Surah Yusuf, ayah 46
يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
[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]."
Yusuf · 12:46
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
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