Surely your Lord is Knowing...

Surely your Lord is Knowing, Wise [12:6] قال: و في رواية أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) قال: «تأويل هذه الرؤيا أنه سيملك مصر، و يدخل عليه أبواه و إخوته، فأما الشمس فأم يوسف راحيل، و القمر يعقوب، و أما الأحد عشر كوكبا فإخوته، فلما دخلوا عليه سجدوا شكرا لله و حده حين نظروا إليه، و كان ذلك السجود لله (Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘And in a report of Abu Al Jaroud, Abu Ja’far -asws has said: ‘The explanation of this dream was that he -as would be ruling Egypt, and his -as father and his -as brothers would be coming up to him -as .

So, As for the sun is the mother of Yusuf -as who had departed, and the moon is Yaqoub -as . And as for the eleven stars, these were his -as brothers. So when they came up to him -as they performed Sajdah for thanking Allah -azwj , the One, when he -as looked at them. And that was the Sajdah for Allah -azwj ’.

Surely, our father is in clear error [12:8] العياشي: عن مسعدة بن صدقة، قال: قال جعفر بن محمد (عليهما السلام): «قال والدي (عليه السلام): و الله إني لأصانع بعض ولدي، و أجلسه على فخذي، و اكثر له المحبة، و اكثر له الشكر، و إن الحق لغيره من ولدي، و لكن‏ مخافة «1» عليه من غيره، لئلا يصنعوا به ما فعل بيوسف و إخوته Al Ayyashi, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws said: ‘My -asws father -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj !

I -asws do more for one of my -asws sons, and sit him upon my -asws thighs, and have more love for him and more grateful for him, and the right is for others from my -asws sons. But, I -asws fear upon him from the others, perhaps they would do with him what was done with Yusuf -as and his -as brothers.

و ما أنزل الله سورة يوسف إلا أمثالا لكي لا يحسد بعضنا بعضا كما حسد يوسف إخوته و بغوا عليه، فجعلها رحمة على من تولانا و دان بحبنا و جحد أعداءنا، و حجة على من نصب لنا الحرب و العداوة And Allah -azwj did not Revealed Surah Yusuf -as except as an example in case some of us envy others just as Yusuf -as was envied by his -as brothers, and they rebelled against him -as .