وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٲهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۚ ذَٲلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ 38
يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٲحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ 39
مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۚ ذَٲلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ 40
يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًاۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ 41
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَـٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ 42
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٲتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ 43
وَٱتَّبَعْتُwa-ittabaʿtuAnd I followمِلَّةَmillata(the) religionءَابَآءِىٓābāī(of) my forefathersإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahimوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaacوَيَعْقُوبَ ۚwayaʿqūbaand YaqubمَاmāNotكَانَkānawasلَنَآlanāfor usأَنanthatنُّشْرِكَnush'rikawe associateبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allahمِنminanyشَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinthingذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatمِنmin(is) fromفَضْلِfaḍli(the) Graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usوَعَلَىwaʿalāand uponٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankindوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamostٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the menلَاlā(are) notيَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companionsٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prisonءَأَرْبَابٌۭa-arbābunAre lordsمُّتَفَرِّقُونَmutafarriqūnaseparateخَيْرٌkhayrunbetterأَمِamiorٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduthe Oneٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāruthe Irresistible
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مَاmāNotتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worshipمِنminbesides Himدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himإِلَّآillābutأَسْمَآءًۭasmāannamesسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named themأَنتُمْantumyouوَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathersمَّآmānotأَنزَلَanzala(has) sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahبِهَاbihāfor itمِنminanyسُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthorityإِنِiniNotٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the commandإِلَّاillābutلِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor AllahأَمَرَamaraHe has commandedأَلَّاallāthat notتَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worshipإِلَّآillābutإِيَّاهُ ۚiyyāhuHim AloneذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religionٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe rightوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamostٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] menلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companionsٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prisonأَمَّآammāAs forأَحَدُكُمَاaḥadukumāone of youفَيَسْقِىfayasqīhe will give drinkرَبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his masterخَمْرًۭا ۖkhamranwineوَأَمَّاwa-ammāand as forٱلْـَٔاخَرُl-ākharuthe otherفَيُصْلَبُfayuṣ'labuhe will be crucifiedفَتَأْكُلُfatakuluand will eatٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birdsمِنminfromرَّأْسِهِۦ ۚrasihihis headقُضِىَquḍiyaHas been decreedٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matterٱلَّذِىalladhīabout whichفِيهِfīhiabout whichتَسْتَفْتِيَانِtastaftiyāniyou both inquire
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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he saidلِلَّذِىlilladhīto the one whomظَنَّẓannahe thoughtأَنَّهُۥannahuthat heنَاجٍۢnājin(would be) savedمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of themٱذْكُرْنِىudh'kur'nīMention meعِندَʿindatoرَبِّكَrabbikayour masterفَأَنسَىٰهُfa-ansāhuBut made him forgetٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaanذِكْرَdhik'ra(the) mentionرَبِّهِۦrabbihi(to) his masterفَلَبِثَfalabithaso he remainedفِىfīinٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'nithe prisonبِضْعَbiḍ'ʿaseveralسِنِينَsinīnayears
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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd saidٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuthe kingإِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَرَىٰarā[I] have seenسَبْعَsabʿasevenبَقَرَٰتٍۢbaqarātincowsسِمَانٍۢsimāninfatيَأْكُلُهُنَّyakuluhunnaeating themسَبْعٌsabʿunsevenعِجَافٌۭʿijāfunlean onesوَسَبْعَwasabʿaand sevenسُنۢبُلَـٰتٍsunbulātinears (of corn)خُضْرٍۢkhuḍ'ringreenوَأُخَرَwa-ukharaand othersيَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖyābisātindryيَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uchiefsأَفْتُونِىaftūnīExplain to meفِىfīaboutرُءْيَـٰىَru'yāyamy visionإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou canلِلرُّءْيَاlilrru'yāof visionsتَعْبُرُونَtaʿburūnainterpret
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