And when all knowledge in relation to the knowledge of Allah is non-existence, He expressed His knowledge with suspicion. It is possible that suspicion is on its own, because he said what has passed as an effort based on evidence, so it can be taken from it that it permits certainty in what leads to suspicion. He said: ﴿And he said﴾ that is, Yusuf, blessings and peace be upon him, ﴿to the one who suspected﴾ with certainty that he intended by it knowledge due to his saying: ﴿The matter has been decreed﴾ [Yusuf: 41]. And it is permissible that the pronoun of 'suspected' refers to the cupbearer, so he is then on his own, ﴿that he is saved from them﴾, and he is the cupbearer. ﴿Mention me before your lord﴾ (p-93) that is, your master, the king of Egypt, because of what you have seen from me of high morals and purity of character that indicate my distance from what I was accused of. The intended meaning of 'lord' here is different from the intended meaning in his saying: ﴿Are there separate lords﴾ [Yusuf: 39]. So the cupbearer was saved, and his companion was crucified according to what Yusuf, blessings and peace be upon him, said to them. ﴿So the devil made him forget﴾ that is, the cupbearer, ﴿the remembrance of his lord﴾ that is, the one far from mercy, consumed by the curse. ﴿Yusuf, blessings and peace be upon him, remembered﴾ at ﴿his lord﴾ that is, because of his reliance on Him in that. ﴿So he remained﴾ that is, Yusuf, blessings and peace be upon him, because of this forgetfulness ﴿in prison﴾ from the time he entered until he exited ﴿for several years﴾ to know that all causes have their effect by Allah, the Exalted. The reality of several is from three to nine, and it is narrated here that it was seven.

He mentioned what has passed from this story from the Torah.

He said after what has passed: So the Midianites brought Yusuf down to Egypt, and Al-Aziz, the chief of Pharaoh's guards - a man from Egypt - bought him from the hands of the Bedouins who brought him there. So Allah, glorified and exalted is He, was with Yusuf in His assistance, and he was a successful man. He resided in the house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that Allah was with him, and that Allah made all his actions successful. So Yusuf gained from him mercy and compassion, and he appointed him over his house and entrusted him with all that he had. From the day he appointed him over his house and entrusted him with all that he had, Allah blessed the house of the Egyptian for the sake of Yusuf and because of him. The blessing of Allah settled in all that he had in the house and the field. He entrusted everything to him, and he did not know anything of what he had in his hand due to his trust in him, except for the bread which he used to eat. And Yusuf was handsome in appearance, radiant in face.

So when these matters had occurred, a woman saw her master with her gaze towards Yusuf and said to him: 'Come to me.' But he refused that and said to his master's wife: 'Indeed, my master, due to his trust in me, does not know what is in his house. He has entrusted me with all that belongs to him, and there is no one in this house greater than me. He has not prevented me from anything except you, because you are his wife. So how could I commit this great evil and sin before Allah?' And when she would entice him every day, he did not obey her to lie with her and be with her. One day, while Yusuf entered the house to do a task, and no one from the family was there, she grabbed his shirt and said to him: 'Come to me.' He left his shirt in her hand and fled. He went out to the market. When she saw that he had left his shirt in her hand and had escaped to the market, she called her household and said to them: 'Look, a Hebrew man has come to us to disgrace us, for he entered upon me wanting to lie with me.' And she shouted [with a loud voice]. When he saw that I had raised my voice and shouted, he left his shirt in my hand and fled to the market.

So I kept his shirt with her until her master entered the house. She said to him similar to these words: 'This Hebrew slave whom you brought to us came to me to disgrace me. When I raised my voice and shouted, he left his shirt in my hand and fled to the market.' When her master heard his wife's words, he became furious. So her master ordered that he be thrown into the prison where the king's prisoners were held. He remained there in prison, and the Lord was watching over him. He granted him love and mercy, and He cast mercy into the heart of the jailer. So Yusuf was appointed over all the prisoners who were in the prison, and every action they did there was by his command. And the chief of the prison did not oversee anything that was in his hand, for the Lord was with him in assistance, and everything he did was made successful by the Lord.

So after these matters, the chief of the cupbearers of the king of Egypt and the baker - and in one version, the place of the baker is: and the chief of the cooks - sinned before their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh became angry with his two servants: with the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers - and in one version: the cooks - so he ordered them to be imprisoned in the jail of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Yusuf was. The captain of the prison assigned Yusuf to serve them, and they remained in prison for a few days. They both saw a dream, each one of them saw [a dream] - all in one night, and each one of them desired the interpretation of his dream: the cupbearer and the baker - and in one version: and the cook - of the king of Egypt. Yusuf entered upon them in the morning and saw them gloomy and sad, so he asked them and said: 'What is the matter with you both today that you are gloomy and sad?' They said to him: 'Indeed, we have seen a dream and there is no one to interpret it.' Yusuf said to them: 'The knowledge of interpretation is with Allah, so tell me your dreams.'

So the chief of the cupbearers related to Yusuf and said to him: "Indeed, I saw in a dream as if there were a vine before me, in the vine there were three branches. While it was like that, it budded and its leaves sprouted, and its clusters became ripe grapes. And it was as if I had a cup of Pharaoh in my hand, so I took from the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup to Pharaoh." Yusuf, peace be upon him, said to him: "This is the interpretation of your dream: the three branches are three days. After three days, Pharaoh will remember you and restore you to your position, and you will serve Pharaoh the cup as you used to do before. So remember me when you are in a good position, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this prison, for I was stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and I have done no wrong to be here in prison." Then the chief of the bakers - and in one version: the cooks - saw that he had interpreted well, so he said to Yusuf: "I also saw in my dream as if there were three baskets of white bread on my head, and in the top basket were all kinds of food for Pharaoh, which the baker makes - and in one version: the work of a skillful cook - and the birds were eating from the basket above my head." Yusuf replied and said to him: "This is the interpretation of your dream: the three baskets are three days. After three days, Pharaoh will order your head to be lifted and you will be hanged on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh."

So when the third day came - which was the day of Pharaoh's birth - Pharaoh made a feast and gathered his servants. The chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers were missed, so he ordered that the chief of the cupbearers be returned to his position, and Pharaoh served the cup as he used to do. And he ordered the chief of the bakers to be hanged, just as Yusuf had interpreted for both of them, blessings and peace be upon him. But the chief of the cupbearers did not remember Yusuf, peace be upon him, and he forgot him.