قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمٖۖ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِتَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحۡلَٰمِ بِعَٰلِمِينَ ٤٤
They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
- أَضۡغَٰثُConfusedaḍghāthu
- أَحۡلَٰمٖۖdreamsaḥlāmin
- وَمَاand notwamā
- نَحۡنُwenaḥnu
- بِتَأۡوِيلِ(are) in the interpretationbitawīli
- ٱلۡأَحۡلَٰمِ(of) the dreamsl-aḥlāmi
- بِعَٰلِمِينَlearnedbiʿālimīna
Tafsir
They said that his vision was a jumble of dreams, and because of this it could not be interpreted; and that they were not knowledgeable about the interpretation of mixed-up dreams.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran