The word tathrib means to be reminded of one’s sins and feel guilty. ‘There is no blame on you today…’ Yusuf did not even say, ‘I will not blame you’. He said this in the third person and removed himself entirely from the picture. ‘There is no blame on you,’ is generic and completely neutral. ‘…Allah will forgive you! He is the Most Merciful of the merciful!’ The question arises: How can Yusuf say, ‘Allah will forgive you?’ What right did he have to say this? There are two responses to this question. The first is that because the zulm, or injustice, was done to Yusuf, but he forgave them,
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