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[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."

            

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And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white1 from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.2

            

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They said, "By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish."

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He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh that which you do not know.

                    

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O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allāh. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allāh except the disbelieving people."

                     

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So when they entered upon him [i.e., Joseph], they said, "O ʿAzeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allāh rewards the charitable."

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He said, "Do you know what you did with Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?"

                       

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They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."

         

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They said, "By Allāh, certainly has Allāh preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."

           

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He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. May Allāh forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful.