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forbade them to lose hope in Allah’s
mercy.
So the sons of Ya’qub [a] once
again set out for Egypt in the hope
that the king’s minister would
release Binyamin. The brothers
arrived in Egypt for the third time.
They went straight to the prime min-
ister,
Nabi
Yusuf [a], and pleaded
with him to release Binyamin.
“
Our father is an old man who
deeply misses his son. Tears have
flowed from his eyes for an entire
year and he has now lost all sight,
”
they said.
They also pleaded with
Nabi
Yusuf
[a] to be charitable as they had not
brought much money this time.
“
Noble prince, we and our people
are poverty stricken and hungry.
The famine continues in our land.
We have brought very little money
