Tafseer of Joseph · Yusuf · 12:61
They said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."
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The explanation of the words of Allah, the Exalted: قَالُوا سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ وَإِنَّا لَفَاعِلُونَ (They said: "We will try to persuade his father about him; and we will surely do it." — 12:61)
Abū Jaʿfar says: Allah, the Exalted, says: The brothers of Yūsuf said to Yūsuf after he had said to them: ائْتُونِي بِأَخٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَبِيكُمْ: قَالُوا سَنُرَاوِدُ عَنْهُ أَبَاهُ — we will ask him to send him along with us so that we may bring him to you; وَإِنَّا لَفَاعِلُونَ: by this they meant: and we will surely do what we have told you we will do, namely exert our utmost effort with our father to bring our brother along; and we will do our best; as:
19469 — Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, he said: Salama related to us, on the authority of Ibn Isḥāq: وَإِنَّا لَفَاعِلُونَ: we will surely exert ourselves.
