My friends! I was saying that Hazrat Ya’qoub (Alaihis Salaam) made dua for 20 years to Allah Ta'ala to forgive his sons. Since they were after all his children, he made dua with great feeling and love. “O Allah! My son Yusuf (Alaihis Salaam) has forgiven his brothers who oppressed him. You also forgive them. Send down revelation to this effect so that I can place my children in ease. My children have this fear that you should not apprehend them on the plains of resurrection.

In tafsir, Ruhul Ma’aani, in the commentary of Surah Yusuf, Allamah Alusi As-Sayyed Mahmood Baghdadi (Rahmatullah Alaihe) states, “after twenty years, Hazrat Jibrail (Alaihis Salaam) descended and said, “your dua has been accepted. Allah Ta'ala has forgiven the brothers of Yusuf (Alaihis Salaam) who had oppressed him.” Then Hazrat Jibrail (Alaihis Salaam) said to Hazrat Ya’qoub (Alaihis Salaam), “come forward”.

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“Hazrat Ya’qoub (Alaihis Salaam) stood up and faced the direction of the Qiblah. Hazrat Yusuf (Alaihis Salaam) stood behind him, and all the brothers stood behind them.”

Then Hazrat Jibrail (Alaihis Salaam) taught him the following dua which he had brought from the heavens:

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“O the Hope of the believers! Do not break our hopes! You alone are our final hope. You are our final refuge.”

Finally, man has to run to Allah Ta'ala alone. Even after sinning, man has to return to Allah Ta'ala crying, “O Allah, save me.”

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O the Hearer of the believer’s supplications! Listen to our supplication

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O the Assistant of the believers, assist us

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O the Being who loves repenters! Accept our repentance

Because Hazrat Yusuf’s (Alaihis Salaam) brothers had sought forgiveness, they immediately received the news through Hazrat Jibrail (Alaihis Salaam) that all had been forgiven.