Surah Yusuf Tafseer

Yusuf had His Golden Bowl placed in Binyamin's Bag; a Plot to keep Him in Egypt

Allah tells:

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِي رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ

ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُوَذِّنٌ

So when he furnished them forth with their provisions, he put the bowl in his brother's bag. Then a crier cried:

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 according to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd,

the king used it to drink from, and later, measured food grains with it since food became scarce in that time,

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