Surah Yusuf 12:42

Yusuf asks the King's Distiller to mention Him to the King

Yusuf knew that the distiller would be saved. So discretely, so that the other man's suspicion that he would be crucified would not intensify, he said,

(Mention me to your King.) asking him to mention his story to the king. That man forgot Yusuf's request and did not mention his story to the king, a plot from the devil, so that Allah's Prophet would not leave the prison. This is the correct meaning of,

(But Shaytan made him forget to mention it to his master.) that it refers to the man who was saved. As was said by Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others. As for, `a few years', or, Bida` in Arabic, it means between three and nine, according to Mujahid and Qatadah. Wahb bin Munabbih said, "Ayyub suffered from the illness for seven years, Yusuf remained in prison for seven years and Bukhtanassar (Nebuchadnezzar - Chaldean king of Babylon) was tormented for seven years."

Dalam ayat ini diterangkan bahwa Yusuf berpesan kepada pemuda yang keluar dengan takwil yang baik, agar disampaikan kepada raja, bahwa di dalam penjara masih banyak orang yang tidak bersalah dihukum. Mereka dihukum karena tuduhan-tuduhan yang tidak benar agar hal ini menjadi perhatian raja. Sampaikan juga kepada raja apa yang dia lihat dan didengar tentang Yusuf dan seruan untuk menganut agama tauhid dan lain-lain yang terjadi selama ia dalam penjara. Rupanya pemuda itu setelah sampai di luar, lupa menyampaikan pesan-pesan Yusuf kepada raja, sehingga Yusuf terpaksa meringkuk dalam penjara beberapa tahun lamanya.