قَالُوٓا۟ They said أَضْغَـٰثُ Confused أَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖ dreams وَمَا and not نَحْنُ we بِتَأْوِيلِ (are) in the interpretation ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ (of) the dreams بِعَـٰلِمِينَ learned ٤٤
They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
— Come To Light
وَقَالَ But said ٱلَّذِى the one who نَجَا was saved مِنْهُمَا of the two وَٱدَّكَرَ and remembered بَعْدَ after أُمَّةٍ a period أَنَا۠ I أُنَبِّئُكُم [I] will inform you بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ of its interpretation فَأَرْسِلُونِ so send me forth ٤٥
But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."
— Come To Light
يُوسُفُ Yusuf أَيُّهَا O ٱلصِّدِّيقُ the truthful one أَفْتِنَا Explain to us فِى about سَبْعِ (the) seven بَقَرَٰتٍۢ cows سِمَانٍۢ fat يَأْكُلُهُنَّ eating them سَبْعٌ seven عِجَافٌۭ lean ones وَسَبْعِ and seven سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ ears (of corn) خُضْرٍۢ green وَأُخَرَ and other يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ dry لَّعَلِّىٓ that I may أَرْجِعُ return إِلَى to ٱلنَّاسِ the people لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَعْلَمُونَ know ٤٦
[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 [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said تَزْرَعُونَ You will sow سَبْعَ (for) seven سِنِينَ years دَأَبًۭا as usual فَمَا and that which حَصَدتُّمْ you reap فَذَرُوهُ so leave it فِى in سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ its ears إِلَّا except قَلِيلًۭا a little مِّمَّا from which تَأْكُلُونَ you (will) eat ٤٧
[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
— Come To Light
ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after بَعْدِ after ذَٰلِكَ that سَبْعٌۭ seven شِدَادٌۭ hard (years) يَأْكُلْنَ (which will) consume مَا what قَدَّمْتُمْ you advanced لَهُنَّ for them إِلَّا except قَلِيلًۭا a little مِّمَّا of what تُحْصِنُونَ you (will) store ٤٨
Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you advanced [i.e., saved] for them, except a little from which you will store.
— Come To Light
ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after بَعْدِ after ذَٰلِكَ that عَامٌۭ a year فِيهِ in it يُغَاثُ will be given abundant rain ٱلنَّاسُ the people وَفِيهِ and in it يَعْصِرُونَ they will press ٤٩
Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."
— Come To Light
وَقَالَ And said ٱلْمَلِكُ the king ٱئْتُونِى Bring him to me بِهِۦ ۖ Bring him to me فَلَمَّا But when جَآءَهُ came to him ٱلرَّسُولُ the messenger قَالَ he said ٱرْجِعْ Return إِلَىٰ to رَبِّكَ your lord فَسْـَٔلْهُ and ask him مَا what بَالُ (is the) case ٱلنِّسْوَةِ (of) the women ٱلَّـٰتِى who قَطَّعْنَ cut أَيْدِيَهُنَّ ۚ their hands إِنَّ Indeed رَبِّى my Lord بِكَيْدِهِنَّ of their plot عَلِيمٌۭ (is) All-Knower ٥٠
And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said مَا What خَطْبُكُنَّ (was) your affair إِذْ when رَٰوَدتُّنَّ you sought to seduce يُوسُفَ Yusuf عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ himself قُلْنَ They said حَـٰشَ Allah forbid لِلَّهِ Allah forbid مَا Not عَلِمْنَا we know عَلَيْهِ about him مِن any سُوٓءٍۢ ۚ evil قَالَتِ Said ٱمْرَأَتُ (the) wife ٱلْعَزِيزِ (of) Aziz ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ Now حَصْحَصَ (is) manifest ٱلْحَقُّ the truth أَنَا۠ I رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ sought to seduce him عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ himself وَإِنَّهُۥ and indeed, he لَمِنَ (is) surely of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٥١
Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
— Come To Light
ذَٰلِكَ That لِيَعْلَمَ he may know أَنِّى that I لَمْ not أَخُنْهُ [I] betray him بِٱلْغَيْبِ in secret وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (does) not يَهْدِى guide كَيْدَ (the) plan ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ (of) the betrayers ٥٢
That is so he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allāh does not guide the plan of betrayers.
— Come To Light
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