قَالُوٓا۟
They said,
أَضْغَٰثُ
"Confused
أَحْلَٰمٍ
dreams,
وَمَا
and not
نَحْنُ
we
بِتَأْوِيلِ
(are) in the interpretation
ٱلْأَحْلَٰمِ
(of) the dreams
بِعَٰلِمِينَ
learned."
وَقَالَ But said ٱلَّذِى the one who نَجَا was saved مِنْهُمَا of the two وَٱدَّكَرَ and remembered بَعْدَ after أُمَّةٍ a period, أَنَا۠ "I أُنَبِّئُكُم [I] will inform you بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ of its interpretation
فَأَرْسِلُونِ so send me forth. يُوسُفُ Yusuf, أَيُّهَا O ٱلصِّدِّيقُ the truthful one! أَفْتِنَا Explain to us فِى about سَبْعِ (the) seven بَقَرَٰتٍ cows
سِمَانٍ fat يَأْكُلُهُنَّ eating them سَبْعٌ seven عِجَافٌ lean ones, وَسَبْعِ and seven سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ ears (of corn) خُضْرٍ green
وَأُخَرَ and other يَابِسَٰتٍ dry, لَّعَلِّىٓ that I may أَرْجِعُ return إِلَى to ٱلنَّاسِ the people لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَعْلَمُونَ know." قَالَ He said,
تَزْرَعُونَ "You will sow سَبْعَ (for) seven سِنِينَ years, دَأَبًا as usual, فَمَا and that which حَصَدتُّمْ you reap فَذَرُوهُ so leave it فِى in سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ its ears إِلَّا except
قَلِيلًا a little مِّمَّا from which تَأْكُلُونَ you (will) eat. ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَعْدِ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ذَٰلِكَ that سَبْعٌ seven شِدَادٌ hard (years) يَأْكُلْنَ (which will) consume
مَا what قَدَّمْتُمْ you advanced لَهُنَّ for them, إِلَّا except قَلِيلًا a little مِّمَّا of what تُحْصِنُونَ you (will) store. ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَعْدِ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ذَٰلِكَ that
عَامٌ a year فِيهِ in it يُغَاثُ will be given abundant rain ٱلنَّاسُ the people وَفِيهِ and in it يَعْصِرُونَ they will press." وَقَالَ And said ٱلْمَلِكُ the king, ٱئْتُونِى "Bring him to me." *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
بِهِۦ "Bring him to me." *[meaning includes next or prev. word] فَلَمَّا But when جَآءَهُ came to him ٱلرَّسُولُ the messenger, قَالَ he said, ٱرْجِعْ "Return إِلَىٰ to رَبِّكَ your lord, فَسْـَٔلْهُ and ask him مَا what بَالُ (is the) case
ٱلنِّسْوَةِ (of) the women ٱلَّٰتِى who قَطَّعْنَ cut أَيْدِيَهُنَّ their hands. إِنَّ Indeed, رَبِّى my Lord بِكَيْدِهِنَّ of their plot عَلِيمٌ (is) All-Knower."
قَالَ He said, مَا "What خَطْبُكُنَّ (was) your affair إِذْ when رَٰوَدتُّنَّ you sought to seduce يُوسُفَ Yusuf عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ himself?" قُلْنَ They said, حَٰشَ "Allah forbid! *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
لِلَّهِ "Allah forbid! *[meaning includes next or prev. word] مَا Not عَلِمْنَا we know عَلَيْهِ about him مِن any سُوٓءٍ evil." قَالَتِ Said ٱمْرَأَتُ (the) wife ٱلْعَزِيزِ (of) Aziz, ٱلْـَٰٔنَ "Now حَصْحَصَ (is) manifest
ٱلْحَقُّ the truth. أَنَا۠ I رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ sought to seduce him عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ himself, وَإِنَّهُۥ and indeed, he لَمِنَ (is) surely of ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ the truthful. ذَٰلِكَ That
لِيَعْلَمَ he may know أَنِّى that I لَمْ not أَخُنْهُ [I] betray him بِٱلْغَيْبِ in secret, وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (does) not يَهْدِى guide كَيْدَ (the) plan ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ (of) the betrayers."
وَقَالَ But said ٱلَّذِى the one who نَجَا was saved مِنْهُمَا of the two وَٱدَّكَرَ and remembered بَعْدَ after أُمَّةٍ a period, أَنَا۠ "I أُنَبِّئُكُم [I] will inform you بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ of its interpretation
فَأَرْسِلُونِ so send me forth. يُوسُفُ Yusuf, أَيُّهَا O ٱلصِّدِّيقُ the truthful one! أَفْتِنَا Explain to us فِى about سَبْعِ (the) seven بَقَرَٰتٍ cows
سِمَانٍ fat يَأْكُلُهُنَّ eating them سَبْعٌ seven عِجَافٌ lean ones, وَسَبْعِ and seven سُنۢبُلَٰتٍ ears (of corn) خُضْرٍ green
وَأُخَرَ and other يَابِسَٰتٍ dry, لَّعَلِّىٓ that I may أَرْجِعُ return إِلَى to ٱلنَّاسِ the people لَعَلَّهُمْ so that they may يَعْلَمُونَ know." قَالَ He said,
تَزْرَعُونَ "You will sow سَبْعَ (for) seven سِنِينَ years, دَأَبًا as usual, فَمَا and that which حَصَدتُّمْ you reap فَذَرُوهُ so leave it فِى in سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ its ears إِلَّا except
قَلِيلًا a little مِّمَّا from which تَأْكُلُونَ you (will) eat. ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَعْدِ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ذَٰلِكَ that سَبْعٌ seven شِدَادٌ hard (years) يَأْكُلْنَ (which will) consume
مَا what قَدَّمْتُمْ you advanced لَهُنَّ for them, إِلَّا except قَلِيلًا a little مِّمَّا of what تُحْصِنُونَ you (will) store. ثُمَّ Then يَأْتِى will come مِنۢ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بَعْدِ after *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ذَٰلِكَ that
عَامٌ a year فِيهِ in it يُغَاثُ will be given abundant rain ٱلنَّاسُ the people وَفِيهِ and in it يَعْصِرُونَ they will press." وَقَالَ And said ٱلْمَلِكُ the king, ٱئْتُونِى "Bring him to me." *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
بِهِۦ "Bring him to me." *[meaning includes next or prev. word] فَلَمَّا But when جَآءَهُ came to him ٱلرَّسُولُ the messenger, قَالَ he said, ٱرْجِعْ "Return إِلَىٰ to رَبِّكَ your lord, فَسْـَٔلْهُ and ask him مَا what بَالُ (is the) case
ٱلنِّسْوَةِ (of) the women ٱلَّٰتِى who قَطَّعْنَ cut أَيْدِيَهُنَّ their hands. إِنَّ Indeed, رَبِّى my Lord بِكَيْدِهِنَّ of their plot عَلِيمٌ (is) All-Knower."
قَالَ He said, مَا "What خَطْبُكُنَّ (was) your affair إِذْ when رَٰوَدتُّنَّ you sought to seduce يُوسُفَ Yusuf عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ himself?" قُلْنَ They said, حَٰشَ "Allah forbid! *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
لِلَّهِ "Allah forbid! *[meaning includes next or prev. word] مَا Not عَلِمْنَا we know عَلَيْهِ about him مِن any سُوٓءٍ evil." قَالَتِ Said ٱمْرَأَتُ (the) wife ٱلْعَزِيزِ (of) Aziz, ٱلْـَٰٔنَ "Now حَصْحَصَ (is) manifest
ٱلْحَقُّ the truth. أَنَا۠ I رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ sought to seduce him عَن from نَّفْسِهِۦ himself, وَإِنَّهُۥ and indeed, he لَمِنَ (is) surely of ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ the truthful. ذَٰلِكَ That
لِيَعْلَمَ he may know أَنِّى that I لَمْ not أَخُنْهُ [I] betray him بِٱلْغَيْبِ in secret, وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (does) not يَهْدِى guide كَيْدَ (the) plan ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ (of) the betrayers."