Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:46

12:46

يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

yūsufu ayyuhā l-ṣidīqu aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿi sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin laʿallī arjiʿu ilā l-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūna

[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people [i.e., the king and his court]; perhaps they will know [about you]."

— Saheeh International

‘Truthful Joseph! Tell us the meaning of seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, seven green ears of corn and [seven] others withered,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(He said): "O Yûsuf (Joseph), the man of truth! Explain to us (the dream) of seven fat cows whom seven lean ones were devouring, and of seven green ears of corn, and (seven) others dry, that I may return to the people, and that they may know."

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

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Word by Word

يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
أَيُّهَاayyuhāO
ٱلصِّدِّيقُl-ṣidīquthe truthful one
أَفْتِنَاaftināExplain to us
فِىfīabout
سَبْعِsabʿi(the) seven
بَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincows
سِمَانٍۢsimāninfat
يَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating them
سَبْعٌsabʿunseven
عِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean ones
وَسَبْعِwasabʿiand seven
سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)
خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreen
وَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand other
يَابِسَـٰتٍۢyābisātindry
لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīthat I may
أَرْجِعُarjiʿureturn
إِلَىilāto
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow