Surah Yusuf Tafseer

Yusuf welcomes His Parents; His Dream comes True

Allah tells:

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُواْ عَلَى يُوسُفَ اوَى إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ

Then, when they came in before Yusuf, he took his parents to himself,

Yusuf had asked his brothers to bring all of their family, and they all departed their area and left Kana`an to Egypt. When Yusuf received news of their approach to Egypt, he went out to receive them.

The king ordered the princes and notable people to go out in the receiving party with Yusuf to meet Allah's Prophet Yaqub, peace be upon him. It is said that the king also went out with them to meet Yaqub.

Yusuf said to his family, after they entered unto him and he took them to himself,

وَقَالَ ادْخُلُواْ مِصْرَ إِن شَاء اللّهُ امِنِينَ

and said:"Enter Egypt, if Allah wills, in security."

He said to them, `enter Egypt', meaning, `reside in Egypt', and added, `if Allah wills, in security', in reference to the hardship and famine that they suffered.

اوَى إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ

(and he took his parents to himself),

As-Suddi and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that;

his parents were his father and maternal aunt, as his mother had died long ago.

Muhammad bin Ishaq and Ibn Jarir At-Tabari said,

"His father and mother were both alive."

Ibn Jarir added,

"There is no evidence that his mother had died before then. Rather, the apparent words of the Qur'an testify that she was alive."

This opinion has the apparent and suitable meaning that this story testifies to.

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