سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 69
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿69﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when they went in before Yûsuf (Joseph), he took his brother (Benjamin) to himself and said: "Verily! I am your brother, so grieve not for what they used to do."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
دَخَلُوا۟
dakhalū
they entered
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa
Yusuf
ءَاوَىٰٓ
āwā
he took
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to himself
أَخَاهُ ۖ
akhāhu
his brother
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَنَا۠
anā
[I] am
أَخُوكَ
akhūka
your brother
فَلَا
falā
so (do) not
تَبْتَئِسْ
tabta-is
grieve
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
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.
69. 1. Some commentators say that two people were accommodated in each room, so since Binyamin was left alone, Yusuf (AS) kept him alone in a separate room, and then spoke to him in private, telling him about past events and saying that he should not be distressed over what those brothers had done to me. And some say that Yusuf (AS) also informed Binyamin about the plan that was to be used to detain him, so that he would not be worried. (Ibn Kathir)
