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Sura Yusuf from 44 to 52


44. They said: « Mixed up false dreams and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams. »
45. Then the man who was released ( one of the two who were in prison ) , now at length remembered and said: « I will tell you its interpretation, so send me forth. »
46. ( He said ) : « O Yûsuf ( Joseph ) , the man of truth! Explain to us ( the dream ) of seven fat cows whom seven lean ones were devouring, and of seven green ears of corn, and ( seven ) others dry, that I may return to the people, and that they may know. »
47. [ ( Yûsuf ( Joseph ) ] said: « For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that ( the harvest ) which you reap you shall leave it in the ears, ( all ) except a little of it which you may eat.»
48. « Then will come after that, seven hard ( years ) , which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, ( all ) except a little of that which you have guarded ( stored ) .»
49. « Then thereafter will come a year in which people will have abundant rain and in which they will press ( wine and oil ) . »
50. And the king said: « Bring him to me. » But when the messenger came to him, [ Yûsuf ( Joseph ) ] said: « Return to your lord and ask him, ‘What happened to the women who cut their hands? Surely, my Lord ( Allâh ) is Well- Aware of their plot.’ »
51. ( The King ) said ( to the women ) : « What was your affair when you did seek to seduce Yûsuf ( Joseph ) ? » The women said: « Allâh forbid! No evil know we against him! » The wife of Al- ‘Azîz said: « Now the truth is manifest ( to all ) ; it was I who sought to seduce him, and he is surely of the truthful. »
52. [ Then Yûsuf ( Joseph ) said: « I asked for this enquiry ] in order that he ( Al- ‘Azîz ) may know that I betrayed him not in ( his ) absence » . And, verily! Allâh guides not the plot of the betrayers. [ 1 ]

[1] (V.12:52).
a
) Narrated Ibn ‘Umar ( raa ) : The Prophet ( saas ) said, « For every betrayer ( perfidious person ) , a flag will be raised on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be announced ( publicly ) : ‘This is the betrayal ( perfidy ) of so- and- so, the son of so- and- so.’ »
( Sahih Al- Bukhari, Vol.8, Hadith No.196 )
b
) See the footnote of ( V.4:145 ) .