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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And when they opened their luggage...}

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Question:
The questioner asks and says: Please explain these verses to us, may Allah reward you with good. Allah the Exalted said:
And when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِي هَذِهِ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ذَلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ
[Yusuf:65]. What is the luggage? And what is meant by the merchandise? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Yusuf (peace be upon him) ordered his servants to place his brothers' money in their luggage so that they could use it to return for the grain with their brother whom he had asked them to bring. When they opened their luggage, the luggage being the belongings they had with them, the containers and bags holding their needs, which are called luggage, they found the coins with them. So they said:
We do not seekما نبغي
: We have a case, meaning: we have money with us, so we can return and buy more grain, and with this, we will increase by the measure of one camel if our brother is with us, in a caravan of ten, so they would have ten loads.
So they asked their father to send him with them, since the money is present, and they will increase by one camel load, which is a matter of benefit. The coins are present, and the presence of a brother with them fulfills the desire of the Aziz, who is Yusuf (peace be upon him), and with this, they will increase by the measure of one camel, on the assumption that he will return with them with a load. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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