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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 46of 111

يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍۢ سِمَانٍۢ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌۭ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٍۢ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]."

Word-by-word meaning

يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
أَيُّهَاayyuhāO
ٱلصِّدِّيقُl-ṣidīquthe truthful one
أَفْتِنَاaftināExplain to us
فِىabout
سَبْعِsabʿi(the) seven
بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
وَسَبْعِwasabʿiand seven
سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand other
يَابِسَـٰتٍۢyābisātindry
لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīthat I may
أَرْجِعُarjiʿureturn
إِلَىilāto
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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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