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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
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100. And Yusuf raised his parents to the throne, and all his brothers fell down in prostration [94] before him. Yusuf said, “O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream from before. My Lord has made it come true. He was gracious to me when He brought me out of prison, and brought you all here from the countryside, after Satan had stirred up discord between me and my brothers [95]. Surely, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”
[94]
The Time When the Dream of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ Was Fulfilled:
The next day, when Sayyiduna Yusufؑ arrived at the royal court, he seated his parents with him on the royal throne, and this mother could only have been a stepmother of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, because the real mother of these two younger brothers, Raheel, had passed away at the time of Binyamin’s birth. When the parents and brothers of Yusuf saw this grandeur and glory of Sayyiduna Yusuf, the parents descended, and both of them and all eleven brothers prostrated before Sayyiduna Yusufؑ. There is no disagreement that this prostration was a prostration of respect; the disagreement is whether the form of this prostration was the same as that to which the term “sajdah” applies in the Shariah, as we perform in prayer, or whether sajdah here simply means to bow down, as sometimes a person bows when greeting another. Linguistically, the word “sajd” also allows for this meaning. If the latter meaning is taken, then there is no objection at all—what objection can there be to merely bowing a little? However, those commentators who have taken the first meaning clarify that prostration of respect is indeed forbidden in our Shariah, but it was permitted in previous Shariahs. The word “kharru” before “sajdah” in our view supports the second meaning.
[95]
Sayyiduna Yusufؑ Expresses Gratitude for Allah’s Favors:
Upon witnessing this situation, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ began to recall Allah’s favors upon him. Addressing his respected father, he said that the dream he had seen in childhood—its true interpretation has now become manifest before everyone. (It was in this very gathering that the brothers of Yusuf learned of this dream and its reality; before this, neither had Sayyiduna Yusufؑ told anyone about the dream, nor had Sayyiduna Yaqubؑ.) This too is a great favor and blessing of Allah upon me, and at that time as well, Allah bestowed a great favor when He brought me out of prison and acquitted me with honor from the women’s plotting and deceit. Now, He has bestowed this favor that He has brought all of you from the village to me here. Here, Allah Almighty has provided every kind of blessing in abundance, and He has gathered us all here so that we may live together in love and harmony. Otherwise, Satan had indeed created discord among us brothers. (Even at this time, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ neither complained about his brothers nor blamed them, so that they would not feel further ashamed.) Then, in accordance with the saying: “An enemy stirs up evil, but our good lies within it,” Allah Almighty, in an imperceptible manner, created all kinds of paths of goodness for me. Who could have known what wisdoms of Allah were hidden in my being thrown into the well and then into prison?
[94]
The Time When the Dream of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ Was Fulfilled:
The next day, when Sayyiduna Yusufؑ arrived at the royal court, he seated his parents with him on the royal throne, and this mother could only have been a stepmother of Sayyiduna Yusufؑ, because the real mother of these two younger brothers, Raheel, had passed away at the time of Binyamin’s birth. When the parents and brothers of Yusuf saw this grandeur and glory of Sayyiduna Yusuf, the parents descended, and both of them and all eleven brothers prostrated before Sayyiduna Yusufؑ. There is no disagreement that this prostration was a prostration of respect; the disagreement is whether the form of this prostration was the same as that to which the term “sajdah” applies in the Shariah, as we perform in prayer, or whether sajdah here simply means to bow down, as sometimes a person bows when greeting another. Linguistically, the word “sajd” also allows for this meaning. If the latter meaning is taken, then there is no objection at all—what objection can there be to merely bowing a little? However, those commentators who have taken the first meaning clarify that prostration of respect is indeed forbidden in our Shariah, but it was permitted in previous Shariahs. The word “kharru” before “sajdah” in our view supports the second meaning.
[95]
Sayyiduna Yusufؑ Expresses Gratitude for Allah’s Favors:
Upon witnessing this situation, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ began to recall Allah’s favors upon him. Addressing his respected father, he said that the dream he had seen in childhood—its true interpretation has now become manifest before everyone. (It was in this very gathering that the brothers of Yusuf learned of this dream and its reality; before this, neither had Sayyiduna Yusufؑ told anyone about the dream, nor had Sayyiduna Yaqubؑ.) This too is a great favor and blessing of Allah upon me, and at that time as well, Allah bestowed a great favor when He brought me out of prison and acquitted me with honor from the women’s plotting and deceit. Now, He has bestowed this favor that He has brought all of you from the village to me here. Here, Allah Almighty has provided every kind of blessing in abundance, and He has gathered us all here so that we may live together in love and harmony. Otherwise, Satan had indeed created discord among us brothers. (Even at this time, Sayyiduna Yusufؑ neither complained about his brothers nor blamed them, so that they would not feel further ashamed.) Then, in accordance with the saying: “An enemy stirs up evil, but our good lies within it,” Allah Almighty, in an imperceptible manner, created all kinds of paths of goodness for me. Who could have known what wisdoms of Allah were hidden in my being thrown into the well and then into prison?
