Yaqub is the son of Ishaq and the father of Yusuf.
قصه
His last advice
As death approaches, Yaqub asks his sons what they will worship after him. They answer that they will worship his God, the God of his fathers Ibrahim, Ismail and Ishaq, one God, and to Him they submit.
ابراهيم به فرزندان خود وصيّت كرد كه در برابر خدا تسليم شوند. و يعقوب به فرزندان خود گفت: اى فرزندان من، خدا براى شما اين دين را برگزيده است، مباد بميريد بى آنكه بدان گردن نهاده باشيد.
آيا شما حاضر بوديد، آنگاه كه مرگ يعقوب فرا رسيد و به فرزندانش گفت: پس از من چه چيز را مىپرستيد؟ گفتند: خداى تو و خداى نياكان تو ابراهيم و اسماعيل و اسحاق را به يكتايى خواهيم پرستيد و در برابر او تسليم هستيم.
Beautiful patience
When Yusuf’s brother is also kept back, Yaqub says that patience is most fitting, and hopes that Allah will bring them all to him. His eyes turn white with grief, yet he tells his sons to go and search and not to despair of Allah’s relief. When Yusuf’s shirt is cast over his face, he sees again.