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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 13of 111

قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَٰفِلُونَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓlayaḥzununīit surely saddens me
أَنanthat
تَذْهَبُوا۟tadhhabūyou should take him
بِهِۦbihiyou should take him
وَأَخَافُwa-akhāfuand I fear
أَنanthat
يَأْكُلَهُyakulahuwould eat him
ٱلذِّئْبُl-dhi'bua wolf
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
عَنْهُʿanhuof him
غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ya`qub's Answer to Their RequestAllah narrates to us that His Prophet Ya`qub said to his children, in response to their request that he send Yusuf with them to the desert to tend their cattle, إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِى أَن تَذْهَبُواْ بِهِ(Truly, it saddens me that you should take him away.) He said that it was hard on him that he be separated from Yusuf for the duration of their trip, until they came back.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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