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Yusuf 43

Ayah 43 of 111 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ سَبۡعَ بَقَرَٰتٖ سِمَانٖ يَأۡكُلُهُنَّ سَبۡعٌ عِجَافٞ وَسَبۡعَ سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ خُضۡرٖ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَٰتٖۖ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَأُ أَفۡتُونِي فِي رُءۡيَٰيَ إِن كُنتُمۡ لِلرُّءۡيَا تَعۡبُرُونَ ٤٣

And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. ٱلۡمَلِكُthe kingl-maliku
  3. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  4. أَرَىٰ[I] have seenarā
  5. سَبۡعَsevensabʿa
  6. بَقَرَٰتٖcowsbaqarātin
  7. سِمَانٖfatsimānin
  8. يَأۡكُلُهُنَّeating themyakuluhunna
  9. سَبۡعٌsevensabʿun
  10. عِجَافٞlean onesʿijāfun
  11. وَسَبۡعَand sevenwasabʿa
  12. سُنۢبُلَٰتٍears (of corn)sunbulātin
  13. خُضۡرٖgreenkhuḍ'rin
  14. وَأُخَرَand otherswa-ukhara
  15. يَابِسَٰتٖۖdryyābisātin
  16. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  17. ٱلۡمَلَأُchiefsl-mala-u
  18. أَفۡتُونِيExplain to meaftūnī
  19. فِيaboutfī
  20. رُءۡيَٰيَmy visionru'yāya
  21. إِنifin
  22. كُنتُمۡyou cankuntum
  23. لِلرُّءۡيَاof visionslilrru'yā
  24. تَعۡبُرُونَinterprettaʿburūna

Tafsir

One day the king said that he had seen a dream in which seven fat cows were being eaten by seven thin ones, and seven green ears of corn and seven dry ears of corn. He asked the notables and nobles to tell him the interpretation of his dream, if they knew how to interpret dreams.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran