"They said, 'By Allah!'" This is an oath. "'You will not cease remembering Yusuf,'" Qatada said: meaning, you will not stop remembering Yusuf, "'until you become haradan'" that is, until you wither away, "'or until you become of the dead'" that is, until you die.

Muhammad said: It is said: "Grief has 'ahradahu' (consumed him)" when it wears him out.