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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 44
قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ بِعَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "Mixed up false dreams and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَضْغَـٰثُ
aḍghāthu
Confused
أَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖ
aḥlāmin
dreams
وَمَا
wamā
and not
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
we
بِتَأْوِيلِ
bitawīli
(are) in the interpretation
ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ
l-aḥlāmi
(of) the dreams
بِعَـٰلِمِينَ
biʿālimīna
learned
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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44. They said: "These are confused dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of such dreams [44]."
[44]
The Apology of the Interpreters:
This dream greatly astonished and disturbed the king. He gathered together the wise men of his country, astrologers, dream interpreters, and courtiers, and said, "I have seen such and such a dream. Can any of you interpret this dream for me?" But all of them expressed their inability to interpret the dream and said that this is not the kind of dream that can be interpreted. These are just confused and disturbed thoughts, and such thoughts have no interpretation.
[44]
The Apology of the Interpreters:
This dream greatly astonished and disturbed the king. He gathered together the wise men of his country, astrologers, dream interpreters, and courtiers, and said, "I have seen such and such a dream. Can any of you interpret this dream for me?" But all of them expressed their inability to interpret the dream and said that this is not the kind of dream that can be interpreted. These are just confused and disturbed thoughts, and such thoughts have no interpretation.
