قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَکُمْ أَنفُسُکُمْ أَمْراً فَصَبْرٌ جَمِیلٌ عَسَى اللهُ أَنْ یَأْتِیَنِی بِهِمْ جَمِیعاً إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِیمُ الْحَکِیمُ(( 83 ))
83- HE (i.e.JACOB) SAID:ِ ``RATHER YOUR CARNAL SOULS HAVE TEMPTED YOU TO SOME AFFAIR. (EVIL DEEDS) THEN PATIENCE IS BEAUTEOUS. MAY IT BE THAT ALLAH BRINGS THEM ALL BACK TO ME, THAT HE IS THE ALL-KNOWING, ALL-WISE.''
وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ یَا أَسَفَى عَلَى یُوسُفَ وَابْیَضَّتْ عَیْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ کَظِیمٌ(( 84 ))
84- AND HE TURNED AWAY FROM THEM AND SAID:ِ ``WHAT A PITY FOR JOSEPH! AND HIS EYES TURNED WHITE WITH GRIEF WHICH HE CHOKED IT WITHIN HIM.''
قَالُوا تَاللهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْکُرُ یُوسُفَ حَتَّى تَکُونَ حَرَضاً أَوْ تَکُونَ مِنْ الْهَالِکِینَ(( 85 ))
85- THEY SAID:ِ ``BY ALLAH YOU CONTINUE WITH REMINDING JOSEPH, TILL YOU ARE CONSUMED OR GET PERISHED.''
قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْکُو بَثِّی وَحُزْنِی إِلَى اللهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنْ اللهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ(( 86 ))
86- HE SAID:ِ ``I ONLY COMPLAIN OF MY ANGUISH AND SORROW TO ALLAH, AND I KNOW FROM ALLAH WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW.''