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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yusuf 12:43

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وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وقال الملك: إني رأيت في منامي سبع بقرات سمان، يأكلهن سبع بقرات نحيلات من الهُزال، ورأيت سبع سنبلات خضر، وسبع سنبلات يابسات، يا أيها السادة والكبراء أخبروني عن هذه الرؤيا، إن كنتم للرؤيا تُفَسِّرون.

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