Surah Yusuf, ayah 4
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ
[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."
Yusuf · 12:4
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
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