Surah Yusuf ayat 37 Tafsir Quran 12:37

﴿قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي ۚ إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ﴾
[ يوسف: 37]

12:37 He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allah, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.

He said to them both in order to inform them that he knew how to interpret dreams ‘The food with which you are provided shall not come to you while you are asleep but I shall tell you the interpretation thereof while you are conscious before it the interpretation thereof comes to you. This is from that which my Lord has taught me — herein is an incitement for them to believe which he reinforces with the following words Lo! I have forsaken the creed the religion of a folk who do not believe in God and who moreover hum ‘they’ is repeated for emphasis are disbelievers in the Hereafter.

Rest assured, he said, before food is brought to you, I will have informed you of the interpretation of your dreams. This is a part of the divine knowledge Allah, my Creator has imparted to me in consequence of conforming my will to His will. I have forsaken the system of faith of a people who deny Allah and refuse to acknowledge the truth of the Hereafter

Yusuf calls His Jail Mates to Tawhid even before He interprets Their Dreams Yusuf, peace be upon him, told the two men that he has knowledge in the interpretation of whatever they saw in their dream, and that he will tell them about the interpretation of the dreams before they become a reality.
This is why he said, لاَ يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ إِلاَّ نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ ( No food will come to you as your provision, but I will inform you of its interpretation ) Mujahid commented, لاَ يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ ( No food will come to you as your provision, ) this day, إِلاَّ نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ( but I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes. ) As-Suddi said similarly.
Yusuf said that, this knowledge is from Allah Who taught it to me, because I shunned the religion of those who disbelieve in Him and the Last Day, who neither hope for Allah's reward nor fear His punishment on the Day of Return, وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِي إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ( And I have followed the religion of my fathers, - Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya`qub ) Yusuf said, `I have avoided the way of disbelief and polytheism, and followed the way of these honorable Messengers,' may Allah's peace and blessings be on them.
This, indeed, is the way of he who seeks the path of guidance and follows the way of the Messengers, all the while shunning the path of deviation.
It is he whose heart Allah will guide, teaching him what he did not know beforehand.
It is he whom Allah will make an Imam who is imitated in the way of righteousness, and a caller to the path of goodness.
Yusuf said next, مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ذلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ ( and never could we attribute any partners whatsoever to Allah.
This is from the grace of Allah to us and to mankind, ) this Tawhid -Monotheism-, affirming that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone without partners, مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا ( is from the grace of Allah to us ), He has revealed it to us and ordained it on us, وَعَلَى النَّاسِ ( and to mankind, ), to whom He has sent us as callers to Tawhid, وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ ( but most men thank not. ) they do not admit Allah's favor and blessing of sending the Messengers to them, but rather, بَدَّلُواْ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّواْ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ ( Have changed the blessings of Allah into disbelief, and caused their people to dwell in the house of destruction. ) 14:28

Yusuf calls His Jail Mates to Tawhid even before He interprets Their Dreams Yusuf, peace be upon him, told the two men that he has knowledge in the interpretation of whatever they saw in their dream, and that he will tell them about the interpretation of the dreams before they become a reality.
This is why he said, لاَ يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ إِلاَّ نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ ( No food will come to you as your provision, but I will inform you of its interpretation ) Mujahid commented, لاَ يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِ ( No food will come to you as your provision, ) this day, إِلاَّ نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ( but I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes. ) As-Suddi said similarly.
Yusuf said that, this knowledge is from Allah Who taught it to me, because I shunned the religion of those who disbelieve in Him and the Last Day, who neither hope for Allah's reward nor fear His punishment on the Day of Return, وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِي إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ( And I have followed the religion of my fathers, - Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya`qub ) Yusuf said, `I have avoided the way of disbelief and polytheism, and followed the way of these honorable Messengers,' may Allah's peace and blessings be on them.
This, indeed, is the way of he who seeks the path of guidance and follows the way of the Messengers, all the while shunning the path of deviation.
It is he whose heart Allah will guide, teaching him what he did not know beforehand.
It is he whom Allah will make an Imam who is imitated in the way of righteousness, and a caller to the path of goodness.
Yusuf said next, مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ذلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ ( and never could we attribute any partners whatsoever to Allah.
This is from the grace of Allah to us and to mankind, ) this Tawhid -Monotheism-, affirming that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone without partners, مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا ( is from the grace of Allah to us ), He has revealed it to us and ordained it on us, وَعَلَى النَّاسِ ( and to mankind, ), to whom He has sent us as callers to Tawhid, وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ ( but most men thank not. ) they do not admit Allah's favor and blessing of sending the Messengers to them, but rather, بَدَّلُواْ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّواْ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ ( Have changed the blessings of Allah into disbelief, and caused their people to dwell in the house of destruction. ) 14:28

( He said ) Joseph said to them, because he wanted to inform them about his knowledge of interpreting dreams: ( The food which ye are given (daily ) shall not come unto you but I shall tell you the interpretation) i.e. of its colour and type ( ere it cometh unto you ) so can I fail to interpret your dreams? ( This ) the interpretation of dreams ( is of that which my Lord hath taught me. Lo! I have forsaken the religion of folk ) I did not follow the religion of a people ( who believe not in Allah and are disbelievers in ) they are deniers of ( the Hereafter ) resurrection after death.

He said: "No food will come to you (in wakefulness or in dream) as your provision, but I will inform (in wakefulness) its interpretation before it (the food) comes. This is of that which my Lord has taught me. Verily, I have abandoned the religion of a people that believe not in Allah and are disbelievers in the Hereafter (i.e. the Kan'aniun of Egypt who were polytheists and used to worship sun and other false deities).

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