Ayah
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قَالُواْ
They said
يَٰٓأَبَانَا
O our father!
ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
Ask forgiveness
لَنَا
for us
ذُنُوبَنَآ
(of) our sins
إِنَّا
Indeed we
كُنَّا
have been
خَٰطِـِٔينَ
sinners
قَالُواْ
They said
يَٰٓأَبَانَا
O our father!
ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
Ask forgiveness
لَنَا
for us
ذُنُوبَنَآ
(of) our sins
إِنَّا
Indeed we
كُنَّا
have been
خَٰطِـِٔينَ
sinners
Translation
They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault."
Tafsir
They said, 'O our father, ask forgiveness for us of our sins; truly we have been sinful'.
"Yahudha brings Yusuf's Shirt and Good News
Allah tells:
فَلَمَّا أَن جَاء الۡبَشِيرُ أَلۡقَاهُ عَلَى وَجۡهِهِ فَارۡتَدَّ بَصِيرًا
Then, when the bearer of the good news arrived, he cast it (the shirt) over his face, and his vision returned.
Ibn Abbas and Ad-Dahhak said;
الۡبَشِيرُ
(good news),
means information.
Mujahid and As-Suddi said that;
the bearer of good news was Yahudha, son of Yaqub.
As-Suddi added,
""He brought it (Yusuf's shirt) because it was he who brought Yusuf's shirt stained with the false blood. So he liked to erase that error with this good act, by bringing Yusuf's shirt and placing it on his father's face. His father's sight was restored to him.""
Ya`qub said to his children,
قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ إِنِّي أَعۡلَمُ مِنَ اللّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
He said:""Did I not say to you, `I know from Allah that which you know not'),
that I know that Allah will return Yusuf to me and that,
إِنِّي لَاَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوۡلَا أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ
(I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf, if only you think me not senile).
Yusuf's Brothers feel Sorry and Regretful
This is when Yusuf's brothers said to their father, with humble- ness,
قَالُواۡ يَا أَبَانَا اسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِيِينَ
قَالَ سَوۡفَ أَسۡتَغۡفِرُ لَكُمۡ رَبِّيَ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الۡغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
""O our father! Ask forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners."" He said:""I will ask my Lord for forgiveness for you, verily, He! Only He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.""
and He forgives those who repent to Him.
Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Ibrahim At-Taymi, `Amr bin Qays, Ibn Jurayj and several others said that;
Prophet Yaqub delayed fulfilling their request until the latter part of the night."
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