Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 12 Yusuf, Ayat 37-40
قَالَ لَا يَاۡتِيۡكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرۡزَقٰنِهٖۤ اِلَّا نَـبَّاۡتُكُمَا بِتَاۡوِيۡلِهٖ قَبۡلَ اَنۡ يَّاۡتِيَكُمَا ؕ ذٰ لِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِىۡ رَبِّىۡ ؕ اِنِّىۡ تَرَكۡتُ مِلَّةَ قَوۡمٍ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَهُمۡ بِالۡاٰخِرَةِ هُمۡ كٰفِرُوۡنَ
﴿12:37﴾
وَاتَّبَعۡتُ مِلَّةَ اٰبَآءِىۡۤ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَاِسۡحٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوۡبَؕ مَا كَانَ لَنَاۤ اَنۡ نُّشۡرِكَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنۡ شَىۡءٍؕ ذٰلِكَ مِنۡ فَضۡلِ اللّٰهِ عَلَيۡنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشۡكُرُوۡنَ
﴿12:38﴾
يٰصَاحِبَىِ السِّجۡنِ ءَاَرۡبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُوۡنَ خَيۡرٌ اَمِ اللّٰهُ الۡوَاحِدُ الۡقَهَّارُؕ
﴿12:39﴾
مَا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهٖۤ اِلَّاۤ اَسۡمَآءً سَمَّيۡتُمُوۡهَاۤ اَنۡـتُمۡ وَ اٰبَآؤُكُمۡ مَّاۤ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنۡ سُلۡطٰنٍؕ اِنِ الۡحُكۡمُ اِلَّا لِلّٰهِؕ اَمَرَ اَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوۡۤا اِلَّاۤ اِيَّاهُؕ ذٰلِكَ الدِّيۡنُ الۡقَيِّمُ وَلٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ
﴿12:40﴾
(12:37) Joseph said: "I will inform you about the interpretation of the dreams
before the arrival of the food that is sent to you. This knowledge is part of
what I have been taught by my Lord. I have renounced the way of those who do
not believe in Allah, and who deny the Hereafter, (12:38) and I have adopted the way of my forefathers - Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob. It is not for us to associate any with Allah in His Divinity. It
is out of Allah's grace upon us and upon mankind (that He did not require of
us to serve any other than Allah), and yet most people do not give thanks.
(12:39) Fellow-prisoners! Is it better that there be diverse lords, or just
Allah, the One, the Irresistible? (12:40) Those whom you serve beside Him are merely idle names that you and
your fathers have fabricated, without Allah sending down any sanction for them.
All authority to govern rests only with Allah. He has commanded that you serve
none but Him. This is the Right Way of life, though most people are altogether
unaware.
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