His saying: "And he said to his young men."

11743 - My father narrated to us, Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us, Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aruba narrated to us, from Qatada: "And he said to his young men," meaning: to his servants.

His saying: "Put their merchandise in their packs."

11744 - And by the same chain, from Qatada, regarding His saying: "Put their merchandise in their packs," meaning: their papers/currency in their packs.

11745 - 'Abd Allah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Amir narrated to us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, who said: "And he said to his young men"—while he was measuring for them—"Put their merchandise in their packs."

11746 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salama narrated to us, Salama narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Then he ordered the merchandise with which they had paid for the food to be placed into their packs, while they were unaware.

His saying, the Exalted: "So that they might recognize it when they return to their people."

11747 - And by the same chain, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, regarding His saying: "So that they might recognize it when they return to their people, that they might come back." He said: Then they departed until they came to their father. Their dwelling place—according to what some of the people of knowledge mentioned to me—was at al-'Arabāt, in the land of Palestine in the Ghawr (depression) of al-Sham. Some say: It was at al-Awlāj, in the vicinity of the pass below Hismā, and he was a man of the desert who had sheep and camels there.

His saying: "That they might come back."

11748 - 'Abd Allah narrated to us, al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Amir narrated to us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "That they might come back," he said: That they might return to me.

His saying, the Exalted: "So when they returned to their father."

11749 - And by the same chain, from al-Suddi, who said: So when the group returned to their father, they spoke to him and said: O our father, the King of Egypt has honored us; if he had been a man from among us, from the children of Ya'qub, he would not have honored us with the honor he showed us, and he...