Surah Yusuf ayat 63 Tafsir Quran 12:63

﴿فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَىٰ أَبِيهِمْ قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا الْكَيْلُ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا أَخَانَا نَكْتَلْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ﴾
[ يوسف: 63]

12:63 So when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."

So when they went back to their father they said ‘O father the measure will be denied us unless you send forth our brother to him to the Court officer; so send forth our brother with us that we may obtain the measure read naktal or yaktal ‘that he may obtain the measure for us’. Surely we will guard him well’.

When they returned to their father, they said to him: O father we have been threatened with the denial of future corn-measures unless we be accompanied by our brother –Benjamin-, therefore, we beg you to send him with us so that we can get our supply of corn, and we solemnly promise to guard him home

Yusuf's Brothers ask Ya`qub's Permission to send Their Brother Binyamin with Them to Egypt Allah says that when they went back to their father, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا الْكَيْلُ ( they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get..." ) `after this time, unless you send our brother Binyamin with us.
So send him with us, and we shall get our measure and we shall certainly guard him.' Some scholars read this Ayah in a way that means, `and he shall get his ration.' They said, وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَـفِظُونَ ( and truly, we will guard him. ), `do not fear for his safety, for he will be returned back to you.' This is what they said to Ya`qub about their brother Yusuf, أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَداً يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَـفِظُونَ ( "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and verily, we will take care of him." ) 12:12 This is why Prophet Ya`qub said to them, هَلْ آمَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ( Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother Yusuf to you aforetime ) He asked them, `Will you do to him except what you did to his brother Yusuf before, when you took him away from me and separated me from him' فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـفِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَحِمِينَ ( But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. ) Ya`qub said, `Allah has the most mercy with me among all those who show mercy, He is compassionate with me for my old age, feebleness and eagerness for my son.
I invoke Allah to return him to me, and to allow him and I to be together; for surely, He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.'

Yusuf's Brothers ask Ya`qub's Permission to send Their Brother Binyamin with Them to Egypt Allah says that when they went back to their father, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مُنِعَ مِنَّا الْكَيْلُ ( they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get..." ) `after this time, unless you send our brother Binyamin with us.
So send him with us, and we shall get our measure and we shall certainly guard him.' Some scholars read this Ayah in a way that means, `and he shall get his ration.' They said, وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَـفِظُونَ ( and truly, we will guard him. ), `do not fear for his safety, for he will be returned back to you.' This is what they said to Ya`qub about their brother Yusuf, أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَداً يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَـفِظُونَ ( "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and verily, we will take care of him." ) 12:12 This is why Prophet Ya`qub said to them, هَلْ آمَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ ( Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother Yusuf to you aforetime ) He asked them, `Will you do to him except what you did to his brother Yusuf before, when you took him away from me and separated me from him' فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَـفِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَحِمِينَ ( But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. ) Ya`qub said, `Allah has the most mercy with me among all those who show mercy, He is compassionate with me for my old age, feebleness and eagerness for my son.
I invoke Allah to return him to me, and to allow him and I to be together; for surely, He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.'

( So when they went back to their father ) in the land of Canaan ( they said: O our father! The measure is denied us ) in the future if you do not send Benjamin with us, ( so send with us our brother ) Benjamin ( that we may obtain the measure ) so that he can buy a measure for himself; or: that we may buy a measure for him, according to a different reading, ( surely we will guard him well ) we guarantee to bring him back to you.

So, when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother). So send our brother with us, and we shall get our measure and truly we will guard him."

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