HE HAS INDEED BEEN GRACIOUS TO ME WHEN HE TOOK ME OUT OF THE PRISON...

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME OF THE KINGDOM, AND TAUGHT ME OF THE INTERPRETATION OF PHENOMENONS. O, YOU THE CREATOR OF HEAVENS AND EARTH. YOU ARE MY GUARDIAN IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE HEREAFTER. LET ME DIE A MUSLIM (IN FULL SUBMISSION TO YOU), AND JOIN ME WITH THE RIGHTEOUS. THE COMMENTARY THE END OF THE EVENT OF JACOB, JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS (VERSE NO.

99 - 101) Jacob comforted with the good news, regained his sight with the shirt, and set out with his whole family on a journey from Canaan to [ 297 ] Egypt. This journey was different from the previous ones in that, the whole caravan was of the same family; full of joy, drowned in hope and thanks to their Lord who relieved them from their grief and anguish. In Egypt, Joseph welcomed them with much honour and high respect.

He embraced them and treated his parents with special honour, and seated them on the throne of dignity. Then they all prostrated themselves to Allah in order to give their sincere thanks and pure gratitude to Him, for all the favour and Grace that God had bestowed upon them. Some commentators have taken the pronoun, ©HIM¨ in the clause; ©PROSTRATED THEMSELVES FOR HIM¨ to refer to Joseph, which may mean that Jacob and his sons prostrated themselves before Joseph, and to Joseph! Be it far from him!

The pronoun, ©HIM¨ in this clause of the verse returns to God. A monotheist believer will never prostrate himself to anyone or anything, other than Allah, the only one God; and in that occasion of sincere thanks giving, Jacob, Joseph, and all their family, prayed to Allah the Only one God, and prostrated themselves before Him to show their thanks and gratitude; and therefore the pronoun, ©HIM¨ in the said clause of verse No.100 refers to God and no one else.

According to GENESIS 35:18, Joseph's mother Rachel had long been died and Jacob had taken Leah, Joseph's aunt for his wife.