The referent of the pronoun in the saying of Allah the Exalted: "I did not betray him in secret"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted[Yusuf 12:52], he asks: Does the pronoun in "I did not betray him" refer to al-Aziz or does it refer to Yusuf?
Answer:
It refers, it refers, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted
That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِAnswer:
It refers, it refers, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب البكاء في الصلاة من خشية الله - تعالى - — islamhouse.com (1:01:20)
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