Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 4
| إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'idh qaala yosuf li- 'abe -hi yaa 'ab -ti 'inni -y ra'aytu 'ah.ad cashar kawkab(an) wa- ash- shams wa- al- qamar ra'aytu -hum li- -y saajiden |
| Pickthall | : | When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me. |
| Asad | : | LO!7 Thus spoke Joseph unto his father: "O my father! Behold, I saw [in a dream] eleven stars, as well as the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves before me!" |
| Malik | : | This is the narrative of that time, when Yusuf (Joseph) said to his father: "O my father! In a dream I saw eleven stars, the sun and the moon - I saw them prostrate themselves before me!" |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Behold Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" 1632 1633 |
Note - 7The particle idh is usually a time-reference, and can in
most cases be translated as "when". Occasionally,
however, it is used as a corroborative particle meant to
draw the reader's (or hearer's) attention to the sudden
occurrence of a thing (Mughni, Qamus, Taj al-'Arus),
or-as is often the case in the Qur'an-to a turn in the
discourse: and in such instances it is suitably rendered
as "lo" or "now".
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Note - 1632For the Parable all that is necessary to know about
Joseph is that he was one of the Chosen Ones of Allah.
For the story it is necessary to set down a few more
details. His father was Jacob, also called Israel the son
of Isaac, the younger son of Abraham, (the elder son
having been Isma'il, whose story is told in ii. 124-129.
Abraham may be called the Father of the line of Semitic
prophecy. Jacob had four wives. From three of them he had
ten sons. In his old age he had from Rachel (Arabic
Rahil), a very beautiful woman, two sons Joseph and
Benjamin (the youngest). The place where Jacob and his
family and his flocks were located was in Canaan, and is
shown by tradition near modern Nablus (ancient Shechem),
some thirty miles north of Jerusalem. The traditional
site of the well into which Joseph was thrown by his
brothers is still shown in the neighbourhood.
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Note - 1633Joseph was a mere lad. But he was true and frank and
righteous; he was a type of manly beauty and rectitude.
His father loved him dearly. His half-brothers were
jealous of him and hated him. His destiny was prefigured
in the vision. He was to be exalted in rank above his
eleven brothers (stars) and his father and mother (sun
and moon), but as the subsequent story shows, he never
lost his head, but always honoured his parents and repaid
his brothers' craft and hatred with forgiveness and
kindness.
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The particle idh is usually a time-reference, and can in most cases be translated as "when". Occasionally, however, it is used as a corroborative particle meant to draw the reader's (or hearer's) attention to the sudden occurrence of a thing (Mughni, Qamus, Taj al-'Arus), or-as is often the case in the Qur'an-to a turn in the discourse: and in such instances it is suitably rendered as "lo" or "now". |
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For the Parable all that is necessary to know about Joseph is that he was one of the Chosen Ones of Allah. For the story it is necessary to set down a few more details. His father was Jacob, also called Israel the son of Isaac, the younger son of Abraham, (the elder son having been Isma'il, whose story is told in ii. 124-129. Abraham may be called the Father of the line of Semitic prophecy. Jacob had four wives. From three of them he had ten sons. In his old age he had from Rachel (Arabic Rahil), a very beautiful woman, two sons Joseph and Benjamin (the youngest). The place where Jacob and his family and his flocks were located was in Canaan, and is shown by tradition near modern Nablus (ancient Shechem), some thirty miles north of Jerusalem. The traditional site of the well into which Joseph was thrown by his brothers is still shown in the neighbourhood. |
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Joseph was a mere lad. But he was true and frank and righteous; he was a type of manly beauty and rectitude. His father loved him dearly. His half-brothers were jealous of him and hated him. His destiny was prefigured in the vision. He was to be exalted in rank above his eleven brothers (stars) and his father and mother (sun and moon), but as the subsequent story shows, he never lost his head, but always honoured his parents and repaid his brothers' craft and hatred with forgiveness and kindness. |
