Yusuf 13: (Their father) said; “It will certainly make me sad if you take him. I fear that a wolf will eat him while you are unaware of him.”
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(Their father) said; “It will certainly make me sad if you take him. I fear that a wolf will eat him while you are unaware of him.”
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Hadrat Ya'qub 'alaihis-salâm was aware that his sons would play a trick on Hadrat Yusuf. For this reason, he did not want to send Yusuf with his brothers. Upon the insistence of his sons, he told them, "I am afraid that a wolf will eat him." His purpose in saying this was because Hazrat Ya'qub 'alaihis-salâm was one of Allah's beloved ones. Therefore, he foretold them in advance how his sons would cover up the crime they would commit. As a matter of fact, in the seventeenth verse (O our father! They said, we had gone away to run a race and had left Joseph with our belongings. (Alas) he was eaten by wolves. But even if we were truthful, you would not believe us.
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they try. Their father said: Your taking him away will surely grieve me. I fear a wolf may eat him while you are unaware of him, he says. His father knows what will happen. Jacob (peace be upon him) knows what will happen. But what can he do? What can he do? Jacob (peace be upon him) knows that his sons will play a trick on Joseph. For this reason he does not want to send Joseph (peace be upon him) with his brothers. When, at his children's insistence, he tells his sons I fear a wolf may eat him, the purpose: Jacob (peace be upon him) too is among those Allah loves. For this reason, he tells them in advance how his sons would cover up the crime they would commit.
Indeed, in the 17th verse: O our father, they said, we went off racing and left Joseph by our belongings. Alas, a wolf has eaten him. But even if we were truthful, you would not believe us, they said. (?)