And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white614 from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.615
Notes
[614] i.e., he lost his sight.
[615] He did not express the extent of his grief or his anger at what he suspected his sons had done but was patient, depending only upon Allāh for help.
Verse 84 of Surah Yusuf (12:84), a Meccan surah, is in juz 13, on page 245 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 84
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He pulled away, turning from them, saying, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’ The blackness of his eyes had become white out of his great mourning for him, because he was filled with grief and sorrow, yet hiding his grief from the people.
He turned away from them and said, “O my sorrow for Joseph!” And his eyes turned white33 because of suppressing his grief.
Notes
[33] i.e., he lost his sight.
And he turned away from them and said: "Alas, my grief for Yûsuf (Joseph)!" And he lost his sight because of the sorrow that he was suppressing.
And he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing.
And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grief for Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent melancholy.
And he turned away from them, and said: O my sorrow for Yusuf! and his eyes became white on account of the grief, and he was a repressor (of grief).
And he turned away from them and said, "O, how sorrowful am I for Yusuf!" (Joseph) And his eyes whitened with grief that he was constantly repressed (with sorrow).
