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Meccan · Surah 12 of 114

Yusuf 12:4

Joseph · ayah 4 of 111

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَٰجِدِينَ

Ith qala yoosufu li-abeehi yaabati innee raaytu ahada AAashara kawkaban washshamsawalqamara raaytuhum lee sajideen

"[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me.""

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"Joseph said to his father, ‘Father, I dreamed of eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them all bow down before me,’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Behold! Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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Yusuf's Dream

Allah says, `Mention to your people, O Muhammad, among the stories that you narrate to them, the story of Yusuf.' Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) mentioned his dream to his father, Prophet Ya`qub (Jacob), son of Prophet Ishaq (Isaac), son of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), peace be upon them all. `Abdullah bin `Abbas stated that the dreams of Prophets are revelations from Allah. Scholars of Tafsir explained that in Yusuf's dream the eleven stars represent his brothers, who were eleven, and the sun and the moon represent his father and mother. This explanation was collected from Ibn `Abbas, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Sufyan Ath-Thawri and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Yusuf's vision became a reality forty years later, or as some say, eighty years, when Yusuf raised his parents to the throne while his brothers were before him,

وَخَرُّواْ لَهُ سُجَّدَا وَقَالَ يأَبَتِ هَـذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُؤْيَـى مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّا

(and they fell down before him prostrate. And he said: "O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come true!")

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Йусуф рассказал своему отцу, которым был пророк Йакуб, сын пророка Исхака и внук возлюбленного Аллаха Ибрахима, о сновидении, в котором одиннадцать звезд, солнце и луна поклонились ему. Это произошло задолго до того, как Йусуф обрел величие в мирской и Последней жизни. Но для каждого великого события Всевышний Аллах создает предпосылки, которые готовят почву для него и облегчают его наступление. Это происходит для того, чтобы люди не испытывали больших трудностей, и свидетельствует о милости и добродетели Аллаха по отношению к рабам. Ведая об этом, пророк Йакуб истолковал видение, которое приснилось Йусуфу. Солнцем была мать Йусуфа, луной - его отец, а звездами - его одиннадцать братьев. Йусуфу предстояло пройти большой путь и подняться так высоко, что его родные будут повиноваться ему и преклонят перед ним колени, выражая ему свое почтение. А поскольку такое невозможно без соответствующих предпосылок, ему предстояло стать Божьим избранником, получить правильные познания, вершить праведные деяния и обрести власть на земле. Безусловно, такая милость должна была принести пользу всему семейству Йакуба, которому надлежало поклониться Йусуфу. Все это стало ясно мудрому пророку.
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Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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Moving on the verse 4, the text takes up the story of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) which opens with the following words: إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَ‌أَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ‌ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ‌ رَ‌أَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ (It happened) [ when Yusuf said to his father, 'My father, I have seen eleven stars and the Sun and the Moon; I have seen them all prostrating to me.]

This was the dream seen by Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) interpreting which Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: ` The eleven stars meant the eleven brothers of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) and the Sun and the Moon meant his father and mother.'

According to al-Qurtubi, though the mother of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) had passed away from this mortal world before this event, but in her place, his father was wedded to her sister. A maternal aunt already has love and concern for her sister's children as their natural mother would normally have. Now when she, after the death of her sister, comes to be the wife of the father, she would customarily be referred to as the mother.

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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