Verse. 1642

١٢ - يُوسُف

12 - Yusuf

يُوْسُفُ اَيُّہَا الصِّدِّيْقُ اَفْتِنَا فِيْ سَبْعِ بَقَرٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَّاْكُلُہُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَّسَبْعِ سُنْۢبُلٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَّاُخَرَ يٰبِسٰتٍ۝۰ۙ لَّعَلِّيْۗ اَرْجِـــعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّہُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۴۶
Yoosufu ayyuha alssiddeequ aftina fee sabAAi baqaratin simanin yakuluhunna sabAAun AAijafun wasabAAi sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatin laAAallee arjiAAu ila alnnasi laAAallahum yaAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

(And coming to the prison) he said: "O Joseph the truthful, tell us (the meaning of) seven fat cows being devoured by seven lean ones, and seven green ears of corn and seven seared, that I may go back to the people and tell them."

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : when he went to him, he said: (joseph! o thou truthful one!) o you who were truthful in interpreting the first dream, (expound for us the seven fat kine) that came out of the river and (which seven lean) that were dying of lack of nourishment (were eating and the seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry) coiling around the seven green ears, overshadowing their greenery, (that i may return unto the people) to the king, (so that they may know) the interpretation of the king's dream. joseph said: “yes! i will interpret his dream. the seven fat kine are seven years of soil fertility, and the seven green ears represent abundance and low prices during these seven years. the seven dying, lean kine represent years of drought while the seven dry ears represent lack of foodstuff and high prices during these years”.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : ‘o, joseph, o truthful one, one given to truth, give us your opinion concerning seven fat kine that are devoured by seven lean ones, and [concerning] seven green ears of corn and [seven] others dry, that i may return to the people, that is, to the king and his courtiers, so that they might know’, its interpretation.