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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 37
قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "No food will come to you (in wakefulness or in dream) as your provision, but I will inform (in wakefulness) its interpretation before it (the food) comes. This is of that which my Lord has taught me. Verily, I have abandoned the religion of a people that believe not in Allâh and are disbelievers in the Hereafter (i.e. the Kan‘anyyûn of Egypt who were polytheists and used to worship sun and other false deities).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
لَا
lā
Not
يَأْتِيكُمَا
yatīkumā
(will) come to both of you
طَعَامٌۭ
ṭaʿāmun
food
تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ
tur'zaqānihi
you are provided with
إِلَّا
illā
but
نَبَّأْتُكُمَا
nabbatukumā
I will inform both of you
بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ
bitawīlihi
of its interpretation
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
أَن
an
[that]
يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ
yatiyakumā
[it] comes to both of you
ذَٰلِكُمَا
dhālikumā
That
مِمَّا
mimmā
(is) of what
عَلَّمَنِى
ʿallamanī
has taught me
رَبِّىٓ ۚ
rabbī
my Lord
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
تَرَكْتُ
taraktu
[I] abandon
مِلَّةَ
millata
(the) religion
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
(of) a people
لَّا
lā
not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَهُم
wahum
and they
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
bil-ākhirati
in the Hereafter
هُمْ
hum
[they]
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
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.
37. 1. That is, the interpretation I will provide will not be based on conjecture and guesswork like that of soothsayers and astrologers, in which there is a possibility of both error and correctness. Rather, my interpretation will be based on certain knowledge that has been granted to me by Allah, in which there is no possibility of mistake.
37. 2. This is the reason being stated for the inspiration and divine knowledge (with which you have been blessed): that I have abandoned the religion of those people who do not believe in Allah and the Hereafter, and as a result, these favors of Allah have been bestowed upon me.
37. 2. This is the reason being stated for the inspiration and divine knowledge (with which you have been blessed): that I have abandoned the religion of those people who do not believe in Allah and the Hereafter, and as a result, these favors of Allah have been bestowed upon me.
