Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:4

12:4

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ

idh qāla yūsufu li-abīhi yāabati innī ra-aytu aḥada ʿashara kawkaban wal-shamsa wal-qamara ra-aytuhum lī sājidīna

[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."

— Saheeh International

Joseph said to his father, ‘Father, I dreamed of eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them all bow down before me,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Remember) when Yûsuf (Joseph) said to his father: "O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon - I saw them prostrating themselves to me."

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālasaid
يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
رَأَيْتُra-aytuI saw
أَحَدَaḥadaeleven
عَشَرَʿasharaeleven
كَوْكَبًۭاkawkabanstars
وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
رَأَيْتُهُمْra-aytuhumI saw them
لِىlīto me
سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīnaprostrating