Tabari (1 passage)

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   The statement concerning the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: قَالُوا أَئِنَّكَ لأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ قَالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَهَذَا أَخِي قَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ (They said: Are you truly Yūsuf? He said: I am Yūsuf, and this is my brother. Allah has indeed shown us favor; verily, whoever fears and patiently endures — Allah does not let the reward of those who do good go to waste) (90)

   Abū Jaʿfar said: Allah the Exalted says: The brothers of Yūsuf said to him, when Yūsuf had said that to them: (Are you truly Yūsuf?) — He said: Yes, I am Yūsuf. (and this is my brother; Allah has shown us favor) by bringing us together after you had separated us from one another. (Verily, whoever fears and patiently endures) — He says: whoever fears Allah and is mindful of Him by fulfilling His obligations and avoiding His prohibitions, (and patiently endures) — He says: and restrains his soul and keeps it away from what Allah has forbidden him in word or deed during a trial that has befallen him from Allah. (Allah does not let the reward of those who do good go to waste) — He says: Allah does not nullify the reward of his good deeds and the recompense for his obedience to Him, in what He has commanded him and forbidden him.

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   The reciters differed over the recitation of His saying: (Are you truly Yūsuf?).

   The majority of the reciters in the great cities recited it: (a-innaka) — with the interrogative form.

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   It is mentioned that in the recitation of Ubayy ibn Kaʿb it reads: "awa-anta Yūsufu" — "And are you Yūsuf?"

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   It has been related from Ibn Muḥaysin that he recited: "innaka la-anta Yūsufu" — as a statement, not as a question.

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   Abū Jaʿfar said: The correct recitation of this, in our view, is the recitation of the one who recites it as a question, on account of the consensus of the authoritative reciters upon it.

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   19791 - Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Salama related to us, on the authority of Ibn Isḥāq, who said: When Yūsuf had said that to them — meaning his saying: هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنْتُمْ جَاهِلُونَ (Do you know what you did to Yūsuf and his brother, when you were ignorant?) — he drew back the curtain and they recognized him. They said: (Are you truly Yūsuf?) — the complete verse.

   19792 - Al-Qāsim related to us, saying: Al-Ḥusayn related to us, saying: Someone who related to him that he had heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs mention, on the authority of Layth, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning his saying: (verily, whoever fears and patiently endures) — he says: whoever fears disobedience to Allah, and exercises patience in the prison.

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   القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : قَالُوا أَئِنَّكَ لأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ قَالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَهَذَا أَخِي قَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ (90) قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره:قال إخوة يوسف له حين قال لهم ذلك يوسف: ( إنك لأنت يوسف)؟ ، فقال:نعم أنا يوسف ، (وهذا أخي قد مَنَّ الله علينا) بأن جمع بيننا بعد ما فرقتم بيننا ، ( إنه من يتق ويصبر ) ، يقولإنه من يتق الله فيراقبه بأداء فرائضه واجتناب معاصيه ، (ويصبر) ، يقول: ويكفّ نفسه ، فيحبسها عما حرَّم الله عليه من قول أو عمل عند مصيبةٍ نـزلتْ به من الله (22) ، ( فإن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين ) ، يقول:فإن الله لا يُبْطل ثواب إحسانه وجزاء طاعته إيَّاه فيما أمره ونهاه . * * * وقد اختلف القرأة في قراءة قوله: ( أإنك لأنت يوسف ) . فقرأ ذلك عامة قرأة الأمصار: ( أَإِنّكَ ) ، على الاستفهام . * * * وذكر أن ذلك في قراءة أبيّ بن كعب: " أَوَأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ. * * * وروي عن ابن محيصن أنه قرأ: " إِنَّكَ لأَنْتَ يُوُسُفُ" ، على الخبر ، لا على الاستفهام . * * * قال أبو جعفر: والصواب من القراءة في ذلك عندنا ، قراءةُ من قرأه بالاستفهام ، لإجماع الحجّة من القرأة عليه . * * * 19791- حدثنا ابن حميد ، قال، حدثنا سلمة ، عن ابن إسحاق قال، لما قال لهم ذلك ، يعني قوله: هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنْتُمْ جَاهِلُونَ ، كشف الغِطاء فعرفوه ، فقالوا: ( أإنك لأنت يوسف )، الآية. 19792- حدثنا القاسم ، قال، حدثنا الحسين ، قال، حدثني من سمع عبد الله بن إدريس يذكر ، عن ليث ، عن مجاهد ، قوله: ( إنه من يتق ويصبر ) ، يقول:من يتق معصية الله، ويصبر على السِّجن. * * * ---------------------- الهوامش: (22) انظر تفسير" التقوى" ، و" الصبر" فيما سلف من فهارس اللغة ( وقى ) ، ( صبر ) .