Quran 12:4 — Yusuf, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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,’
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ
idh qāla yūsufu li-abīhi yāabati innī ra-aytu aḥada ʿashara kawkaban wal-shamsa wal-qamara ra-aytuhum lī sājidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When Joseph said to his father, 'Father, I saw eleven stars, and the sun and the moon; I saw them bowing down before me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- LO! 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!"
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | يُوسُفُyūsufu | Yusuf | — |
| 4 | لِأَبِيهِli-abīhi | to his father | أبو |
| 5 | يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabati | O my father | أبو |
| 6 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 7 | رَأَيْتُra-aytu | I saw | رأي |
| 8 | أَحَدَaḥada | eleven | أحد |
| 9 | عَشَرَʿashara | eleven | عشر |
| 10 | كَوْكَبًۭاkawkaban | stars | كوكب |
| 11 | وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsa | and the sun | شمس |
| 12 | وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamara | and the moon | قمر |
| 13 | رَأَيْتُهُمْra-aytuhum | I saw them | رأي |
| 14 | لِىlī | to me | — |
| 15 | سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna | prostrating | سجد |