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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 100
وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدًا ۖ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ هَـٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيَـٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّا ۖ وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿100﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And he raised his parents to the throne 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! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison, and brought you (all here) out of the bedouin-life, after Shaitân (Satan) had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He wills. Truly He! Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَرَفَعَ
warafaʿa
And he raised
أَبَوَيْهِ
abawayhi
his parents
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْعَرْشِ
l-ʿarshi
the throne
وَخَرُّوا۟
wakharrū
and they fell down
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
سُجَّدًۭا ۖ
sujjadan
prostrate
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And he said
يَـٰٓأَبَتِ
yāabati
O my father
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
تَأْوِيلُ
tawīlu
(is the) interpretation
رُءْيَـٰىَ
ru'yāya
(of) my dream
مِن
min
(of) before
قَبْلُ
qablu
(of) before
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَعَلَهَا
jaʿalahā
has made it
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
حَقًّۭا ۖ
ḥaqqan
true
وَقَدْ
waqad
And indeed
أَحْسَنَ
aḥsana
He was good
بِىٓ
bī
to me
إِذْ
idh
when
أَخْرَجَنِى
akhrajanī
He took me out
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلسِّجْنِ
l-sij'ni
the prison
وَجَآءَ
wajāa
and brought
بِكُم
bikum
you
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْبَدْوِ
l-badwi
the bedouin life
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
أَن
an
[that]
نَّزَغَ
nazagha
had caused discord
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
بَيْنِى
baynī
between me
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚ
ikh'watī
my brothers
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
لَطِيفٌۭ
laṭīfun
(is) Most Subtle
لِّمَا
limā
to what
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْعَلِيمُ
l-ʿalīmu
(is) the All-Knower
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
10. 1 Some commentators believe that these were the stepmother and the real maternal aunt because Yusuf’s ﷺ real mother passed away after the birth of Binyamin. After her death, Yaqub ﷺ married her sister, and this aunt was the one who went to Egypt with Yaqub ﷺ (Fath al-Qadeer). However, Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari has said the opposite, that Yusuf’s ﷺ mother did not die and she was the real mother (Ibn Kathir).
10. 2 Some have translated this as: out of respect and honor, they bowed before Yusuf ﷺ. But the words of (وَخَرُّوْا لَهٗ سُجَّدًا) 12. Yusuf:10) indicate that they prostrated on the ground before Yusuf ﷺ, meaning this prostration is in the literal sense. However, this prostration was a prostration of respect, not worship, and prostration of respect was permissible in the Shariah of Yaqub ﷺ. Islam, to prevent shirk, has made even the prostration of respect forbidden, and now prostration of respect is not permissible for anyone.
10. 3 That is, the dream that Yusuf ﷺ saw, after passing through so many trials, its interpretation finally became apparent: Allah placed Yusuf ﷺ on the royal throne and, along with his parents, all his brothers prostrated to him.
10. 4 Among Allah’s favors, the mention of being taken out of the well was omitted so that the brothers would not feel ashamed. This is prophetic character.
10. 5 Compared to a civilized region like Egypt, the status of Canaan was that of a desert, so it was referred to as the desert.
10. 6 This too is an example of noble character, that the brothers were not blamed at all and the act was attributed to Satan.
10. 2 Some have translated this as: out of respect and honor, they bowed before Yusuf ﷺ. But the words of (وَخَرُّوْا لَهٗ سُجَّدًا) 12. Yusuf:10) indicate that they prostrated on the ground before Yusuf ﷺ, meaning this prostration is in the literal sense. However, this prostration was a prostration of respect, not worship, and prostration of respect was permissible in the Shariah of Yaqub ﷺ. Islam, to prevent shirk, has made even the prostration of respect forbidden, and now prostration of respect is not permissible for anyone.
10. 3 That is, the dream that Yusuf ﷺ saw, after passing through so many trials, its interpretation finally became apparent: Allah placed Yusuf ﷺ on the royal throne and, along with his parents, all his brothers prostrated to him.
10. 4 Among Allah’s favors, the mention of being taken out of the well was omitted so that the brothers would not feel ashamed. This is prophetic character.
10. 5 Compared to a civilized region like Egypt, the status of Canaan was that of a desert, so it was referred to as the desert.
10. 6 This too is an example of noble character, that the brothers were not blamed at all and the act was attributed to Satan.
