Verse. 1632

١٢ - يُوسُف

12 - Yusuf

وَدَخَلَ مَعَہُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيٰنِ۝۰ۭ قَالَ اَحَدُہُمَاۗ اِنِّىْۗ اَرٰىنِيْۗ اَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا۝۰ۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنِّىْۗ اَرٰىنِيْۗ اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَاْسِيْ خُبْزًا تَاْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْہُ۝۰ۭ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَاْوِيْـلِہٖ۝۰ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰىكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِـنِيْنَ۝۳۶
Wadakhala maAAahu alssijna fatayani qala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsiru khamran waqala alakharu innee aranee ahmilu fawqa rasee khubzan takulu alttayru minhu nabbina bitaweelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineena

English

Ahmed Ali

Two other youths were imprisoned along with him. Said one of them: "I dreamt that I was pressing grapes;" and the other: "I dreamt that I was carrying bread on my head, and the birds were pecking at it. You tell us the meaning of this. You seem to be a righteous man."

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and two young men) two slaves of the king: his cupbearer and his cook-he got angry with them and put them in prison-(went to prison with him) they stayed together five years. (one of them), the cupbearer, (said: i dreamed that i was pressing wine) pressing grapes to make wine and giving it to the king. this cupbearer saw in a dream that he entered a vineyard and there he saw a pleasant bough with three offshoots and on the offshoots bunches of grapes. he picked the grapes, pressed them and gave it to the king. joseph said: “as for the vineyard, it is the job you had; the bough represents the expertise you have in your job; its pleasantness represents your position and merit in that job. the three offshoots mean that you will be released in three days and shall return to your job. the pressed grapes you gave to the king means that he will give you your job back, honour you and treat you well”. (the other) the cook, who prepared the king's bread (said i dreamed that i was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating) he saw in his dream that he was coming out of the king's kitchen carrying on his head three baskets of bread when birds came and ate from the bread on the baskets. joseph said: “you have seen an evil thing. as for your going out of the king's kitchen, this means that you will lose your job; the three baskets means that you will stay in prison for three days. the birds eating from the baskets means that the king will get you out of prison in three days to crucify you and the birds will eat of your head”. before joseph interpreted their dreams for them, the two men said to him: (announce unto us the interpretation) interpret for us our dreams, (for we see thee of those good) towards the prisoners; it is also said that this means: you are of those who are truthful in their speech.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and there entered the prison with him two youths, two young men [servants] of the king, one of whom was his cup-bearer, the other, his food-taster. they noticed that he interpreted dreams and so they said, ‘let us try him’. one of them, the cup-bearer, said: ‘i dreamed that i was pressing wine’, that is, grapes. the other, the food-taster, said: ‘i dreamed that i was carrying on my head bread whereof the birds were eating. tell us, inform us [of], its interpretation, for indeed we see you as being among the virtuous’.

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : and there entered the prison with him two [chivalrous] youths (fatayān)…he [sahl] said:god, exalted is he, said [chivalrous] youths because neither of them was excessive in his claim. rather they gave what was theirs over to their companion and for this he called them fatayān.his words, exalted is he: