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Yusuf (Joseph)

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فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا۟ نَجِيًّۭا ۖ قَالَ كَبِيرُهُمْ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُم مَّوْثِقًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطتُمْ فِى يُوسُفَ ۖ فَلَنْ أَبْرَحَ ٱلْأَرْضَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْذَنَ لِىٓ أَبِىٓ أَوْ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ لِى ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

So when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allah and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of judges.

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟is'tayasūthey despaired
مِنْهُmin'huof him
خَلَصُوا۟khalaṣūthey secluded themselves
نَجِيًّۭا ۖnajiyyan(in) private consultation
قَالَqālaSaid
كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumthe eldest among them
أَلَمْalamDo not
تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou know
أَنَّannathat
أَبَاكُمْabākumyour father
قَدْqadhas taken
أَخَذَakhadhahas taken
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
مَّوْثِقًۭاmawthiqana promise
مِّنَminaby
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَمِنwaminand before
قَبْلُqabluand before
مَاthat
فَرَّطتُمْfarraṭtumyou failed
فِىconcerning
يُوسُفَ ۖyūsufaYusuf
فَلَنْfalanSo never
أَبْرَحَabraḥawill I leave
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَأْذَنَyadhanapermits
لِىٓme
أَبِىٓabīmy father
أَوْawor
يَحْكُمَyaḥkumaAllah decides
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah decides
لِى ۖfor me
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
خَيْرُkhayru(is) the Best
ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah's Prophet Ya`qub receives the Grievous NewsAllah's Prophet Ya`qub repeated to his children the same words he said to them when they brought false blood on Yusuf' shirt,بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ(Nay, but your own selves have beguiled you into something. So patience is most fitting (for me).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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