قَالُواْ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأۡمَ۬نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَ
They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers
They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him
They said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yusuf though we are indeed his well-wishers
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قال إخوة يوسف -بعد اتفاقهم على إبعاده-: يا أبانا ما لك لا تجعلنا أمناء على يوسف مع أنه أخونا، ونحن نريد له الخير ونشفق عليه ونرعاه، ونخصه بخالص النصح؟
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أي: قال إخوة يوسف، متوصلين إلى مقصدهم لأبيهم: { يَا أَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَنَّا عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُونَ ْ} أي: لأي شيء يدخلك الخوف منا على يوسف، من غير سبب ولا موجب؟ { وَ ْ} الحال { إِنَّا لَهُ لَنَاصِحُونَ ْ} أي: مشفقون عليه، نود له ما نود لأنفسنا، وهذا يدل على أن يعقوب عليه السلام لا يترك يوسف يذهب مع إخوته للبرية ونحوها.
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لما تواطئوا على أخذه وطرحه في البئر كما أشار به عليهم أخوهم الكبير روبيل جاءوا أباهم يعقوب عليه السلام فقالوا ما بالك " لا تأمنا على يوسف وإنا له لناصحون " وهذه توطئة ودعوى وهم يريدون خلاف ذلك لما له في قلوبهم من الحسد لحب أبيه له.
Source: Ibn Kathir via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
Yusuf's Brothers ask for Their Father's Permission to take Yusuf with Them
When Yusuf's brothers agreed to take him and throw him down the well, taking the advice of their elder brother Rubil, they went to their father Ya`qub, peace be upon him. They said to him, "Why is it that you,
لاَ تَأْمَنَّا عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَنَـصِحُونَ
(do not trust us with Yusuf though we are indeed his well-wishers)." They started executing their plan by this introductory statement, even though they really intended its opposite, out of envy towards Yusuf for being loved by his father. They said,
أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا
"(Send him with us) tomorrow so that we all enjoy ourselves and play." Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi said similarly. Yusuf's brothers said next,
وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَـفِظُونَ
(and verily, we will take care of him.), we will protect him and ensure his safety for you.
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They said ‘O father what is wrong with you that you do not trust us with Joseph? We are indeed his well-wishers we are indeed only looking out for his best interests.
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Appearing in the fifth (111) and sixth (112) verse is the request of these brothers before their father in which they wondered why he would not trust them with Yusuf, although they wished him fully well. So, they pleaded, he should send him along with them to enjoy himself freely by eating and drinking and playing with them and that they all shall be there to take care of him.
The tone of the very request made by the brothers of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) indicates that they had already made such a request earlier too which was not accepted by their father. Therefore, in the present request, they seem to have tried to assure their father with added effort and insistence.
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