I said...

I said, ‘It is as if you -asws are informing us of his -ajfj occultation or confusion’. He -asws said: ‘What can these accursed people resembling the pigs deny from that? The brothers of Yusuf -as intellectuals, chiefs, children of the Prophets -as . They entered to see him -as , spoke to him -as and addressed him -as , and traded with him -as , and approached him -as , and they were his -as brothers and he -as was their brother -asws .

They did not recognise him -as until he -as introduced himself -as to them and said to them: ‘I -as am Yusuf -as !’ Then they recognised him -as on that day. So, what is this confused community denying if Allah -azwj Majestic and Mighty were to Want, in a time from the timings, to Conceal His -azwj Divine Authority from them? Yusuf -as had the kingdom of Egypt for him -as , and between him -as and his -as father -as was a travel distance of eighteen days.

If he -as wanted him -as to know of his -as place, he -as was able upon that. By Allah -azwj ! Yaqoub -as and his -as children, at the receipt of the glad tidings, travelled for nine days from their valley to Egypt. Therefore, what can this community deny if Allah -azwj happens to Deal with His -azwj Divine Authority what He -azwj had Done with Yusuf -as ? Your Master -ajfj is the oppressed, rejected of his -ajfj rights, Master -ajfj of this command.

He -ajfj comes and goes between them and walks in their markets, and he -ajfj treads their furnishings and they are not recognising him -ajfj until Allah -azwj Permits for him -as to introduce himself -ajfj to them just as He -azwj had Permitted for Yusuf -as , to the extent that his -as brothers said, ‘Are you indeed Yusuf?’ He said: ‘I am Yusuf [12:90] ’’. [23] Abu Ja’far -asws (5 th Imam) was asked about the words of Yaqoub -as to his -as sons: O my sons!

Go and inquire about Yusuf and his brother [12:87] , Did he -as know that he -as was alive, and there was a separation of twenty years between them, and his -as eyesight had gone from crying?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes, he -as knew he -as was alive until he -as supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj during the pre-dawn that He -azwj Sends down the Angel of death unto him -as . So, the Angel of death descended to him -as in the most perfumed of aromas and beautiful of faces.

He -as said to him: ‘Who are you?’ He said, ‘I am the Angel of death. Didn’t you -as asked Allah -azwj to Send me down to you -as ?’ He -as said: ‘Yes’.