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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 36
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And there entered with him two young men in the prison. One of them said: "Verily, I saw myself (in a dream) pressing wine." The other said: "Verily, I saw myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head and birds were eating thereof." (They said): "Inform us of the interpretation of this. Verily, we think you are one of the Muhsinûn (doers of good)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَدَخَلَ
wadakhala
And entered
مَعَهُ
maʿahu
with him
ٱلسِّجْنَ
l-sij'na
(in) the prison
فَتَيَانِ ۖ
fatayāni
two young men
قَالَ
qāla
Said
أَحَدُهُمَآ
aḥaduhumā
one of them
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَرَىٰنِىٓ
arānī
[I] see myself
أَعْصِرُ
aʿṣiru
pressing
خَمْرًۭا ۖ
khamran
wine
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ
l-ākharu
the other
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَرَىٰنِىٓ
arānī
[I] see myself
أَحْمِلُ
aḥmilu
[I am] carrying
فَوْقَ
fawqa
over
رَأْسِى
rasī
my head
خُبْزًۭا
khub'zan
bread
تَأْكُلُ
takulu
(were) eating
ٱلطَّيْرُ
l-ṭayru
the birds
مِنْهُ ۖ
min'hu
from it
نَبِّئْنَا
nabbi'nā
Inform us
بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ
bitawīlihi
of its interpretation
إِنَّا
innā
indeed, we
نَرَىٰكَ
narāka
[we] see you
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
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.
36. 1. These two young men belonged to the royal court. One was assigned to serve wine, and the other was a baker; due to some incident, both were imprisoned. Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him) was a messenger of Allah; along with inviting and preaching, he was distinguished among all other prisoners in the jail for his worship, spiritual exercises, piety, righteousness, and moral character. In addition, Allah had granted him the special knowledge and skill of interpreting dreams. When these two saw dreams, they naturally turned to Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him) and said, "We see you as one of the doers of good; tell us the interpretation of our dreams." Some have also interpreted "doer of good" to mean that you interpret dreams well.
