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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 5
قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا۟ لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He (the father) said: "O my son! Relate not your vision to your brothers, lest they should arrange a plot against you. Verily! Shaitân (Satan) is to man an open enemy!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰبُنَىَّ
yābunayya
O my son
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَقْصُصْ
taqṣuṣ
relate
رُءْيَاكَ
ru'yāka
your vision
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
to
إِخْوَتِكَ
ikh'watika
your brothers
فَيَكِيدُوا۟
fayakīdū
lest they plan
لَكَ
laka
against you
كَيْدًا ۖ
kaydan
a plot
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ
l-shayṭāna
the Shaitaan
لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ
lil'insāni
(is) to man
عَدُوٌّۭ
ʿaduwwun
an enemy
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
open
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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5. His father said, “O my dear son! Do not relate your dream to your brothers, lest they plot against you. Indeed, Satan [4] is a clear enemy to man.”
[4] Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ was already aware of the negative feelings his sons harbored regarding Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. Therefore, he strictly instructed Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ not to share such a clear dream with his brothers. Otherwise, out of jealousy, they would be consumed with envy, and it was possible that, incited by Satan, they might devise an evil plan against Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. As later events proved, Sayyiduna Ya'qub's ؑ apprehension was justified, and the misdeeds committed by Yusuf's brothers in this matter will be mentioned ahead.
[4] Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ was already aware of the negative feelings his sons harbored regarding Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. Therefore, he strictly instructed Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ not to share such a clear dream with his brothers. Otherwise, out of jealousy, they would be consumed with envy, and it was possible that, incited by Satan, they might devise an evil plan against Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. As later events proved, Sayyiduna Ya'qub's ؑ apprehension was justified, and the misdeeds committed by Yusuf's brothers in this matter will be mentioned ahead.
