Quran 12:41 — Yusuf, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Fellow prisoners, one of you will serve his master with wine; the other will be crucified and the birds will peck at his head. That is the end of the matter on which you asked my opinion.’
يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ أَمَّا أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِي رَبَّهُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ ۚ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ
yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu khamran wa-ammā l-ākharu fayuṣ'labu fatakulu l-ṭayru min rasihi quḍiya l-amru alladhī fīhi tastaftiyāni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Fellow-prisoners, as for one of you, he shall pour wine for his lord; as for the other, he shall be crucified, and birds will eat of his head. The matter is decided whereon you enquire.'
- Muhammad Asad
- "[And now,] O my companions in imprisonment, [I shall tell you the meaning of your dreams:] as for one of you two, he will [again] give his lord [the King] wine to drink; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and birds will eat off his head. [But whatever be your future,] the matter on which you have asked me to enlighten you has been decided [by God]."
- Sahih International
- O two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayi | O my two companions | صحب |
| 2 | ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni | (of) the prison | سجن |
| 3 | أَمَّآammā | As for | — |
| 4 | أَحَدُكُمَاaḥadukumā | one of you | أحد |
| 5 | فَيَسْقِىfayasqī | he will give drink | سقي |
| 6 | رَبَّهُۥrabbahu | (to) his master | ربب |
| 7 | خَمْرًۭا ۖkhamran | wine | خمر |
| 8 | وَأَمَّاwa-ammā | and as for | — |
| 9 | ٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharu | the other | أخر |
| 10 | فَيُصْلَبُfayuṣ'labu | he will be crucified | صلب |
| 11 | فَتَأْكُلُfatakulu | and will eat | أكل |
| 12 | ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayru | the birds | طير |
| 13 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 14 | رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚrasihi | his head | رأس |
| 15 | قُضِىَquḍiya | Has been decreed | قضي |
| 16 | ٱلْأَمْرُl-amru | the matter | أمر |
| 17 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | about which | — |
| 18 | فِيهِfīhi | about which | — |
| 19 | تَسْتَفْتِيَانِtastaftiyāni | you both inquire | فتي |