Surah Yusuf ayat 66 Tafsir Quran 12:66

﴿قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِي بِهِ إِلَّا أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا آتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ﴾
[ يوسف: 66]

12:66 [Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise by Allah that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded by enemies." And when they had given their promise, he said, "Allah, over what we say, is Witness."

He said ‘I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge a covenant in the name of God by your swearing an oath that assuredly you will bring him back to me unless you are besieged’ such that you die or are overwhelmed and thus unable to bring him back. They agreed to this. And when they gave him their solemn pledge to this effect he said ‘God shall be Guardian Witness over what we say’ we and you. Thus he sent him with them.

The father said: I will not send him –Benjamin- with you until you have given me a binding oath with a solemn appeal to Allah in witness that you shall bring him back to me unless you are surrounded ,,. Having made an oath to him, he said to them: There, shall Allah be our witness Who stands guard over what we discourse

They find Their Money returned to Their Bags Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags.
When they found their merchandise in their bags, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ( They said: "O our father! What (more ) can we desire..."), what more can we ask for, هَـذِهِ بِضَـعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ( This, our money has been returned to us; ) Qatadah commented ( that they said ), "What more can we ask for, our merchandise was returned to us and the `Aziz has given us the sufficient load we wanted" They said next, وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا ( so we shall get (more ) food for our family,), `if you send our brother with us the next time we go to buy food for our family,' وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ( and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load. ) since Yusuf, peace be upon him, gave each man a camel's load of corn. ذلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ ( This quantity is easy (for the king to give ).) They said these words to make their case more appealing, saying that taking their brother with them is worth this gain, قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّى تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ ( He Ya`qub (Jacob ) said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name..."), until you swear by Allah with the strongest oath, لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِ إِلاَّ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ( that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies )), unless you were all overwhelmed and were unable to rescue him, فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ ( And when they had sworn their solemn oath ), he affirmed it further, saying, اللَّهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ ( Allah is the Witness to what we have said. ) Ibn Ishaq commented, "Ya`qub did that because he had no choice but to send them to bring necessary food supplies for their survival.
So he sent Binyamin with them."

They find Their Money returned to Their Bags Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags.
When they found their merchandise in their bags, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ( They said: "O our father! What (more ) can we desire..."), what more can we ask for, هَـذِهِ بِضَـعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ( This, our money has been returned to us; ) Qatadah commented ( that they said ), "What more can we ask for, our merchandise was returned to us and the `Aziz has given us the sufficient load we wanted" They said next, وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا ( so we shall get (more ) food for our family,), `if you send our brother with us the next time we go to buy food for our family,' وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ( and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load. ) since Yusuf, peace be upon him, gave each man a camel's load of corn. ذلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ ( This quantity is easy (for the king to give ).) They said these words to make their case more appealing, saying that taking their brother with them is worth this gain, قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّى تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ ( He Ya`qub (Jacob ) said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name..."), until you swear by Allah with the strongest oath, لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِ إِلاَّ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ( that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies )), unless you were all overwhelmed and were unable to rescue him, فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ ( And when they had sworn their solemn oath ), he affirmed it further, saying, اللَّهُ عَلَى مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ ( Allah is the Witness to what we have said. ) Ibn Ishaq commented, "Ya`qub did that because he had no choice but to send them to bring necessary food supplies for their survival.
So he sent Binyamin with them."

( He said ) their father said to them: ( I will not send him with you ) simply because of your mere talk ( till ye give me an undertaking ) a pledge ( in the name of Allah that you will bring him back to me, unless you are surrounded ) unless an accident from heaven befalls you; it is also said that this means: unless an accident from heaven or from the earth descends upon you. ( And when they gave him their undertaking ) when they gave him their pledge in the name of Allah that they will bring him back ( he said ) Jacob said: ( Allah is the Warden over what we say ) Allah is a Witness over what we say; it is also said that this means: Allah is Custodian over what we say.

He [Ya'qub (Jacob)] said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name, that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies, etc.)," And when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Allah is the Witness over what we have said."

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