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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yusuf 12:9

Word by word

ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَـٰلِحِينَ

Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

اقتلوا يوسف أو ألقوا به في أرض مجهولة بعيدة عن العُمران يخلُص لكم حب أبيكم وإقباله عليكم، ولا يلتفت عنكم إلى غيركم، وتكونوا مِنْ بعد قَتْل يوسف أو إبعاده تائبين إلى الله، مستغفرين له من بعد ذنبكم.

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