Tafsir

Yahudha brings Yusuf's Shirt and Good News

Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak said; الْبَشِيرُ(good news) means information. Mujahid and As-Suddi said that the bearer of good news was Yahudha, son of Ya`qub. 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, أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّكُمْ إِنِّى أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ(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, إِنِّى لأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلاَ 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, قَالُواْ يأَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـطِئِينَ - قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّى إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ 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 Ya`qub delayed fulfilling their request until the latter part of the night.

Said in verse 96 is: فَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَ الْبَشِير that is, ` when this man with the good news reached Canaan' and put the shirt of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) over the face of his father, his eyesight returned and he became a sighted man. The man who came with the good news was Yahuda, the same brother of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) who had brought his shirt from Egypt.

The last sentence of the verse is: قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ (He [ Ya` qub ] said, 'Did I not tell you that I know from Allah what you do not know?' - 96) - that Yusuf is alive and we shall meet again.

فلما أن جاء من يُبشِّر يعقوب بأن يوسف حيٌّ، وطرح قميص يوسف على وجهه فعاد يعقوب مبصرًا، وعمَّه السرور فقال لمن عنده: ألمْ أخبركم أني أعلم من الله ما لا تعلمونه من فضل الله ورحمته وكرمه؟

قال ابن عباس والضحاك : ( البشير ) البريد .وقال مجاهد والسدي : كان يهوذا بن يعقوب .قال السدي : إنما جاء به لأنه هو الذي جاء بالقميص وهو ملطخ بدم كذب ، فأراد أن يغسل ذلك بهذا ، فجاء بالقميص فألقاه على وجه أبيه ، فرجع بصيرا .وقال لبنيه عند ذلك : ( ألم أقل لكم إني أعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون ) أي : أعلم أن الله سيرده إلي ، وقلت لكم : ( إني لأجد ريح يوسف لولا أن تفندون )