وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَٱبۡيَضَّتۡ عَيۡنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلۡحُزۡنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٞ ٨٤
And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white 1 from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor. 2
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., he lost his sight.
2 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.
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وَتَوَلَّىٰ And he turned away watawallā عَنۡهُمۡ from them ʿanhum وَقَالَ and said waqāla يَٰٓأَسَفَىٰ Alas, my grief yāasafā عَلَىٰ over ʿalā يُوسُفَ Yusuf yūsufa وَٱبۡيَضَّتۡ And became white wa-ib'yaḍḍat عَيۡنَاهُ his eyes ʿaynāhu مِنَ from mina ٱلۡحُزۡنِ the grief l-ḥuz'ni فَهُوَ and he (was) fahuwa كَظِيمٞ a suppressor kaẓīmun Tafsir 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.
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