فند

Core meaning

To charge with dotage: to judge that age has led someone's judgment astray.

Uses

1. تُفَنِّدُونِ → "to think one a dotard" : the reproach addressed to an old man who asserts what others do not see.

   • «لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ» — "if you do not think me a dotard" (12:94)

Evidence from the text

The only use is the father's word, as the caravan moves away: "I surely sense the scent of Youssof, if you do not think me a dotard" (12:94). He forestalls the reproach; it comes at once (12:95). The tunic laid on his face gives him back his sight (12:96), and the judgment passed on him falls.

See also

يوسف (Youssof)