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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 86
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿86﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allâh, and I know from Allâh that which you know not.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَشْكُوا۟
ashkū
I complain
بَثِّى
bathī
(of) my suffering
وَحُزْنِىٓ
waḥuz'nī
and my grief
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَأَعْلَمُ
wa-aʿlamu
and I know
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
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.
86. 1. By this is meant either the dream, about which they were certain that its interpretation would definitely come to pass and they would prostrate to Yusuf (علیہ السلام), or they were certain that Yusuf (علیہ السلام) was alive and present, and that they would definitely meet him in his lifetime.
