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Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 8

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إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ Qur’an Yusuf (12:8)
I th q a loo layoosufu waakhoohu a h abbu il a abeen a minn a wana h nu AAu s batun inna ab a n a lafee d al a lin mubeen in
NOW [Joseph's brothers] spoke [thus to one another:] "Truly, Joseph and his brother [Benjamin] are dearer to our father than we, even though we are so many.12 Behold, our father is surely suffering from an aberration!"13
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

Lit., "a company" or "group". Benjamin was Joseph's full brother - both being sons of Jacob's wife Rachel - whereas the other ten were only his half-brothers.

Lit., "is in most obvious error".

This is how the story begins: his step brothers held a meeting and said to one another: "This Yusuf and his brother (Benjamin) are loved more by our father than us, even though we are a group of ten and can help him more than them. In fact, our father is clearly mistaken.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'Remember' when they said 'to one another', 'Surely Joseph and his brother 'Benjamin' are more beloved to our father than we, even though we are a group of so many.1 Indeed, our father is clearly mistaken.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab

 Unlike Joseph’s other brothers, Benjamin was Joseph’s full brother. They lost their mother at a young age, so their half-brothers thought that their father loved them more.

When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain aberration.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we: but we are a goodly body! Really our father is obviously wandering (in his mind)! 1639
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The ten brothers envied and hated their innocent younger brothers Joseph and Benjamin. Jacob had the wisdom to see that his young and innocent sons wanted protection and to perceive Joseph's spiritual greatness. But his wisdom, to them, was folly or madness of imbecility, because it touched their self-love, as truth often does. And they relied on the brute strength of numbers-the ten hefty brethren against old Jacob, the lad Joseph, and the boy Benjamin!

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