Surah Yusuf 12:66

They find Their Money returned to Their Bags

Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers opened their bags, they found their merchandise inside them, for Yusuf had ordered his servants to return it to their bags. When they found their merchandise in their bags,

(They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire..."), what more can we ask for,

(This, our money has been returned to us;) Qatadah commented (that they said), "What more can we ask for, our merchandise was returned to us and the `Aziz has given us the sufficient load we wanted" They said next,

(so we shall get (more) food for our family,), `if you send our brother with us the next time we go to buy food for our family,'

(and we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camel's load.) since Yusuf, peace be upon him, gave each man a camel's load of corn.

(This quantity is easy (for the king to give).) They said these words to make their case more appealing, saying that taking their brother with them is worth this gain,

(He Ya`qub (Jacob) said: "I will not send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah's Name..."), until you swear by Allah with the strongest oath,

(that you will bring him back to me unless you are yourselves surrounded (by enemies)), unless you were all overwhelmed and were unable to rescue him,

(And when they had sworn their solemn oath), he affirmed it further, saying,

(Allah is the Witness to what we have said.) Ibn Ishaq commented, "Ya`qub did that because he had no choice but to send them to bring necessary food supplies for their survival. So he sent Binyamin with them."

Mendengar ucapan anak-anaknya itu, Yakub sadar bahwa budi baik penguasa Mesir itu harus dibalas dengan budi baik pula. Tidak ada cara untuk membalasnya kecuali dengan menepati janji anak-anaknya yang akan membawa Bunyamin karena dia dan anak-anaknya tidak mempunyai apa-apa lagi untuk dipersembahkan apalagi penguasa Mesir itu telah menolak menerima barang tukaran dan mengembalikan semuanya. Dengan perasaan yang berat, Yakub berkata kepada anak-anaknya bahwa kalau mereka harus membawa Bunyamin ke Mesir, maka ia tidak akan mengizinkan kecuali dengan janji yang dikuatkan dengan sumpah bahwa mereka benar-benar akan menjaga keselamatan Bunyamin dan membawanya kembali pulang. Mereka juga diminta untuk bersedia mengorbankan jiwa raga bila terjadi hal-hal yang membahayakan atau mengancam jiwanya. Anak-anak Yakub bersedia bersumpah untuk memenuhi syarat yang dikemukakan ayah mereka. Lalu mereka bersumpah dengan menyebut nama Allah bahwa mereka akan menjaga keselamatan Bunyamin, membelanya mati-matian bila terancam bahaya, dan akan membawanya pulang kembali. Setelah mendengar sumpah anak-anaknya itu, barulah hati Yakub merasa lega dan dia berkata, "Allah menjadi saksi atas semua ucapan dan janjimu itu. Dialah Yang Mengawasi segala perbuatan dan tindak-tandukmu dan kepada-Nyalah aku serahkan keselamatan anakku."