﴿ قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

“He answered: "It is only to God that I complain of my deep grief and my sorrow: for I know, from God, something that you do not know.”

�I complain of my anguish and grief only to God�That is, �My anxiety (hamm) and sorrow (ḥuzn)�.Sahl said:Jacob�s grief was not over Joseph, but it [his grief] was an expression of the deep emotion (wajd) he felt in his heart after being separated from Joseph. For he asked himself, �How great would be the feelings I would experience if I were to be separated from God, Mighty and Majestic is He, when separation from a creature had caused me to act in such a way?� So he complained of his distraction and anguish to God, Exalted is He, and to no one else.His words, Exalted is He: