English translation of the verse 94 surah - And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed feel

Surat Yusuf Verse No. 94: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 94 from Surah Yusuf : Number of verses 111 - - page 246 - Part 13.

surah يوسف ayah 94 - And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said,


﴾وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلۡعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمۡ إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَۖ لَوۡلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ ﴿
[ يوسف: 94]

And when the caravan departed, their father said: "I do indeed feel the smell of Yusuf (Joseph), if only you think me not a dotard (a person who has weakness of mind because of old age)."


English - Sahih International

And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(12:94) When this caravan departed (from Egypt), their father said (in Cana'an), "I am surely perceiving the smell *66 of Joseph, though you might think me to be in the dotage."

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

*66) This is an instance of the extraordinary powers the Prophets possess. Prophet Jacob perceive in Cana'an the smell of Prophet Joseph's shirt from such a distant place as Egypt as soon as the caravan started on the journey. At the same time it also. shows, by contrast, that these powers of the Prophets are not inherent or personal characteristics but arc bestowed on them by Allah as and when He wills. That is why Prophet Jacob could not perceive the smell of the clothes of Prophct Joseph as long as Allah did not will it, when he had been living in Egypt.
In this connection, it should also be noted that in contrast to the Qur'an which represents Prophct Jacob as a great Prophet who was able to perceive the smell of Prophet Joseph from such a long distance, the Bible represents him as an ordinary uncultured father. According tc Genesis 45: 26-27, when they told him, saying, "Joseph is yet alive and he is governor over all the land of Egypt-Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not .... and only when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. "
 

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Source : Yusuf Verse 94: And when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."