The Holy Quran 12:4 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ

Translation

When (as a child) Yusuf said to his father (Ya'qoob عليه الصلاة والسلام), "O my (beloved) father! Indeed I have seen (in a dream) eleven stars, the sun and the moon all bowing before me." (The stars symbolised his eleven brothers, the sun his father and the moon his mother. This meant that a time would come when Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام would be exalted to a high position and all his family members would have to bow down before him.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The dream of Yusuf ﵇: that is, eleven stars and the moon and the sun are bowing and prostrating themselves before me. He saw this dream in his boyhood. How true the saying: “A promising sapling shows its glossy leaves early.”

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