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{ قَالُواْ تَاللهِ تَفْتَؤُاْ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضاً أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَالِكِينَ }

…until you are consumed It was related from ʿAlī that he said, ‘The word ḥaraḍ means affliction due to pain in the heart.’Ibn ʿAbbās y said, ‘Ḥaraḍ is [severe sickness] close to death. Sahl said:It means being impaired (fāsid) in body and in deed because of grief. His grief was only on account of Joseph’s religion and not for the sake of [Joseph] himself, for he knew that if he died upon his religion he would be united with him in the Hereafter that is everlasting, but if he changed his religion they would never be united ever again. It was related from Sufyān that he said, ‘Verily when the one bringing good tidings [of Joseph] came to Jacob , he asked him, “What was his religion when you left him?” He replied, “It was the religion of submission to God (islām).” So Jacob said, “Now the blessing is complete.”’His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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