Surah Yusuf ayat 95 Tafsir Quran 12:95

﴿قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِي ضَلَالِكَ الْقَدِيمِ﴾
[ يوسف: 95]

12:95 They said, "By Allah, indeed you are in your [same] old error."

They said to him ‘By God you are certainly in your misguidance your error of old’ in your excessive adoration of him and your enduring hope of encountering him again despite the length of time that has passed.

But those who were around him said to him: By Allah, you still live in your old perplexity and confused state of mind

Ya`qub finds the Scent of Yusuf in his Shirt! Yusuf said, `Take this shirt of mine, فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا ( and cast it over the face of my father, his vision will return ),' because Ya`qub had lost his sight from excessive crying, وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ( and bring to me all your family. ) all the children of Ya`qub. وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْعِيرُ ( And when the caravan departed ) from Egypt, قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ ( their father said... ), Ya`qub, peace be upon him, said to the children who remained with him, إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ `( I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf, if only you think me not senile. ), except that you might think me senile because of old age.' `Abdur-Razzaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "When the caravan departed from Egypt, a wind started blowing and brought the scent of Yusuf's shirt to Ya`qub.
He said, إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ( I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf , if only you think me not senile. ) He found his scent from a distance of eight days away!" Similar was also reported through Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Shu`bah and others reported it from Abu Sinan.
Ya`qub said to them, لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ( if only you think me not senile. ) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ata, Qatadah and Sa'id bin Jubayr commented, "If only you think me not a fool!" Mujahid and Al-Hasan said that it means, "If only you think me not old." Their answer to him was, إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَـلِكَ الْقَدِيمِ ( Certainly, you are in your old Dalal. ) meaning, `in your old error,' according to Ibn `Abbas.
Qatadah commented, "They meant that, `because of your love for Yusuf you will never forget him.' So they uttered a harsh word to their father that they should never have uttered to him, nor to a Prophet of Allah." Similar was said by As-Suddi and others.

(12:95) The people of the house answered, "By God, you are still suffering from your old illusion. " *67

They said, "By Allah, indeed you are meaning

*67) This remark shows that no member of his family except Prophct Joseph appreciated the true worth of Prophet Jacob.
He himself was aware of the low state of their mental and moral condition.
And it is one of the ironies of fate that the majority of the great personalities who made history got very little appreciation at home.

 

Ya`qub finds the Scent of Yusuf in his Shirt! Yusuf said, `Take this shirt of mine, فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ أَبِى يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا ( and cast it over the face of my father, his vision will return ),' because Ya`qub had lost his sight from excessive crying, وَأْتُونِى بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ( and bring to me all your family. ) all the children of Ya`qub. وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْعِيرُ ( And when the caravan departed ) from Egypt, قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ ( their father said... ), Ya`qub, peace be upon him, said to the children who remained with him, إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ `( I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf, if only you think me not senile. ), except that you might think me senile because of old age.' `Abdur-Razzaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "When the caravan departed from Egypt, a wind started blowing and brought the scent of Yusuf's shirt to Ya`qub.
He said, إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ( I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf , if only you think me not senile. ) He found his scent from a distance of eight days away!" Similar was also reported through Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Shu`bah and others reported it from Abu Sinan.
Ya`qub said to them, لَوْلاَ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ( if only you think me not senile. ) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ata, Qatadah and Sa'id bin Jubayr commented, "If only you think me not a fool!" Mujahid and Al-Hasan said that it means, "If only you think me not old." Their answer to him was, إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَـلِكَ الْقَدِيمِ ( Certainly, you are in your old Dalal. ) meaning, `in your old error,' according to Ibn `Abbas.
Qatadah commented, "They meant that, `because of your love for Yusuf you will never forget him.' So they uttered a harsh word to their father that they should never have uttered to him, nor to a Prophet of Allah." Similar was said by As-Suddi and others.

( (Those around him ) said) those of his children who stayed with him and his grandchildren said: ( By Allah, Lo! thou art in your old aberration ) you are still in your old error concerning Joseph.

They said: "By Allah! Certainly, you are in your old error."

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