سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 98
قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿98﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "I will ask my Lord for forgiveness for you, verily He! Only He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سَوْفَ
sawfa
Soon
أَسْتَغْفِرُ
astaghfiru
I will ask forgiveness
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
رَبِّىٓ ۖ
rabbī
(from) my Lord
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْغَفُورُ
l-ghafūru
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
l-raḥīmu
the Most Merciful
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.
98. 1. Instead of immediately praying for forgiveness, he promised to pray, the purpose being that in the last part of the night, which is a special time for Allah's chosen servants to worship Allah, he would pray to Allah for their forgiveness. Secondly, the wrongdoing of the brothers was against Yusuf (علیہ السلام), so it was necessary to consult him; that is why he delayed and did not immediately pray for forgiveness.
