The verse says...

The verse says: “He (Ya‘qub) said: ‘No, but your (guilty) selves have made a matter fair for you...” On his part Ya‘qub had no other choice than to take recourse in sweet patience and trust in Allah to return all his sons to him, if He willed, because He is aware of them inside of all as well as whatever happened and will happen. Moreover, He is Wise and never does anything undue. The holy verse continues saying: “…so patience is good.

Maybe Allah will bring them to me all together; verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise’.” Explanations 1- When the brothers, feigning sadness, brought Yusuf’s bloody shirt to their father, they said that Yusuf had been eaten by a wolf. Hadrat Ya‘qub (as) said that their souls had made up something which they had found attractive. Now, with his next two sons taken away from him, he repeats the same sentence. Perhaps, this question may be raised that: in Yusuf’s affair the brothers…