ugh before this you were certainly one of those who did
not know.
012.004
Y: Behold! Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven
stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!"
P: When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream
eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating
themselves unto me.
S: When Yusuf said to his father: O my father! surely I saw eleven stars
and the sun and the moon-- I saw them making obeisance to me.
012.005
Y: Said (the father): "My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to
thy brothers, lest they concoct a plot against thee: for Satan is to
man an avowed enemy!"
P: He said: O my dear son! Tell not thy brethren of thy vision, lest
they plot a plot against thee. Lo! Satan is for man an open foe.
S: He said: O my son! do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest
they devise a plan against you; surely the Shaitan is an open enemy to
man.
012.006
Y: "Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation of
stories (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the
posterity of Jacob - even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and
Isaac aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom."
P: Thus thy Lord will prefer thee and will teach thee the interpretation
of events, and will perfect His grace upon thee and upon the family of
Jacob as He perfected it upon thy forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. Lo!
thy Lord is Knower, Wise.
S: And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation
of sayings and make His favor complete to you and to the children of
Yaqoub, as He made it complete before to your fathers, Ibrahim and
Ishaq; surely your Lord is Knowing, Wise.
012.007
Y: Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers
(after Truth).
P: Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty)
for the inquiring.
S: Certainly in Yusuf and his brothers there are signs for the
inquirers.
012.008
Y: They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father
than we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously
wandering (in his mind)!"
P: When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our
father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain
aberration.
S: When they said: Certainly Yusuf and his brother are dearer to our
father than we, though we are a (stronger) company; most
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