ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar al-Ḥimyarī, from Aḥmad b. Hilāl, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Najrān, from Faḍḍāla b. Ayyūb, from Sudayr, who narrated: “I heard Abā ʿAbd Allāh عليه السلام saying: “There is in the Qāʾim a precedent from Yūsuf عليه السلام.” I said: “It is as though you are mentioning his story, or his occultation?,” so he told me: “What of it does this community object to? They resemble swine! Verily, Yūsuf’s brothers were the grandsons and offspring of Prophets, and they traded with Yūsuf and had commercial dealings with him. They were his brothers, and he was theirs, yet they did not recognise him until he said to them: ﴾‘I am Yūsuf’﴿ [12:90]. So, what does this community object to that Allāh عز وجل would, at any time, seek to conceal His Divine authority?! Yūsuf عليه السلام was the king of Egypt, and there was between him and his father a distance of eighteen days’ travel. Had Allāh عز وجل intended to render Jacob cognisant of Yūsuf’s whereabouts, He had all power to do that. By Allāh, when they received the glad tidings, Jacob and his sons travelled for nine days from their hinterland encampment towards Egypt. So, what does this community object to that Allāh عز وجل would do with His Divine authority as He did with Yūsuf, that he would be walking among their markets and treading on their carpets, yet they would not recognise him? Until Allāh عز وجل permits him to make himself known to them, just as He permitted in the case of Yūsuf, whereupon he said to them: ﴾He said, ‘Have you realized what you did to Yūsuf and his brother, when you were senseless?’ They said, ‘Are you really Yūsuf?!’ He said, ‘I am Yūsuf, and this is my brother.’﴿ [12:89-90]