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Reflections on Surah Yusuf Ayah 84

12:84
وتولى عنهم وقال يا اسفى على يوسف وابيضت عيناه من الحزن فهو كظيم ٨٤
وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌۭ ٨٤
وَتَوَلَّىٰﲭ
عَنۡهُمۡﲮ
وَقَالَﲯ
يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰﲰ
عَلَىٰﲱ
يُوسُفَﲲ
وَٱبۡيَضَّتۡﲳ
عَيۡنَاهُﲴ
مِنَﲵ
ٱلۡحُزۡنِﲶ
فَهُوَﲷ
كَظِيمٞﲸ
٨٤ﲹ
He turned away from them, lamenting, “Alas, poor Joseph!” And his eyes turned white out of the grief he suppressed.1
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Tulayhah Tafsir Translations
30 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 12:84, 12:9
In surah Yusuf [12], Allah informs us about the brothers of Yusuf who said:

[اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِن بَعْدِهِ قَوْمًا صَالِحِينَ]

Kill Yusuf or cast him out to another land so that your father's favor will be for you alone, and after that you will be righteous people. [9]

al-Qushayri mentioned in his tafsir:

[قديمًا قيل : (من طلب الكل = فاته الكل!).فلما أرادوا أن يكون إقبال يعقو...
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Samia Mubarak
6 years ago · Referencing Ayah 12:84, 15:97, 19:23, 20:6, 21:83, 21:87, 28:10, 54:10
What I love so much about the Quran is that it doesn’t strip the emotions out of people, but magnifies them. Each and every one of was built with an internal mechanism that we can access our Creator with. Our emotions are a tool, an avenue, to Allah. The raw vulnerable emotions of prophets and the pious are highlighted. Prophet Musa was scared (20:67), Maryam peace be upon her wished she had died (19:23), Prophet Yaqoub was overwhelmed with inte...
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Aaisha Shahany
6 years ago · Referencing Surah 12 and Ayah 12:84-86
Many of us may be going through an intense emotional trauma at this moment..
The excruciating pain which can never be shared and get treated from a fellow human being, because it was caused by your own blood , your most loved spouse or your close friend. Revealing the cause of the heartache with someone is more damaging to your relationship thus you can cry out for only Allah's help.
Same happened to Ya'kub alaihissalam. He can not share his pain...
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