فقال يعقوب ليوسف...

فقال يعقوب ليوسف: لا تقصص رؤياك على إخوتك فإني أخاف أن يكيدوا لك كيدا، فلم يكتم يوسف رؤياه و قصها على إخوته Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him -saww : “Be prepared for the affliction”. So Yaqoub -as said to Yusuf -as : ‘Do not narrate your -as dream to your -as brothers, for I -as fear that they would plot against you with a plot’. But, Yusuf -as did not conceal his dream and narrated it to his -as brothers’.

قال: علي بن الحسين (عليه السلام): «و كانت أول بلوى نزلت بيعقوب و آل يعقوب الحسد ليوسف لما سمعوا منه الرؤيا- قال- فاشتدت رقة يعقوب على يوسف، و خاف أن يكون ما أوحى الله عز و جل إليه من الاستعداد للبلاء هو في يوسف خاصة Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘And that was the first affliction which descended upon Yaqoub -as and the Progeny of Yaqoub, being the jealousy towards Yusuf -as when they (brothers) heard his -as dream’.

So, the tenderness of Yaqoub -as towards Yusuf -as increased intensely, and he -as feared that which Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic had Revealed from the preparation for the affliction, would transpire, and that it was especially regarding Yusuf -as .

So, when his -as brothers saw Yusuf -as , how Yaqoub -as was dealing with him -as , and honouring him -as , and preferring him -as over them, it was difficult for them and the affliction began from them. Therefore, they agreed the matter in between them and said, When they said: ‘Yusuf and his brother are more beloved to our father than us in prejudice.