Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:37

12:37

قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

qāla lā yatīkumā ṭaʿāmun tur'zaqānihi illā nabbatukumā bitawīlihi qabla an yatiyakumā dhālikumā mimmā ʿallamanī rabbī innī taraktu millata qawmin lā yu'minūna bil-lahi wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūna

He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘I can tell you what this means before any meal arrives: this is part of what my Lord has taught me. I reject the faith of those who disbelieve in God and deny the life to come,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "No food will come to you (in wakefulness or in dream) as your provision, but I will inform (in wakefulness) its interpretation before it (the food) comes. This is of that which my Lord has taught me. Verily, I have abandoned the religion of a people that believe not in Allâh and are disbelievers in the Hereafter (i.e. the Kan‘anyyûn of Egypt who were polytheists and used to worship sun and other false deities).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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قَالَqālaHe said
لَاlāNot
يَأْتِيكُمَاyatīkumā(will) come to both of you
طَعَامٌۭṭaʿāmunfood
تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓtur'zaqānihiyou are provided with
إِلَّاillābut
نَبَّأْتُكُمَاnabbatukumāI will inform both of you
بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihiof its interpretation
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِيَكُمَاۚyatiyakumā[it] comes to both of you
ذَٰلِكُمَاdhālikumāThat
مِمَّاmimmā(is) of what
عَلَّمَنِىʿallamanīhas taught me
رَبِّىٓۚrabbīmy Lord
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
تَرَكْتُtaraktu[I] abandon
مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
لَّاlānot
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَهُمwahumand they
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
هُمْhum[they]
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers