يوسف
Yusuf
Surah 12
Verse 98
يوسف
Joseph • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
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12:98
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
They said, ‘O our father, ask forgiveness of our sins for us; we have indeed been sinners.’
English - Five Volume Translation
They said, ‘O our father, ask forgiveness of our sins for us; we have indeed been sinners.’[1597]
Commentary:
One good action leads to another. When Joseph pardoned his brothers, the weight of sin to some extent became lifted from their hearts. They repented of their sins and, as this verse shows, they no longer thought their own repentance to be sufficient. So they also requested their father to pray to God to forgive them. They now realized that man’s anger was nothing compared with God’s wrath; therefore they thought it necessary first of all to make peace with God and to ask His forgiveness through their father. This request implied Jacob’s pardon, for he could not have prayed for them, as he promised in the following verse, unless he had himself forgiven them.
English - Short Commentary Translation
They said, ‘O our father, ask of Allah forgiveness of our sins for us; we have indeed been sinners.’