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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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69. And when they came to Joseph, he took his brother to himself and said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not grieve over what they have been doing [68]."
[68]
The Accidental Meeting of Two Separated Brothers:
Just as the brothers of Yusufؑ were jealous of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, they were similarly jealous of Binyamin, because after the separation from Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, Binyamin became the center and focus of their father's attention. Thus, after setting out, along the way they kept taunting and reproaching him, venting the frustrations of their hearts in various ways. When these people entered Egypt, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ welcomed them and accommodated them in the royal guesthouse. He gave each pair of brothers a separate room to stay in. When Binyamin was left alone, he said to him, "I will stay with you." Thus, when privacy was available, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ told Binyamin that he himself was his lost brother. The emotional turmoil that arises on such a sudden meeting of real brothers after a long period of separation and despair is generally known to everyone. The same happened here. Sayyiduna Yusufؑ narrated all the events from the time he was thrown into the well up to the present, and the younger brother Binyamin told the circumstances at home, the details of Sayyiduna Yaqub's sorrow in the separation of his son, and the unjust treatment he himself received from the brothers. Then Sayyiduna Yusufؑ consoled him, saying, "What has happened, has happened. Now your brothers will not be able to harm you. I will devise such a plan that I will not send you back with them. But do not mention anything from our conversation to them, nor tell them anything about me yet."
[68]
The Accidental Meeting of Two Separated Brothers:
Just as the brothers of Yusufؑ were jealous of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, they were similarly jealous of Binyamin, because after the separation from Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, Binyamin became the center and focus of their father's attention. Thus, after setting out, along the way they kept taunting and reproaching him, venting the frustrations of their hearts in various ways. When these people entered Egypt, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ welcomed them and accommodated them in the royal guesthouse. He gave each pair of brothers a separate room to stay in. When Binyamin was left alone, he said to him, "I will stay with you." Thus, when privacy was available, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ told Binyamin that he himself was his lost brother. The emotional turmoil that arises on such a sudden meeting of real brothers after a long period of separation and despair is generally known to everyone. The same happened here. Sayyiduna Yusufؑ narrated all the events from the time he was thrown into the well up to the present, and the younger brother Binyamin told the circumstances at home, the details of Sayyiduna Yaqub's sorrow in the separation of his son, and the unjust treatment he himself received from the brothers. Then Sayyiduna Yusufؑ consoled him, saying, "What has happened, has happened. Now your brothers will not be able to harm you. I will devise such a plan that I will not send you back with them. But do not mention anything from our conversation to them, nor tell them anything about me yet."
