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سُورَةُ يُوسُفَ · 12:95
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قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَفِى ضَلَٰلِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

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They said, "By Allah, indeed you are in your [same] old error."

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Introduction

This is āyah 95 of Sūrat Yusuf (Joseph), the 53rd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 13. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
53 of 114
Surah
Yusuf (12)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

"Go with this shirt of mine, and cast it over the face of my father, his vision will return, and bring to me all your family. (93)And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed sense the smell of Yusuf, if only you think me not senile). (94)They said: "By Allah! Certainly, you are in your old Dalal (error). (95) Ya'qub finds the Scent of Yusuf in his Shirt! Yusuf said, 'Take this shirt of mine, فَأَلْقُوهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِ أَبِي يَأْتِ بَصِيرًا (and cast it over the face of my father, his vision will return),' because Ya'qub had lost his sight from excessive crying, وَأْتُونِي بِأَهْلِكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (and bring to me all your family.) all the children of Ya'qub. وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْعِيرُ (And when the caravan departed) from Egypt, قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ (their father said...), Ya'qub, peace be upon him, said to the children who remained with him, إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ …
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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