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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 6
وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of dreams (and other things) and perfect His Favour on you and on the offspring of Ya‘qûb (Jacob), as He perfected it on your fathers, Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and Ishâq (Isaac) aforetime! Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
يَجْتَبِيكَ
yajtabīka
will choose you
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
وَيُعَلِّمُكَ
wayuʿallimuka
and will teach you
مِن
min
of
تَأْوِيلِ
tawīli
(the) interpretation
ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ
l-aḥādīthi
(of) the narratives
وَيُتِمُّ
wayutimmu
and complete
نِعْمَتَهُۥ
niʿ'matahu
His Favor
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
on you
وَعَلَىٰٓ
waʿalā
and on
ءَالِ
āli
(the) family
يَعْقُوبَ
yaʿqūba
(of) Yaqub
كَمَآ
kamā
as
أَتَمَّهَا
atammahā
He completed it
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَبَوَيْكَ
abawayka
your two forefathers
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ
wa-is'ḥāqa
and Isaac
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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6. And thus will your Lord choose you [5], and teach you the interpretation of events, and perfect His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, just as He perfected it upon your forefathers, Abraham and Isaac, before. Surely, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.”
[5]
The Clear Outcomes of Sayyiduna Yusuf's ؑ Dream:
From this dream, the conclusions that Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ himself drew and conveyed to Sayyiduna Yusuf were that Allah Almighty would assign Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ the service of His religion and would teach him the interpretation of events. The meaning of "interpretation of events" is not limited to the interpretation of dreams, but also includes understanding the context and appropriateness of every matter, immediately discerning the outcomes of affairs, and reaching the depths of the meanings of Allah's commands, among other things. Thirdly, Allah would bless him with the bounty of prophethood, which He had already granted to his two forefathers, Sayyiduna Ishaq ؑ and Sayyiduna Ibrahim ؑ. At this point, Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ, out of humility and modesty, did not consider it appropriate to mention his own name, otherwise he himself was a noble prophet, and the chain of prophethood continued in his progeny, except for the Last Prophet, who was from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il ؑ. This reality is illuminated by the following hadith:
Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ — The Most Honored:
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah narrates that people asked: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the most honored?" He ﷺ replied: "The one who is the most God-fearing." They said, "We are not asking about this." Then he ﷺ said: "Yusuf ؑ, the Prophet of Allah, the son of Allah's Prophet, the grandson of Allah's Prophet, the great-grandson of Allah's Prophet, is the most honored." [بخاري، كتاب الانبياء باب قول الله تعاليٰ : __QUR_0__]
[5]
The Clear Outcomes of Sayyiduna Yusuf's ؑ Dream:
From this dream, the conclusions that Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ himself drew and conveyed to Sayyiduna Yusuf were that Allah Almighty would assign Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ the service of His religion and would teach him the interpretation of events. The meaning of "interpretation of events" is not limited to the interpretation of dreams, but also includes understanding the context and appropriateness of every matter, immediately discerning the outcomes of affairs, and reaching the depths of the meanings of Allah's commands, among other things. Thirdly, Allah would bless him with the bounty of prophethood, which He had already granted to his two forefathers, Sayyiduna Ishaq ؑ and Sayyiduna Ibrahim ؑ. At this point, Sayyiduna Ya'qub ؑ, out of humility and modesty, did not consider it appropriate to mention his own name, otherwise he himself was a noble prophet, and the chain of prophethood continued in his progeny, except for the Last Prophet, who was from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il ؑ. This reality is illuminated by the following hadith:
Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ — The Most Honored:
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah narrates that people asked: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the most honored?" He ﷺ replied: "The one who is the most God-fearing." They said, "We are not asking about this." Then he ﷺ said: "Yusuf ؑ, the Prophet of Allah, the son of Allah's Prophet, the grandson of Allah's Prophet, the great-grandson of Allah's Prophet, is the most honored." [بخاري، كتاب الانبياء باب قول الله تعاليٰ : __QUR_0__]
