Quran 12:45 — Yusuf, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but the prisoner who had been freed at last remembered [Joseph] and said, ‘I shall tell you what this means. Give me leave to go.’
وَقَالَ الَّذِي نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ أَنَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِتَأْوِيلِهِ فَأَرْسِلُونِ
waqāla alladhī najā min'humā wa-iddakara baʿda ummatin anā unabbi-ukum bitawīlihi fa-arsilūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then said the one who had been delivered, remembering after a time, 'I will myself tell you its interpretation; so send me forth.'
- Muhammad Asad
- At that, the one of the two [erstwhile prisoners] who had been saved, and [who suddenly] remembered [Joseph] after all that time, spoke [thus]: "It is I who can inform you of the real meaning of this [dream]; so let me go [in search of it]."
- Sahih International
- But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | But said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the one who | — |
| 3 | نَجَاnajā | was saved | نجو |
| 4 | مِنْهُمَاmin'humā | of the two | — |
| 5 | وَٱدَّكَرَwa-iddakara | and remembered | ذكر |
| 6 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 7 | أُمَّةٍummatin | a period | أمم |
| 8 | أَنَا۠anā | I | — |
| 9 | أُنَبِّئُكُمunabbi-ukum | [I] will inform you | نبأ |
| 10 | بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦbitawīlihi | of its interpretation | أول |
| 11 | فَأَرْسِلُونِfa-arsilūni | so send me forth | رسل |