Surah Yusuf • Ayah 6

Interpretation of Yusuf's VisionAllah says that Ya`qub said to his son Yusuf, `Just as Allah chose you to see the eleven stars, the sun and the moon prostrate before you in a vision, وَكَذلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ(Thus will your Lord choose you) designate and assign you to be a Prophet from Him, وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الاٌّحَادِيثِ(and teach you the interpretation of Ahadith).' Mujahid and several other scholars said that this part of the Ayah is in reference to the interpreting of dreams. He said next, وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ(and perfect His favor on you), `by His Message and revelation to you.' This is why Ya`qub said afterwards, كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَآ عَلَى أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَهِيمَ(as He perfected it aforetime on your fathers, Ibrahim...), Allah's intimate friend, وَإِسْحَـقَ(and Ishaq), Ibrahim's son, إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ(Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.) Allah knows best whom to chose for His Messages.

بشارت اور نصیحت ٭٭حضرت یعقوب علیہ السلام اپنے لخت جگر یوسف علیہ السلام کو انہیں ملنے والے مرتبوں کی خبر دیتے ہیں کہ جس طرح خواب میں اس نے تمہیں یہ فضیلت دکھائی اسی طرح وہ تمہیں نبوت کا بلند مرتبہ عطا فرمائے گا۔ اور تمہیں خواب کی تعبیر سکھا دے گا۔ اور تمہیں اپنی بھرپور نعمت دے گا یعنی نبوت۔ جیسے کہ اس سے پہلے وہ ابراہیم خلیل اللہ علیہ السلام کو اور اسحاق علیہ السلام کو بھی عطا فرما چکا ہے جو تمہارے دادا اور پردادا تھے۔ اللہ تعالیٰ اس سے خوب واقف ہے کہ نبوت کے لائق کون ہے؟صفحہ نمبر3955

آیت 6 وَكَذٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيْكَ رَبُّكَ حضرت یعقوب نے سمجھ لیا کہ میرے بیٹوں میں سے یوسف کو اللہ تعالیٰ نے نبوت کے لیے چن لیا ہے۔وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ تَاْوِيْلِ الْاَحَادِيْثِ یہاں پر تاویل حدیث کے دو معنی ہوسکتے ہیں ایک خوابوں کی تعبیر اور دوسرے معاملہ فہمی اور دور بینی باتوں کی کنہ تہ تک پہنچ جانا ‘ حقیقت تک رسائی ہوجانا۔ وَيُـــتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهٗ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰٓي اٰلِ يَعْقُوْبَ كَمَآ اَتَمَّــهَا عَلٰٓي اَبَوَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ یہاں حضرت یعقوب نے کسر نفسی کے سبب حضرت ابراہیم اور حضرت اسحاق کے ساتھ اپنا نام نہیں لیا۔

Expertise in the Interpretation of Dreams is Bestowed by Allah on whom He willsIn the sixth verse, Allah Ta ا ala has promised some blessings for Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) : (1) كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَ‌بُّكَ (And in the like manner your Lord will choose you ...) that is, H-e will choose him for His blessings and favours, something which manifested itself when wealth, recognition and power came into his hands in the country of Egypt. (2) وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ - (and teach you the interpretation of events ...). The word: الْأَحَادِيثِ : 'al-ahadith' here means the dreams of people. It means that Allah Ta’ ala will teach him how to interpret dreams. This also tells us that interpreting dreams is a standing area of expertise which is bestowed by Allah Ta` ala on a chosen few - everyone is not fit to have it.Ruling:It appears in Tafsir al-Qurtubi that ` Abdullah ibn Shaddad ibn al-Had said that the interpretation of this dream of Sayyidna ~Yusuf actualized after forty years. This tells us that an instant actualization of an interpretation is not necessary either.(3) As for the third promise: وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ (and will perfect His bounty upon you), it refers to the bestowal of Nubuwwah (prophethood) upon him. And this is what has been alluded to in the later sentences: كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَ‌اهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ (as He has perfected it, earlier, upon your father, Ibrahim and Ishaq). That which has been said here also indicates that the skill of interpreting dreams as given to Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) was also taught to Sayyidna Ibrahim and Ishaq (علیہما السلام) ، peace be on them both.At the end of the verse, it was said: إِنَّ رَ‌بَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ (Surely, your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing). So He is. For Him, teaching an art to someone is not difficult, nor does He, as His wisdom would have it, teach this art to just anyone. Instead of that, He elects someone, in His wisdom, and lets him have this expertise.