Surah Yusuf 12:100 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 100 / 111 · Page 247

ۚ ۚ ۖ ۖ وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّدًا وَقَالَ يَاأَبَتِ هَذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُؤْيَايَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّي حَقًّا وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِي إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِي مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَاءَ بِكُم مِّنَ الْبَدْوِ مِن بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِي إِنَّ رَبِّي لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

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ۚ
ۚ
ۖ
ۖ
وَرَفَعَ
warafa'a
And he raised
أَبَوَيْهِ
abawayhi
his parents
عَلَى
ala
upon
الْعَرْشِ
al-'arshi
the throne
وَخَرُّوا
wakharru
and they fell down
لَهُ
lahu
to him
سُجَّدًا
sujjadan
prostrate
وَقَالَ
waqala
And he said
يَاأَبَتِ
yaabati
O my father
هَذَا
hadha
This
تَأْوِيلُ
tawilu
(is the) interpretation
رُؤْيَايَ
ru'yaya
(of) my dream
مِن
min
(of) before
قَبْلُ
qablu
(of) before
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَعَلَهَا
ja'alaha
has made it
رَبِّي
rabbi
my Lord
حَقًّا
haqqan
true
وَقَدْ
waqad
And indeed
أَحْسَنَ
ahsana
He was good
بِي
bi
to me
إِذْ
idh
when
أَخْرَجَنِي
akhrajani
He took me out
مِنَ
mina
of
السِّجْنِ
al-sij'ni
the prison
وَجَاءَ
wajaa
and brought
بِكُم
bikum
you
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْبَدْوِ
al-badwi
the bedouin life
مِن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
أَن
an
[that]
نَّزَغَ
nazagha
had caused discord
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
بَيْنِي
bayni
between me
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
إِخْوَتِي
ikh'wati
my brothers
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبِّي
rabbi
my Lord
لَطِيفٌ
latifun
(is) Most Subtle
لِّمَا
lima
to what
يَشَاءُ
yashau
He wills
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed, He
هُوَ
huwa
He
الْعَلِيمُ
al-'alimu
(is) the All-Knower
الْحَكِيمُ
al-hakimu
the All-Wise

Transliteration

Wa raf'a abawaihi 'alal 'arshi wa kharroo lahoo sujjadaa; wa qaala yaaa abati haaza taaweelu ru'yaaya min qablu qad ja'alahaa Rabbee haqqaa; wa qad ahsana beee iz akhrajanee minas sijni wa jaaa'a bikum minal badwi mim ba'di an nazaghash Shaitaanu bainee wa baina ikhwatee; inna Rabbee lateeful limaa yashaaa'; innahoo Huwal 'Aleemul Hakeem

Translation

And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He sat his parents on the throne where he sat, and his parents and eleven brothers honoured him by prostrating to him, which was allowed in their sacred laws. Joseph (peace be upon him) said to his father that this honouring of him by their prostrating to him was the explanation of the dream which he had had before, and which he had told his father. His Lord had made it a reality through this happening. Joseph said his Lord had been kind to him by bringing him out of prison, and bringing them all to him from the desert after Satan had ruined things between him and his brothers; and that His Lord was subtle in planning what He wills to occur, Knowing the situations of His servants, Wise in His planning.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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