قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَٰلِكِينَ
Qaaloo tallaahi tafta'u tazkuru Yoosufa hattaa takoona haradan aw takoona minal haalikeen
They said, "By Allah, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."
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Lessons from past peoples
12:85Ayah 1111
72 ayahs in Yusuf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples12:84And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.Next on Lessons from past peoples →12:89He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"
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They said ‘By God you will never cease remembering Joseph until you are consumed on the verge of perishing on account of your illness it haradan ‘consumed’ is a verbal noun equally applicable to one person or more or you are of those who perish’ of the dead.
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{Thus I will never depart from the land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of Judges}’. Jābir said, ‘that is an interpretation for these verses’, and he would lie as they were regarding the brothers of Yūsuf, peace be upon him’.
" And cause them a famine like that (which broke out at the time) of Joseph," but the subsequent portion was not mentioned.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited the supplication in the night prayer for a month. He said (in his supplication): O Allah, rescue al-Walid b. al-Walid, rescue Salamah b. Hisham, rescue the weak believers; O Allah, trample severely on Mudar; O Allah, cause them a famine like that of Joseph. Abu Hurairah said: One morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) id not make supplication for them. So I told him about it. He said: You dod not see that they have come (back).
"The Prophet (ﷺ) became sick and when his disease became aggravated, he said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead
the prayer." `Aisha said, "He is a softhearted man and would not be able to lead the prayer in your
place." The Prophet (ﷺ) said again, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." She repeated the same
reply but he said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. You are the companions of Joseph." So
the messenger went to Abu Bakr (with that order) and he led the people in prayer in the lifetime of the
Prophet.
"When one of you visits the ill, then reassure him regarding his lifespan. Indeed that will not repel anything, but it will comfort his soul."
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