سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 11
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yûsuf (Joseph) though we are indeed his well-wishers?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰٓأَبَانَا
yāabānā
O our father
مَا
mā
Why
لَكَ
laka
(do) you
لَا
lā
not
تَأْمَ۫نَّا
tamannā
trust us
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
with
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa
Yusuf
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
while indeed, we
لَهُۥ
lahu
(are) for him
لَنَـٰصِحُونَ
lanāṣiḥūna
surely well-wishers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
11. 1. This shows that perhaps before this as well, the brothers of Yusuf (علیہ السلام) had tried to take Yusuf (علیہ السلام) with them and the father had refused.
