“When they said: Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a band (usbah),” meaning: a group. “Indeed, our father is in clear error,” meaning: in his judgment; they did not mean error in religion. “Clear (mubin),” meaning: manifest.
﴿إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ﴾ جَمَاعَةٌ ﴿إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلالٍ مُبين﴾ أَيْ: مِنَ الرَّأْيِ، لَيْسَ يَعْنُونَ: ضَلَالَة فِي الدّين ﴿مُبين﴾ بَين
