Daily Quran & Hadith 31 Jan 2021 (17 Jamadi us Sani 1442)

 

Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 65

English Translation of Al-Quran

[12].Surah Yusuf [Joseph]

Ayat 65. And when they opened their bags, they found their money had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? This, our money has been returned to us, so we shall get (more) food for our family, and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load. This quantity is easy (for the king to give)."

Tafseer of Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 65. Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? This our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we shall get (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; and add (at the same time) a full camel´s load (of grain to our provisions). This is but a small quantity."  The ten brothers did not take their father's refusal as final. They opened their saddlebags, and found that the price they had paid for their provisions had been returned to them. They had got the grain free! What more could they desire? The spell which Joseph had woven now worked. If they only went back, this kind Wazir would give more grain if they pleased him. And the only way to please him was to take back their younger brother with them. It would cost them nothing. Judging by past experience they would get a whole camel's load of rain now. And so they stated their case to the aged father. Two meanings are possible—either or perhaps both. 'What we have brought now is nothing compared to what we shall get if we humor the whim of the Egyptian Wazir . And, moreover, Egypt seems to have plenty of grain stored up. What is a camel-load to her Wazir to give away?'

AL-Tirmidhi Hadith 2459

English Translation of Hadith

Hazrat Shaddad bin Aus (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet [SAWW](PBUH) said, "A wise man is the one who calls himself to account (and refrains from doing evil deeds) and does noble deeds to benefit him after death; and the foolish person is the one who subdues himself to his temptations and desires and seeks from Allah the fulfillment of his vain desires". [AL-Tirmidhi Hadith 2459].

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Daily Quran & Hadith 30 Jan 2021 (16 Jamadi us Sani 1442)

 

Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 63 & 64

English Translation of Al-Quran

[12].Surah Yusuf [Joseph]

Ayat 63. So, when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother). So send our brother with us, and we shall get our measure and truly we will guard him."

Ayat 64. He said: "Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother [Yusuf (Joseph)[PBUH] to you aforetime? But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy."

Tafseer of Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 63 & 64. Now when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother): So send our brother with us, that we may get our measure; and we will indeed take every care of him." On their return they no doubt told Jacob all that had transpired. But to beg Benjamin of him was no easy matter, as Jacob did not trust them and had no cause to trust them after their treatment of Joseph. So they use the argument of urgent necessity for all it is worth. 64. He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah is the best to take care (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!" I construe Jacob's answer to be a flat refusal to let Benjamin go with them. It would be like the former occasion when he trusted Joseph with them and they lost him. Did they talk of taking care of him? The only protection that he trusted was that of Allah. He at least showed mercy to old and young alike. Did man show mercy? Witness his sad old age and his lost little Joseph! Would they bring down "his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave?"

English Translation of Hadith

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: One day, I was riding behind the Prophet [SAWW](PBUH) when he said, "O boy! I will instruct you in some matters. Be watchful of Allah (Commandments of Allah), He will preserve you. Safeguard His Rights, He will be ever with you. If you beg, beg of Him Alone; and if you need assistance, supplicate to Allah Alone for help. And remember that if all the people gather to benefit you, they will not be able to benefit you except that which Allah had foreordained (for you); and if all of them gather to do harm to you, they will not be able to afflict you with anything other than that which Allah had pre-destined against you. The pens had been lifted and the ink had dried up". 

[At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 2516].

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Daily Quran & Hadith 29 Jan 2021 (15 Jamadi us Sani 1442)

 

Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 61 & 62

English Translation of Al-Quran

[12].Surah Yusuf [Joseph]

Ayat 61. They said: "We shall try to get permission (for him) from his father, and verily, we shall do it."

Ayat 62. And [Yusuf (Joseph)[PBUH] told his servants to put their money (with which they had bought the corn) into their bags, so that they might know it when they go back to their people, in order that they might come back.

Tafseer of Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 61 & 62. They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father: Indeed we shall do it."  The brother said: "Certainly, we shall try to beg him for our father, and bring him away with us: we shall certainly comply with your desire." In reality they probably loved Benjamin no more than they loved Joseph. But they must get food when the present supply was exhausted, and they must humor the great Egyptian Wazir. Note that they do not call Jacob "our father" but "his father": how little they loved their aged father, whom they identified with Joseph and Benjamin! Their trial and their instruction in their duties is now being undertaken by Joseph. 62. And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come back. Bida'ah: stock in trade; capital with which business is carried on; money when it is used as capital for trade. It is better here to suppose that they were bartering goods for grain. Cf. 12:19 . It was more important for Joseph's plan that they should come back. If they came back at all, they could not come without Benjamin after what he had told them. As an additional incentive to their coming back, he returns the price of the grain in such a way that they should find it in their saddlebags when they reach home.

Abu Dawud Hadith # 1518

English Translation of Hadith

Hazrat Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "If anyone constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not.''Abu Dawud Hadith # 1518

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Daily Quran & Hadith 28 Jan 2021 (14 Jamadi us Sani 1442)

 

Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 58, 59 & 60

English Translation of Al-Quran

[12].Surah Yusuf [Joseph]

Ayat 58. And Yusuf's (Joseph)[PBUH] brethren came and they entered unto him, and he recognized them, but they recognized him not.

Ayat 59. And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (according to their need), he said: "Bring me a brother of yours from your father; (he meant Benjamin). See you not that I give full measure, and that I am the best of the hosts?

Ayat 60. "But if you bring him not to me, there shall be no measure (of corn) for you with me, nor shall you come near me."

Tafseer of Surah Yusuf (PBUH) Ayat 58, 59 & 60 . Then came Joseph´s brethren: they entered his presence, and he knew them, but they knew him not. Years pass; the times of prosperity go by; famine holds the land in its grip, and it extends to neighboring countries. Joseph's preparations are complete. His reserves are ample to meet the calamity. Not only does Egypt bless him, but neighboring countries send to Egypt to purchase corn. All are received with hospitality, and corn is sold to them according to judicious measure. Now there has been one sorrow gnawing at Joseph's heart. His poor father Jacob! How he must have wept, as indeed he did, at the loss of his beloved Joseph! And Joseph's little brother Benjamin, born of the same mother as himself; would the other ten brothers, not by the same mother, have any affection for him, or would they treat him, as they treated Joseph? How would the whole family be in these hard times? A sort of answer came when the ten selfish brothers, driven by famine, came from Canaan to buy corn. Joseph, though so great a man, kept the details of the famine department in his own hands: otherwise there might have been waste. But to the public he was a mighty Egyptian administrator, probably in Egyptian dress, and with all the paraphernalia of his rank about him. When his brothers came, he knew them, but they did not know he was Joseph. In their thoughts Joseph was probably some menial slave in a remote household, perhaps already starved to death in these hard times! (Cf. 12:15 ). 59. And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable) for them, he said: "Bring unto me a brother ye have, of the same father as yourselves, (but a different mother): see ye not that I pay out full measure, and that I do provide the best hospitality?  Joseph treated his brothers liberally. Perhaps he condescended to enter into conversation with these strangers, and enquired about their family. The ten brothers had come. Had they left a father behind them? What sort of a person was he? Very aged? Well, of course he could not come. Had they any other brothers? Doubtless the ten brothers said nothing about their lost Joseph, or told some lie about him. But perhaps their host's kindly insistence brought Benjamin into the conversation. How old was he? Why had they not brought him? Would they bring him next time? Indeed they must, or they would get no more corn, and he—the great Egyptian Wazir—would not even see them. 60. "Now if ye bring him not to me, ye shall have no measure (of corn) from me, nor shall ye (even) come near me."

English Translation of Hadith

Hazrat Abu Shuraih Khuwailid bin `Amr Al-Khuza`i (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) saying, "He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should accommodate his guest according to his right.'' He was asked: "What is his right, O Messenger of Allah?'' He [SAWW](PBUH) replied: "It is (to accommodate him) for a day and a night, and hospitality extends for three days, and what is beyond that is charity.''

[Muslim Book 001, Chapter 20, Hadith # 078].

In another narration it is added: Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "It is not permissible for a Muslim to stay so long with his brother till he makes him sinful.'' He was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, how can he make him sinful?'' He replied, "He prolongs his stay with him till nothing is left with the host to entertain him (guest).''

[Muslim Book 018, Chapter 13, Hadith # 4287].

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