( قال : بل سولت لكم ) زينت ( أنفسكم أمرا ) وفيه اختصار معناه : فرجعوا إلى أبيهم وذكروا لأبيهم ما قال كبيرهم ، فقال يعقوب : ( بل سولت لكم أنفسكم أمرا ) ، أي : حمل أخيكم إلى مصر لطلب نفع عاجل . ( فصبر جميل عسى الله أن يأتيني بهم جميعا ) يعني : يوسف وبنيامين وأخاهم المقيم بمصر . ( إنه هو العليم ) بحزني ووجدي على فقدهم ( الحكيم ) في تدبير خلقه .
Their father told them that the matter was not as they said with regards to him having stolen. Rather, their souls made deception in this attractive to them, as they had been deceptive about their brother Joseph before. He said my patience is of a beautiful type, which directs complaints to Allah alone. He said that perhaps Allah would return Joseph, his full brother and their oldest brother all together. He, glory be to Him, knew Jacob’s situation and was Wise in the way He arranged everything for him.