Surah Yusuf Ayat 78 Tafseer

Para 13 - وَ مَاۤ اُبَرِّئُ

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

12.78-79

قَالُوْا یٰۤاَیُّهَا الْعَزِیْزُ اِنَّ لَهٗۤ اَبًا شَیْخًا كَبِیْرًا فَخُذْ اَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهٗۚ-اِنَّا نَرٰىكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ(78) قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ نَّاْخُذَ اِلَّا مَنْ وَّجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهٗۤۙ-اِنَّـاۤ اِذًا لَّظٰلِمُوْنَ۠ (79)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

They pleaded, “O governor! His father is a most elderly man so take one of us in his place. Indeed, we consider you to be among the virtuous.”[1] He (Yūsuf) said, ˹I seek˺ the refuge of Allah that we take anyone other than he with whom we found our merchandise. ˹Otherwise,˺ we will be unjust.”

Commentary

Although the punishment of theft, in the law of Prophet Yaʿqūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, was that the thief became a slave, it was also permissible to forgive the culprit through the acceptance of a ransom. This is why the brothers requested that one of them is taken in Binyāmīn’s place stating the elderly nature of their father, his love for this brother of theirs, and the fact that their father’s heart was only comforted by this particular son; they meant that one of them becomes a servant in his place or stays until the ransom is paid. They acknowledged the honour, wealth and favours granted to them.

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