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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 43of 111

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌۭ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٍۢ ۖ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe king
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَرَىٰarā[I] have seen
سَبْعَsabʿaseven
بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
وَسَبْعَwasabʿaand seven
سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand others
يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖyābisātindry
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uchiefs
أَفْتُونِىaftūnīExplain to me
فِىabout
رُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyamy vision
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou can
لِلرُّءْيَاlilrru'yāof visions
تَعْبُرُونَtaʿburūnainterpret

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Dream of the King of EgyptThe King of Egypt had a dream that Allah the Exalted made a reason for Yusuf's release from prison, with his honor and reputation preserved. When the king had this dream, he was astonished and fearful and sought its interpretation. He gathered the priests, the chiefs of his state and the princes and told them what he had seen in a dream, asking them to interpret it for him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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