قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "By Allāh, certainly has Allāh preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அதற்வர்கள் "அல்லாஹ்வின் மீது ஆணையாக! நாங்கள் உமக்குத் தவறு இழைத்தவர்களாக இருந்தும், நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் எங்களை விட உம்மை மேன்மையுடையவராகத் தெரிவு செய்திருக்கின்றான்" என்று கூறினார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අල්ලාහ් මත දිවුරමු. අල්ලාහ් අපට වඩා ඔබව උසස් කර ඇත. තවද නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි වැරදි කරන්නන් වූයෙමු’ යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- انہوں نے کہا اللہ کی قسم! اللہ تعالیٰ نے تجھے ہم پر برتری دی ہے اور یہ بھی بالکل سچ ہے کہ ہم خطا کار تھے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「アッラーにかけて。本当にアッラーはわたしたちの上に，あなたを御引き立てなされた。わたしたちは本当に罪深い者です。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：指真主发誓，真主确已从我们当中拣选了你。从前，我们确是有罪的。
Tafsir of 12:91
Yusuf reveals His True Identity to His Brothers and forgives Them Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers told him about the afflictions and hardship, and shortages in food they suffered from in the aftermath of the drought that struck them, and he remembered his father's grief for losing his two children, he felt compassion, pity and mercy for his father and brothers. He felt this way, especially since he was enjoying kingship, authority and power, so he cried and revealed his true identity to them when he asked them, هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا فَعَلْتُم بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَهِلُونَ (Do you know what you did with Yusuf and his brother, when you were ignorant) meaning, `when you separated between Yusuf and his brother,' إِذْ أَنتُمْ جَهِلُونَ (when you were ignorant) He said, `What made you do this is your ignorance of the tremendous sin you were about to commit.' It appears, and Allah knows best, that Yusuf revealed his identity to his brothers only then by Allah's command, just as he hid his identity from them in the first two meetings, by Allah's command.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
