إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- When they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (யூஸுஃபுடைய சகோதரர்கள்) கூறினார்கள்; "யூஸுஃபும், அவருடைய சகோதரரும் நம் தந்தைக்கு நம்மைவிட அதிகப் பிரியமுள்ளவர்களாக இருக்கின்றனர் - நாமோ (பலமுள்ள) கூட்டதினராக இருக்கின்றோம்; நிச்சயமாக நம் தந்தை பகிரங்கமான தவறிலேயே இருக்கின்றார் (என்றும்),
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අපි කණ්ඩායමක් වශයෙන් සිටිය දී පවා අපට වඩා අපගේ පියාණන් වෙත යූසුෆ් හා ඔහුගේ සහෝදරයා ප්රිය මනාප වී ඇත. නියත වශයෙන් ම අපගේ පියාණන් පැහැදිලි නොමගෙහි ය’ යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසූ අවස්ථාව සිහිපත් කරනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جب کہ انہوں نے کہا کہ یوسف اور اس کا بھائی بہ نسبت ہمارے، باپ کو بہت زیاده پیارے ہیں حاﻻنکہ ہم (طاقتور) جماعت ہیں کوئی شک نہیں کہ ہمارے ابا صریح غلطی میں ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれら（兄たち）がこう言った時を思え。「ユースフとその弟は，わたしたちよりも父に寵愛されている。だがわたしたちは多勢の仲間である。父は明らかに間違っている。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当时，他们说：优素福和他弟弟，在我们的父亲看来，是比我们还可爱的，而我们是一个（强壮的）团体，我们的父亲确是在明显的迷误之中。
Tafsir of 12:8
There are Lessons to draw from the Story of Yusuf Allah says that there are Ayat, lessons and wisdom to learn from the story of Yusuf and his brothers, for those who ask about their story and seek its knowledge. Surely, their story is unique and is worthy of being narrated. إِذْ قَالُواْ لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَبِينَا مِنَّا (When they said: "Truly, Yusuf and his brother are dearer to our father than we...") They swore, according to their false thoughts, that Yusuf and his brother Binyamin (Benjamin), Yusuf's full brother, أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ (dearer to our father than we, while we are `Usbah.) meaning, a group. Therefore, they thought, how can he love these two more than the group, إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِى ضَلَلٍ مُّبِينٍ (Really, our father is in a plain error.) because he preferred them and loved them more than us. اقْتُلُواْ يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ (Kill Yusuf or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favor of your father may be given to you alone,) They said, `Remove Yusuf, who competes with you for your father's love, from in front of your father's face so that his favor is yours alone.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
