[2770] Joseph’s (عليه السلام) plan had the desired effect. No sooner than they arrived home, even before unloading their saddlebags, they broached the difficult subject of their half-brother with their father (cf. Abū Ḥayyān).
[2771] That is, in the future (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).