Surah 12 Yusuf — Ayah 96
فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًۭا ۖ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
A kiedy przybył zwiastun radosnej nowiny i zarzucił koszulę na jego twarz, on odzyskał wzrok i powiedział: "Czyż wam nie mówiłem, że wiem od Boga to, czego wy nie wiecie?"
falammā an jāa l-bashīru alqāhu ʿalā wajhihi fa-ir'tadda baṣīran qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu mina l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna
Word by word
- فَلَمَّآ falammā Then when
- أَن an [that]
- جَآءَ jāa arrived
- ٱلْبَشِيرُ l-bashīru the bearer of glad tidings
- أَلْقَىٰهُ alqāhu he cast it
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā over
- وَجْهِهِۦ wajhihi his face
- فَٱرْتَدَّ fa-ir'tadda then returned (his) sight
- بَصِيرًۭا ۖ baṣīran then returned (his) sight
- قَالَ qāla He said
- أَلَمْ alam Did not
- أَقُل aqul I say
- لَّكُمْ lakum to you
- إِنِّىٓ innī indeed, I
- أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu [I] know
- مِنَ mina from
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- مَا mā what
- لَا lā not
- تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna you know
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Yahudha brings Yusuf's Shirt and Good News
Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak said;
(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,
(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,
(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,
("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.