Surah 12 Yusuf — Ayat 41
يَٰصَىٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًۭا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْءَاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ
Hai kedua penghuni penjara: "Adapun salah seorang diantara kamu berdua, akan memberi minuman tuannya dengan khamar; adapun yang seorang lagi maka ia akan disalib, lalu burung memakan sebagian dari kepalanya. Telah diputuskan perkara yang kamu berdua menanyakannya (kepadaku)".
yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni ammā aḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu khamran wa-ammā l-ākharu fayuṣ'labu fatakulu l-ṭayru min rasihi quḍiya l-amru alladhī fīhi tastaftiyāni
Kata demi kata
- يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ yāṣāḥibayi O my two companions
- ٱلسِّجْنِ l-sij'ni (of) the prison
- أَمَّآ ammā As for
- أَحَدُكُمَا aḥadukumā one of you
- فَيَسْقِى fayasqī he will give drink
- رَبَّهُۥ rabbahu (to) his master
- خَمْرًۭا ۖ khamran wine
- وَأَمَّا wa-ammā and as for
- ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ l-ākharu the other
- فَيُصْلَبُ fayuṣ'labu he will be crucified
- فَتَأْكُلُ fatakulu and will eat
- ٱلطَّيْرُ l-ṭayru the birds
- مِن min from
- رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ rasihi his head
- قُضِىَ quḍiya Has been decreed
- ٱلْأَمْرُ l-amru the matter
- ٱلَّذِى alladhī about which
- فِيهِ fīhi about which
- تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ tastaftiyāni you both inquire
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Interpretation of the Dreams
Yusuf said,
(O two companions of the prison! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his master to drink;) to the man who saw in a dream that he was pressing wine. He did not direct this speech at him, however, so that to lessen the grief of the other person. This is why he made his statement indirect,
(and as for the other, he will be crucified and birds will eat from his head.) which is the interpretation of the other man's dream in which he saw himself carrying bread above his head. Yusuf told them that the decision about their matter has already been taken and it shall come to pass. This is because the dream is tied to a bird's leg, as long as it is not truthfully interpreted. If it is interpreted, then it becomes a reality. Ath-Thawri said that `Imarah bin Al-Qa`qa` narrated that Ibrahim said that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "When they said what they said to him, and he explained their dreams to them, they replied, `We did not see anything at all.' This is when he said,
(Thus is the case judged concerning which you both did inquire.)" The understanding in this is that he who claims that he saw a dream and was given its interpretation, then he will be tied to its interpretation, and Allah has the best knowledge. There is an honorable Hadith that Imam Ahmad collected from Mu`awiyah bin Haydah that the Prophet said,
(The dream is tied to a bird's leg, as long as it is not interpreted. If it is interpreted, it becomes a reality.)