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Yusuf (Joseph)

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قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَشْكُوا۟ashkūI complain
بَثِّىbathī(of) my suffering
وَحُزْنِىٓwaḥuz'nīand my grief
إِلَىilāto
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuand I know
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

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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