﴿ وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءًۭ يَبْكُونَ ﴾

“And at nightfall they came to their father, weeping,”

As in verse 16: وَجَاءُوا أَبَاهُمْ عِشَاءً يَبْكُونَ They came weeping to their father at nightfall. Hearing the sound of their crying, Sayyidna Ya` qub (علیہ السلام) came out and asked: what has happened? Was the flock of your goats attacked by someone? And where is Yusuf?