He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.
نَبَّأۡتُكُمَاI will inform both of younabbatukumā
بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦof its interpretationbitawīlihi
قَبۡلَbeforeqabla
أَن[that]an
يَأۡتِيَكُمَاۚ[it] comes to both of youyatiyakumā
ذَٰلِكُمَاThatdhālikumā
مِمَّا(is) of whatmimmā
عَلَّمَنِيhas taught meʿallamanī
رَبِّيٓۚmy Lordrabbī
إِنِّيIndeed, Iinnī
تَرَكۡتُ[I] abandontaraktu
مِلَّةَ(the) religionmillata
قَوۡمٖ(of) a peopleqawmin
لَّاnotlā
يُؤۡمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūna
بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
وَهُمand theywahum
بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhirati
هُمۡ[they]hum
كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna
Tafsir
Joseph (peace be upon him) said: No food allocated to you by the king or anyone else will come you, except that I will explain to you its essence and form before it comes to you. The interpretation I give you is what my Lord has taught me. It is not soothsaying or astrology. I have left the religion of a people who do not have faith in Allah and who denounce the Afterlife, although they acknowledge it within themselves.