| 85
They said: "By Allah! you will not cease remembering Yusuf till
you succumb to disease or become among the dead." |
| 86
He said: "I only express my extreme sorrow and my grief to Allah;
and I know from Allah what you do not know. |
| 87
"O my sons! go then and search Yusuf and his brother, and do
not despair of Allah's mercy. Surely no one despairs of Allah's mercy
except the unbelieving people." |
| 88
Then when they went in to him, they said: "O you exalted one!
distress has afflicted us and our family, and we have come with scanty
money, so give us full measure and be charitable towards us. Allah
certainly rewards the charitable." |
| 89
He said: "Do you know what you had done with Yusuf and his brother,
at that time you were ignorant?" |
| 90
They said: "Are you indeed, are you really Yusuf?" He said:
"I am Yusuf and this is my brother. Allah has already been gracious
to us. Surely as to him who practises reverence and perseveres, then
Allah surely does not waste the reward of the doers of good." |
| 91
They said: "By Allah! Allah has certainly preferred you above
us, and we were surely the sinners." |
| 92
He said: "No censure be on you this day. Allah may forgive you;
for He is the most Rewarding of the granter of rewards. |
| 93
"Go with this shirt of mine, and shed it before my father's face,
he will come to discern. And bring me your family all together." |
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| 80
Then when they lost hope of (getting the release of Binyamin
from) him, they retired for a private consultation (to
find out what excuse they might give to their father). The
eldest (-Judah, the responsible leader, 20:71; Gen. 43:9)
of them said: "Don't you know that your father has taken
from you a covenant in the name of Allah (for safe custody
of Binyamin), and even before how you fell short of your
duty towards Yusuf? So I will certainly not leave this land
until my father permits me, or Allah decides for me
(by making the Egyptian minister yield in handing over Binyamin
to me); for He is the Best of the judges (to decide matters). |
| 81
"You return to your father and say: "O our Dad,
surely your son has committed theft (as revealed during
the search), and we do not intimate except what we knew,
and we were not guardians over the unseen (i.e. what had
actually happened). |
| 82
"And you ask (and enquire) the town we were in,
and the caravan we have come with (and you will find the
facts as we have narrated). And surely we are the truthful
indeed"." |
| 83
He (-Ya'qub, a sadder and wiser man) said (flatly
refusing the cock-and-bull story, as he knew Binyamin too well
that he cannot commit theft): "Of course, your souls
have made up this affair (light) for you (to frame
a case for Binyamin). Therefore patience is good (as
its fruit is sweet). It may be that Allah will (ultimately)
bring them (-Yusuf, Binyamin and Judah) in a body
to me. He, He indeed is the all-Knowing, most Wise." |
| 84
And (because new grief awakens old) he turned back
from them and said: "O my grief for Yusuf!" And
(before he could say anything more) his eyes were drowned
with tears on account of the grief, while he was (grinning
and bearing, and thus) suppressing (and controlling the
grief, but he did not become blind in any way). |
| 85
They (-the unregenerate sons) said (in a rebuking
manner): "By Allah! you will not cease remembering Yusuf
till you succumb to disease or become among the dead." |
| 86
He said: "(As my heart bleeds for them) I only
express my extreme sorrow and my grief to Allah; and I know
from Allah (about the fate of my beloved sons) what you
do not know. |
| 87
"O my sons! go then and search Yusuf and his brother,
and do not despair of Allah's mercy (which is ever at its
full sea). Surely no one despairs of Allah's mercy
except the unbelieving people." |
| 88
Then when (their stock of grain again became short, and)
they went in to him (for the third time), they said:
"O you exalted one! distress has afflicted us and our family,
and we have come with scanty money, so give us full measure
(to the money-value) and (also) be charitable towards
us (by giving us more that what we can pay for). Allah
certainly rewards the charitable." |
| 89
He said (in reply): "Do you know what you had
done with Yusuf and his brother (when you abandoned Yusuf
in the pit, and lent Binyamin into trouble in foreign land),
at that time you were ignorant (of the consequences of
your doing; and now you are asking for generosity from me)?" |
| 90
They said: "Are you indeed, are you really Yusuf?"
He (at last let the cat out of the bag, and) said: "I
am Yusuf and this is my brother (Binyamin, serving here
in Egypt). Allah has already been gracious to us. Surely
as to him who practises reverence and perseveres, then (service
without reward being punishment) Allah surely does not waste
the reward of the doers of good (to others, 12:56)." |
| 91
They said: "By Allah! Allah has certainly preferred
you above us, and we (confess that we) were surely the
sinners." |
| 92
He said: "No censure be on you this day (as we forgive
all your crimes committed on us). Allah may forgive you
(for your sins; and by uttering these very words, Muhammad will
grant general amnesty to his brethren on the day he will conquer
Makkah); for He is the most Rewarding of the granter of rewards. |
| 93
"Go with this shirt of mine (-a rich shirt, befitting
the minister of Egypt, as a contrast to the bloodstained shirt
which you had presented to my father, 12:18), and shed it
(i.e. hold it) before my father's face (to make him see
it minutely), he will come to discern (by the texture
and cutting of the shirt, as to my position). And bring me
your family all together." |
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