Surah Yusuf ayat 70 Tafsir Quran 12:70

﴿فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِي رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ﴾
[ يوسف: 70]

12:70 So when he had furnished them with their supplies, he put the [gold measuring] bowl into the bag of his brother. Then an announcer called out, "O caravan, indeed you are thieves."

And when he had equipped them with their provision he put the drinking-cup a golden cup studded with jewels into the saddlebag of his brother Benjamin. Then a crier shouted a herald cried after they were dismissed from Joseph’s court ‘O cameleers caravan you are surely thieves!’

When he was supplying them with their requirement of corn, the attendants, who were instructed earlier, put the kings cup in his brother Benjamins saddle-bag. As all of them started to journey homeward, an announcer declared larceny; he said: O you travellers, you are thieves

Yusuf had His Golden Bowl placed in Binyamin's Bag; a Plot to keep Him in Egypt After Yusuf supplied them with their provisions, he ordered some of his servants to place his silver bowl ( in Binyamin's bag ), according to the majority of scholars.
Some scholars said that the king's bowl was made from gold.
Ibn Zayd added that the king used it to drink from, and later, measured food grains with it since food became scarce in that time, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd.
Shu`bah said that Abu Bishr narrated that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said that the king's bowl was made from silver and he used it to drink with.
Yusuf had the bowl placed in Binyamin's bag while they were unaware, and then had someone herald, أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ ( O you (in ) the caravan! Surely, you are thieves!) They looked at the man who was heralding this statement and asked him, مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَقَالُواْ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ ( "What is it that you have lost" They said: "We have lost the bowl of the king..." ), which he used to measure food grains, وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ ( and for him who produces it is a camel load ), as a reward, وَأَنَاْ بِهِ زَعِيمٌ ( and I will be bound by it. ), as assurance of delivery of the reward.

(12:70) While Joseph was arranging for the loading of the packs of his brothers, he put his cup in the pack of his own brother. *56 Afterwards a herald shouted, "Ho, cameleers ! you are thieves. ,, *57

So when he had furnished them with meaning

*56) In all probability, Prophet Joseph put the cup in his brother's pack with his knowledge and consent, as may be inferred from the preceding verse.
Obviously.
Prophet Joseph desired to free his brother from the oppression of the cruel step-brothers and he himself was reluctant to go back with them.
But this could not be done directly and openly without disclosing his own identity, which was not then expedient under the circumstances.
Therefore both the brothers might have thought out this plan, though this would have put the younger brother in an embarrassing situation for the time being because of his involvement in a case of theft.
But they had adopted this plan because afterwards both the brothers could clear it easily by disclosing the real matter.

*57) There is nothing in this verse nor in the succeeding verses to show that Prophet Joseph took his servants in his confidence in regard to this matter, and instructed them to bring a false accusation against the travellers.
The simple explanation of the incident may be this.
The cup might have been quietly and secretly put in the pack.
Afterwards when the servants did not find it, they might have come to the inevitable conclusion that it must have been stolen by the travellers who were staying there.

 

Yusuf had His Golden Bowl placed in Binyamin's Bag; a Plot to keep Him in Egypt After Yusuf supplied them with their provisions, he ordered some of his servants to place his silver bowl ( in Binyamin's bag ), according to the majority of scholars.
Some scholars said that the king's bowl was made from gold.
Ibn Zayd added that the king used it to drink from, and later, measured food grains with it since food became scarce in that time, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd.
Shu`bah said that Abu Bishr narrated that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said that the king's bowl was made from silver and he used it to drink with.
Yusuf had the bowl placed in Binyamin's bag while they were unaware, and then had someone herald, أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ ( O you (in ) the caravan! Surely, you are thieves!) They looked at the man who was heralding this statement and asked him, مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَقَالُواْ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ ( "What is it that you have lost" They said: "We have lost the bowl of the king..." ), which he used to measure food grains, وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ ( and for him who produces it is a camel load ), as a reward, وَأَنَاْ بِهِ زَعِيمٌ ( and I will be bound by it. ), as assurance of delivery of the reward.

( And when he provided them with their provision ) when he measured for them their provision, ( he put the drinking cup in his brother’s saddlebag ) he hid his drinking cup which he also used for measurement in the saddlebag of his brother Benjamin. He then ordered them to leave and when they left he sent a youth after them, ( and then a crier cried ) the youth that Joseph sent cried: ( O camel riders! ) O people of the caravan ( You are surely thieves! )

So when he had furnished them forth with their provisions, he put the (golden) bowl into his brother's bag, then a crier cried: "O you (in) the caravan! Surely, you are thieves!"

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