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Yusuf 41

Ayah 41 of 111 · Meccan

يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ ٱلسِّجۡنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسۡقِي رَبَّهُۥ خَمۡرٗاۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلۡأٓخَرُ فَيُصۡلَبُ فَتَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّيۡرُ مِن رَّأۡسِهِۦۚ قُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَسۡتَفۡتِيَانِ ٤١

O two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰصَٰحِبَيِO my two companionsyāṣāḥibayi
  2. ٱلسِّجۡنِ(of) the prisonl-sij'ni
  3. أَمَّآAs forammā
  4. أَحَدُكُمَاone of youaḥadukumā
  5. فَيَسۡقِيhe will give drinkfayasqī
  6. رَبَّهُۥ(to) his masterrabbahu
  7. خَمۡرٗاۖwinekhamran
  8. وَأَمَّاand as forwa-ammā
  9. ٱلۡأٓخَرُthe otherl-ākharu
  10. فَيُصۡلَبُhe will be crucifiedfayuṣ'labu
  11. فَتَأۡكُلُand will eatfatakulu
  12. ٱلطَّيۡرُthe birdsl-ṭayru
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. رَّأۡسِهِۦۚhis headrasihi
  15. قُضِيَHas been decreedquḍiya
  16. ٱلۡأَمۡرُthe matterl-amru
  17. ٱلَّذِيabout whichalladhī
  18. فِيهِabout whichfīhi
  19. تَسۡتَفۡتِيَانِyou both inquiretastaftiyāni

Tafsir

Joseph told his two companions in the prison that he would interpret their dreams for them. He told them that the one who dreamed that he was pressing grapes to make wine would get out of the prison, and return to his work, and would serve the king. As for the one who dreamed that he was carrying bread on his head that the birds were eating from, he would be killed and crucified, and the birds would eat from his head. The matter they asked for an opinion on was settled and would come to pass. It was an inevitable reality.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran