His saying, the Exalted: "And they cut their hands"

11556 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab narrated to us, Bishr informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas: When Yusuf went out before them and they looked at him, they began to cut their hands with the knives. He said: This is the saying of Allah: "And they cut their hands." He said: They were thinking they were cutting food.

11557 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "And they cut their hands," meaning cutting them slice by slice with the knife.

His saying, the Exalted: "And they said: Exalted be Allah"

11558 - And through the same chain, from Mujahid: "And they said: Exalted be Allah," he said: i.e., I seek refuge in Allah.

His saying: "This is not a human being"

11559 - Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Marwazi narrated to us, 'Abd al-Malik al-Jiddi narrated to us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, Thabit informed us, from Anas ibn Malik, he said: Yusuf was given half of all beauty.

11560 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Rabi'ah al-Jurashi, he said: Beauty was divided into two halves; one half was given to Yusuf and Sarah, and the other half was given to the rest of mankind.

11561 - My father narrated to me, Abu Ghassan al-Nahdi narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abd Allah, he said: Yusuf and his mother were given one-third of the beauty of mankind's creation, in the face, fairness of complexion, and otherwise. He said: Whenever a woman would come to him, he would cover his face for fear that she would be tempted by him.

11562 - al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Salt narrated to us, Ash'ath ibn Siwwar narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abd Allah, he said: The face of Yusuf was like lightning.

11563 - My father narrated to us, Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, he said: Allah, the Exalted, divided beauty into three parts; He gave Yusuf one-third, and divided the two-thirds among the people, so he was the most beautiful of people.

11564 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us, in what he wrote to me, Asbagh informed us, he said: I heard