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12:11
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Verse · Āyah
12:11
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ ١١
They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him?
They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
After so deciding they said to their father: "Why is it that you do not trust us regarding Joseph although we are his true well-wishers?"
لَمَّا تُوَاطَئُوا عَلَى أَخْذِهِ وطَرْحه فِي الْبِئْرِ، كَمَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخُوهُمُ الْكَبِيرُ رُوبيل، جَاءُوا أَبَاهُمْ يَعْقُوبَ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالُوا: ﴿يَا أَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّا عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُونَ﴾ وَهَذِهِ تَوْطِئَةٌ وَسَلَفٌ وَدَعْوَى، وَهُمْ يُرِيدُونَ خِلَافَ ذَلِكَ؛ لِمَا لَهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ لِحُبِّ أَبِيهِ لَهُ، ﴿أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا﴾ أَيِ: ابْعَثْهُ مَعَنَا، ﴿غَدًا نَرْتَعْ وَنَلْعَبْ﴾ وَقَرَأَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِالْيَاءِ ﴿يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ﴾
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: يَسْعَى وَيَنْشَطُ. وَكَذَا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ، وَالضَّحَّاكُ والُّسدِّي، وَغَيْرُهُمْ.
﴿وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ﴾ يَقُولُونَ: وَنَحْنُ نَحْفَظُهُ وَنَحُوطُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ.
About this surah
Makki · order 53
Summary
The subject matter of this Surah indicates that it was revealed during the last stage of the Holy Prophet's residence at Makkah, when the Quraish were considering the question of killing or exiling or imprisoning him. At that time some of the unbelievers put this question (probably at the instigation of the Jews) to test him :'Why did the Israelites go to Egypt?'' This question was asked because they knew that their story was not known to the Arabs for there was no mention of it whatever in their traditions and the Holy Prophet had never even referred to it before.
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