Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (404)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

⦗84–86⦘ “He turned away from them and said, ‘Alas for Joseph!’ His eyes turned white with grief, while he suppressed his sorrow. They said, ‘By Allah, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you waste away or perish.’ He said, ‘I complain of my anguish and sorrow only to Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know.’”

That is, Jacob (peace be upon him) turned away from his sons after they had brought him this news. His grief and sorrow intensified, and his eyes turned white because of the sorrow in his heart and the anguish that caused him to weep so profusely that his eyes turned white.

“While he suppressed his sorrow”—that is, his heart was filled with intense grief. “And he said, ‘Alas for Joseph!’” That is, his long-concealed sorrow and abiding longing now came to the surface. This calamity, slight in comparison with the first, reminded him of that first calamity.

His sons said to him, astonished at his condition, “By Allah, you will not cease remembering Joseph”—that is, you continually remember Joseph in every circumstance—“until you waste away,” meaning until you are so wasted that you can neither move nor speak.

“Or perish”—that is, you will never stop remembering him for as long as you remain capable of doing so.

“He said”—Jacob—“I complain of my anguish,” meaning the words by which I give voice to my feelings, “and my sorrow,” which is in my heart, “only to Allah”—to Him alone, not to you or to any other created being. So say whatever you wish. “And I know from Allah what you do not know”: namely, that He will return them to me and grant me the joy of being reunited with them.

﴿٨٤ - ٨٦﴾ ﴿وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَى عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ * قَالُوا تَاللَّهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ * قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾ . أي: وتولى يعقوب ﵊ عن أولاده بعد ما أخبروه هذا الخبر، واشتد به الأسف والأسى، وابيضت عيناه من الحزن الذي في قلبه، والكمد الذي أوجب له كثرة البكاء، حيث ابيضت عيناه من ذلك. ﴿فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ﴾ أي: ممتلئ القلب من الحزن الشديد، ﴿وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَى عَلَى يُوسُفَ﴾ أي: ظهر منه ما كمن من الهم القديم والشوق المقيم، وذكرته هذه المصيبة الخفيفة بالنسبة للأولى، المصيبة الأولى. فقال له أولاده متعجبين من حاله: ﴿تَاللَّهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ﴾ أي: لا تزال تذكر يوسف في جميع أحوالك. ﴿حَتَّى تَكُونَ حَرَضًا﴾ أي: فانيا لا حراك فيك ولا قدرة على الكلام. ﴿أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ﴾ أي: لا تترك ذكره مع قدرتك على ذكره أبدا. ﴿قَالَ﴾ يعقوب ﴿إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي﴾ أي: ما أبث من الكلام ﴿وَحُزْنِي﴾ الذي في قلبي ﴿إِلَى اللَّهِ﴾ وحده، لا إليكم ولا إلى غيركم من الخلق، فقولوا ما شئتم ﴿وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾ من أنه سيردهم علي ويقر عيني بالاجتماع بهم.