Surah Yusuf

Chapter 12 · Verse 15 · Revealed in Makkah

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Yusuf is thrown in a Well

Allah says that when Yusuf's brothers took him from his father, after they requested him to permit that,

وَأَجْمَعُواْ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَابَةِ الْجُبِّ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

From here, Al-Qurtubi concludes that the brothers had somehow

To this, all brothers agreed - as stated in the ninth of the present verses (15) cited above in the following words:

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