Yusuf 12:62
Joseph · Juz 13 · Page 242
وَقَالَ لِفِتۡيَٰنِهِ ٱجۡعَلُواْ بِضَٰعَتَهُمۡ فِي رِحَالِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَعۡرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٦٢
And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise1 into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
1 translator’s note
- The goods which they had brought to trade for food supplies. ↩
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Ibn Abi Hatim
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Commentary on 12:62
(p-٢١٦٥)قَوْلُهُ: ﴿وقالَ لِفِتْيانِهِ﴾ آيَةُ ٦٢
[١١٧٤٣] حَدَّثَنا أبِي، ثَنا هِشامُ بْنُ خالِدٍ، ثَنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إسْحاقَ، ثَنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتادَةَ ﴿وقالَ لِفِتْيانِهِ﴾ أيْ: لِغِلْمانِهِ.
قَوْلُهُ: ﴿اجْعَلُوا بِضاعَتَهم في رِحالِهِمْ﴾
[١١٧٤٤] وبِهِ عَنْ قَتادَةَ قَوْلُهُ: ﴿اجْعَلُوا بِضاعَتَهم في رِحالِهِمْ﴾ أيْ: أوْراقَهم في رِحالِهِمْ.
[١١٧٤٥] حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمانَ، ثَنا الحُسَيْنُ، ثَنا عامِرٌ، عَنْ أسْباطٍ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ قالَ: ﴿وقالَ لِفِتْيانِهِ﴾ وهو يَكِيلُ لَهم ﴿اجْعَلُوا بِضاعَتَهم في رِحالِهِمْ﴾
[١١٧٤٦] حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ العَبّاسِ، ثَنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثَنا سَلَمَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إسْحاقَ قالَ: ثُمَّ أمَرَ بِبِضاعَتِهِمُ الَّتِي أعْطاهم بِها مِنَ الطَّعامِ، فَجُعِلَتْ في رِحالِهِمْ وهم لا يَعْلَمُونَ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَعْرِفُونَها إذا انْقَلَبُوا إلى أهْلِهِمْ﴾
[١١٧٤٧] وبِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إسْحاقَ في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَعْرِفُونَها إذا انْقَلَبُوا إلى أهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهم يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ قالَ: ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا حَتّى قَدِمُوا عَلى أبِيهِمْ، وكانَ مَنزِلُهم فِيما ذَكَرَ لِي بَعْضُ أهْلِ العِلْمِ، بِالعَرَباتِ، مِن أرْضِ فِلَسْطِينَ بِغَوْرِ الشّامِ، وبَعْضٌ يَقُولُ: كانَ بِالأوْلاجِ، مِن ناحِيَةِ الشِّعْبِ أسْفَلَ مِن حِسْمى، وكانَ صاحِبُ بادِيَةٍ لَهُ بِها شاءٌ وإبِلٌ.
قَوْلُهُ: ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَرْجِعُونَ﴾
[١١٧٤٨] حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، ثَنا الحُسَيْنُ، ثَنا عامِرٌ، عَنْ أسْباطٍ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ قَوْلُهُ: ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ قالَ: لَعَلَّهم يَرْجِعُونَ إلَيَّ.
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12:53
۞ وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفۡسِيٓۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفۡسَ لَأَمَّارَةُۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّيٓۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥٣
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."1
1 translator’s note
- Although Ibn Katheer attributes the words of verses 52-53 to the wife of al-ʿAzeez, others have concluded that they were spoken by Joseph, thereby justifying his request for an inquiry and acknowledging Allāh's mercy to him. ↩
12:54
وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱئۡتُونِي بِهِۦٓ أَسۡتَخۡلِصۡهُ لِنَفۡسِيۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَدَيۡنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٞ ٥٤
And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."
12:55
قَالَ ٱجۡعَلۡنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٞ ٥٥
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
12:56
وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنۡهَا حَيۡثُ يَشَآءُۚ نُصِيبُ بِرَحۡمَتِنَا مَن نَّشَآءُۖ وَلَا نُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٥٦
And thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
12:57
وَلَأَجۡرُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ٥٧
And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allāh.
12:58
وَجَآءَ إِخۡوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَعَرَفَهُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٨
And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.1
1 translator’s note
- Due to the change in his appearance over the years. ↩
12:59
وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمۡ قَالَ ٱئۡتُونِي بِأَخٖ لَّكُم مِّنۡ أَبِيكُمۡۚ أَلَا تَرَوۡنَ أَنِّيٓ أُوفِي ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَأَنَا۠ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ ٥٩
And when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father.1 Do you not see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?
1 translator’s note
- i.e., Benjamin, who had been kept at home by his father Jacob. ↩
12:60
فَإِن لَّمۡ تَأۡتُونِي بِهِۦ فَلَا كَيۡلَ لَكُمۡ عِندِي وَلَا تَقۡرَبُونِ ٦٠
But if you do not bring him to me, no measure will there be [hereafter] for you from me, nor will you approach me."
12:61
قَالُواْ سَنُرَٰوِدُ عَنۡهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَٰعِلُونَ ٦١
They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."
12:62
وَقَالَ لِفِتۡيَٰنِهِ ٱجۡعَلُواْ بِضَٰعَتَهُمۡ فِي رِحَالِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَعۡرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٦٢
And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise1 into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
1 translator’s note
- The goods which they had brought to trade for food supplies. ↩
12:63
فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيهِمۡ قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلۡكَيۡلُ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَآ أَخَانَا نَكۡتَلۡ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٦٣
So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."