Yusuf 12:63
Joseph · Juz 13 · Page 242
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."
Tafsir · in Arabic
Ibn Juzayy
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Commentary on 12:62–66
﴿وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَٰنِهِ﴾ جمع فتى وهو الخادم سواء كان حراً أو عبداً ﴿ٱجْعَلُواْ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ فِي رِحَالِهِمْ﴾ أمر أن يجعلوا البضاعة التي اشتروا منه بها الطعام في أوعيتهم ﴿لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ﴾ أي لعلهم يعرفون اليد والكرامة في ردّ البضاعة إليهم، وليس الضمير للبضاعة ﴿لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ أي لعل معرفتهم بها تدعوهم إلى الرجوع وقصد برد البضاعة إليه مع الطعام استئلافهم بالإحسان إليهم ﴿مُنِعَ مِنَّا ٱلْكَيْلُ﴾ إشارة إلى قوله: ﴿فَإِن لَّمْ تَأْتُونِي بِهِ فَلاَ كَيْلَ لَكُمْ عِندِي﴾ [يوسف: ٦٠] فهو خوف من المنع في المستقبل ﴿نَكْتَلْ﴾ وزنه نفتعل من الكيل ﴿مَا نَبْغِي﴾ ما استفهامية ونبغي بمعنى نطلب، والمعنى أي شيء نطلبه بعد هذه الكرامة وهي ردّ البضاعة مع الطعام ويحتمل أن تكون ما نافية ونبغي من البغي: أي لا نتعدى على أخينا ولا نكذب على الملك ﴿وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا﴾ أي نسوق لهم الطعام ﴿وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ﴾ يريدون بعير أخيهم إذ كان يوسف لا يعطى إلا كيل بعير من الطعام لكل إنسان فأعطاهم عشرة أبعرة ومنعهم الحادي عشر لغيبة صاحبه حتى يأتي. والبعير الجمل ﴿ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ﴾ إن كانت الإشارة إلى الأحمال فالمعنى أنها قليلة لا تكفيهم حتى يضاف إليها كيل بعير، وإن كانت الإشارة إلى كيل بعير، فالمعنى أنه يسير على يوسف أي قليل عنده أو سهل عليه، فلا يمنعهم منه ﴿حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقاً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ﴾ أراد أن يحلفوا له ولتأتنني به جواب اليمين ﴿إِلاَّ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ﴾ أي إلا أن تغلبوا فلا تطيقون الإيتان به.
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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."