سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 4
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿4﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Remember) when Yûsuf (Joseph) said to his father: "O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon - I saw them prostrating themselves to me."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qāla
said
يُوسُفُ
yūsufu
Yusuf
لِأَبِيهِ
li-abīhi
to his father
يَـٰٓأَبَتِ
yāabati
O my father
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
رَأَيْتُ
ra-aytu
I saw
أَحَدَ
aḥada
eleven
عَشَرَ
ʿashara
eleven
كَوْكَبًۭا
kawkaban
stars
وَٱلشَّمْسَ
wal-shamsa
and the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
رَأَيْتُهُمْ
ra-aytuhum
I saw them
لِى
lī
to me
سَـٰجِدِينَ
sājidīna
prostrating
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.
4. 1. That is, O Muhammad! ﷺ, relate the story of Yusuf (عليه السلام) to your people, when he said to his father. The father was Hazrat Yaqub (عليه السلام), as is explicitly mentioned at another place, and this lineage is also stated in the hadith. (Yusuf bin Yaqub bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim). And the lineage is mentioned in the hadith: Al-Karim ibn Al-Karim ibn Al-Karim ibn Al-Karim Yusuf bin Yaqub bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim (Musnad Ahmad, Volume 2, p. 96).
4. 2. Some commentators have said that by the eleven stars are meant the brothers of Hazrat Yusuf (عليه السلام), who were eleven in number. By the sun and the moon are meant the mother and father, and the interpretation of the dream appeared after forty or eighty years, when all these brothers, along with their parents, went to Egypt and there prostrated before Hazrat Yusuf (عليه السلام), as this detail will come at the end of the surah.
4. 2. Some commentators have said that by the eleven stars are meant the brothers of Hazrat Yusuf (عليه السلام), who were eleven in number. By the sun and the moon are meant the mother and father, and the interpretation of the dream appeared after forty or eighty years, when all these brothers, along with their parents, went to Egypt and there prostrated before Hazrat Yusuf (عليه السلام), as this detail will come at the end of the surah.
