12:96 Yusuf (Joseph)

{ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَ الْبَشِيرُ } بقرب الاجتماع بيوسف وإخوته وأبيهم، { أَلْقَاهُ } أي: القميص { عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَارْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا } أي: رجع على حاله الأولى بصيرا، بعد أن ابيضت عيناه من الحزن، فقال لمن حضره من أولاده وأهله الذين كانوا يفندون رأيه، ويتعجبون منه منتصرا عليهم، متبجحا بنعمة الله عليه: { أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ } حيث كنت مترجيا للقاء يوسف، مترقبا لزوال الهم والغم والحزن.

قال ابن عباس والضحاك " البشير " البريد وقال مجاهد والسدي كان يهوذا بن يعقوب قال السدي إنما جاء به لأنه هو الذي جاء بالقميص وهو ملطخ بدم كذب فأحب أن يغسل ذلك بهذا فجاء بالقميص فألقاه على وجه أبيه فرجع بصيرا وقال لبنيه عند ذلك " ألم أقل لكم إنى أعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون " أي أعلم أن الله سيرده إلي وقلت لكم " إنى لأجد ريح يوسف لولا أن تفندون.

Yahudha brings Yusuf's Shirt and Good News

Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak said;

الْبَشِيرُ

(good news) means information. Mujahid and As-Suddi said that the bearer of good news was Yahudha, son of Ya`qub. As-Suddi added, "He brought it (Yusuf's shirt) because it was he who brought Yusuf's shirt stained with the false blood. So he liked to erase that error with this good act, by bringing Yusuf's shirt and placing it on his father's face. His father's sight was restored to him." Ya`qub said to his children,

أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّكُمْ إِنِّى أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

(Did I not say to you, `I know from Allah that which you know not'), that I know that Allah will return Yusuf to me and that,

إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ

(I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf, if only you think me not senile.)

Yusuf's Brothers feel Sorry and Regretful

This is when Yusuf's brothers said to their father, with humble- ness,

قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـطِئِينَ - قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّى إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

("O our father! Ask forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners." He said: "I will ask my Lord for forgiveness for you, verily, He! Only He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.") and He forgives those who repent to Him. `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Ibrahim At-Taymi, `Amr bin Qays, Ibn Jurayj and several others said that Prophet Ya`qub delayed fulfilling their request until the latter part of the night.

Then when fa-lammā an an is extra the bearer of good tidings Judah came with the shirt — he had been the one who brought the blood-stained shirt and so now he wished to bring him joy after he had previously brought him grief — he laid it he cast the shirt on his face and he regained his sight. He said ‘Did I not say to you “Indeed I know from God what you do not know?” ’

Said in verse 96 is: فَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَ الْبَشِير that is, ` when this man with the good news reached Canaan' and put the shirt of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) over the face of his father, his eyesight returned and he became a sighted man. The man who came with the good news was Yahuda, the same brother of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) who had brought his shirt from Egypt.

The last sentence of the verse is: قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ (He [ Ya` qub ] said, 'Did I not tell you that I know from Allah what you do not know?' - 96) - that Yusuf is alive and we shall meet again.