This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. Welcome everybody to Amaze by the Quran a series in which I love sharing with you stuff I find amazing about the Quran and today some insights from the words of Yaqub al-Lhissam, the father of Youssef, who when his brothers

told him that we want to take Youssef along with us into the woods, he's going to play with

us.

He's going to play around and he's going to race and all that stuff.

He said something to them.

And he said,

Ini, la Jazunu, kala ini laykzunuini,

in tadhabbihi.

It makes me really sad that you'll take him away. It makes me sad that you'll take him away.

It's a remarkable language.

The reason it's remarkable is when something hasn't happened yet, you're not sad.

When something hasn't happened yet, you're afraid.

And he says, well, a hafuu and yakkulah thib.

I fear that a wolf might eat him.

Because it hasn't happened yet.

Why is he becoming sad that you'll remove my child. He actually becomes sad because he realizes already they can't stop them.

It's as good as done. The insight of this father, the inside of his father.

And he doesn't just say that you will take him

and that huduhu that you'll take him.

The words are so profound.

He says, I, it makes me sad that you will remove him.

Look, this is so subtle.

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