Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 18
| وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- jaa'o calaa qames. -hi bi- dam kadhib qaala bal sawwalat la- -kum anfus -kum 'amr(an) fa- s.abr jamel wa- 'allaah al- mustacaan calaa maa tas.ifon |
| Pickthall | : | And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe. |
| Asad | : | and they produced his tunic with false blood upon it. [But Jacob] exclaimed: "Nay, but it is your [own] minds that have made [so terrible] a happening seem a matter of little account to you!17 But [as for myself,] patience in adversity is most goodly [in the sight of God]; and it is to God [alone] that I pray to give me strength to bear the misfortune which you have described to me."18 |
| Malik | : | As proof they brought his shirt stained with false blood. "No!" He cried, "Your souls have tempted you to evil. I need good patience! Allah Alone can help me bear the loss you are speaking of." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you. (For me) patience is most fitting: against that which ye assert it is Allah (alone) whose help can be sought"... 1651 1652 |
Note - 17Apparently Jacob did not believe the tale of the wolf
but, knowing his sons' envy of Joseph, at once realized
that it was they themselves who had done grievous harm to
him. Nevertheless - as is evident from Jacob's expression
of hope in verse {83} of this surah - he was not quite
convinced that Joseph was really dead.
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Note - 18Lit., "it is to God that I turn for aid against what you
are describing".
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Note - 1651Joseph wore a garment of many colours, which was a
special garment peculiar to him. If the brethren could
produce it blood-stained before their father, they
thought he would be convinced that Joseph had been killed
by a wild beast. But the stain on the garment was a stain
of "false blood",-not the blood of Joseph, but the blood
of a goat which the brethren had killed expressly for
this purpose. Their device, however, was not quite
convincing because, as some Commentators have pointed out
the garment was intact which is unconceivable if a wolf
had indeed devoured Joseph.
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Note - 1652Jacob saw that there had been some foul play, and he did
not hesitate to say so. In effect he said "Ah me! the
tale you tell may be good enough for you, who invented
it! But what about me, your aged father? What is there
left in life for me now, with my beloved son gone? And
yet what can I do but hold my heart in patience and
implore Allah's assistance? I have faith, and I know that
all that He does is for the best!"
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Apparently Jacob did not believe the tale of the wolf but, knowing his sons' envy of Joseph, at once realized that it was they themselves who had done grievous harm to him. Nevertheless - as is evident from Jacob's expression of hope in verse {83} of this surah - he was not quite convinced that Joseph was really dead. |
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Joseph wore a garment of many colours, which was a special garment peculiar to him. If the brethren could produce it blood-stained before their father, they thought he would be convinced that Joseph had been killed by a wild beast. But the stain on the garment was a stain of "false blood",-not the blood of Joseph, but the blood of a goat which the brethren had killed expressly for this purpose. Their device, however, was not quite convincing because, as some Commentators have pointed out the garment was intact which is unconceivable if a wolf had indeed devoured Joseph. |
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Jacob saw that there had been some foul play, and he did not hesitate to say so. In effect he said "Ah me! the tale you tell may be good enough for you, who invented it! But what about me, your aged father? What is there left in life for me now, with my beloved son gone? And yet what can I do but hold my heart in patience and implore Allah's assistance? I have faith, and I know that all that He does is for the best!" |
