So it is as if it was said: If they cried, it was right for them to cry out of fear of Allah and compassion for their brother. But what will they say if their father asks them about the reason? It was said: ﴿They said, O our father﴾.

And when they knew that he, blessings and peace be upon him, would not believe them due to the light of his heart and the truthfulness of his insight, and because of their suspicion, they emphasized and said: ﴿Indeed, we went to race﴾, meaning we sought to compete with great desire from each of us in that. ﴿And we left Yusuf﴾, our brother, ﴿by our supplies﴾, meaning what was with us of what we needed at that time of clothing and provisions and the like. ﴿So a wolf ate him﴾, meaning it caused that his being alone led to him being eaten. ﴿While you﴾, meaning the situation is that you ﴿are not going to believe us﴾, meaning in the denial, that is, as a believer. ﴿Even if we were﴾, meaning being is a nature for us ﴿truthful﴾, meaning among the people of truth and trustworthiness by your knowledge, for you have never experienced from us any lie, nor have I heard from us anything of it, whether serious or playful.