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Yusuf (Joseph)

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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَٰطِـِٔينَ﴿٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "By Allah, certainly has Allah preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
ءَاثَرَكَātharakaAllah has preferred you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has preferred you
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover us
وَإِنwa-inand indeed
كُنَّاkunnāwe have been
لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَlakhāṭiīnasinners

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Yusuf reveals His True Identity to His Brothers and forgives ThemAllah says, when Yusuf's brothers told him about the afflictions and hardship, and shortages in food they suffered from in the aftermath of the drought that struck them, and he remembered his father's grief for losing his two children, he felt compassion, pity and mercy for his father and brothers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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