Surah Yusuf, Ayah 44 (12:44)

يُوسُف

قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَٰمِ بِعَٰلِمِينَ

Quran 12:44 is ayah 44 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 241 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:44
قَالُوٓا۟أَضْغَٰثُأَحْلَٰمٍ ۖوَمَانَحْنُبِتَأْوِيلِٱلْأَحْلَٰمِبِعَٰلِمِينَ٤٤
qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin wamā naḥnu bitawīli l-aḥlāmi biʿālimīna

They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."(44)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أَضْغَٰثُaḍghāthuConfused
  3. أَحْلَٰمٍ ۖaḥlāmindreams
  4. وَمَاwamāand not
  5. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  6. بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīli(are) in the interpretation
  7. ٱلْأَحْلَٰمِl-aḥlāmi(of) the dreams
  8. بِعَٰلِمِينَbiʿālimīnalearned

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