Surah Yusuf 12:13

Joseph · Verse 13 of 111 · Juz 12 · Page 236

قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَـٰفِلُونَ

[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

He said ‘Lo! It grieves me that you should go with him that is your departure with him grieves me because I would be separated from him and I fear lest the wolf devour him al-dhi’b here represents the genus for their land had many wolves in it while you are heedless of him’ distracted by something else.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 12:13, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.