"They were only confused dreams," they said; "we do not know how to interpret them."
They answered, “These are confused dreams – and we do not know the interpretation of dreams.”
'A hotchpotch of nightmares!' they said. 'We know nothing of the interpretation of nightmares.'
They answered: " [This is one of] the most involved and confusing of dreams, and we have no deep knowledge of the real meaning of dreams."
They said: medleys of dreams! and in the interpretation of dreams we are not skilled.
They said: "Mixed up false dreams and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."
They said, “Jumbles of dreams, and we know nothing of the interpretation of dreams.”
They said: "These are confused dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of such dreams."
They said: "Mixed up false dreams and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."
They answered: Jumbled dreams! And we are not knowing in the interpretation of dreams.
They said, ‘[These are] confused nightmares, and we do not know the interpretation of nightmares.’
They said: 'They are confused nightmares, nor do we know anything of the interpretation of visions'
They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."
They replied, "It is a confused dream and we do not know the meaning of such dreams."
They said: Confused dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of dreams.
Q<u>a</u>loo a<u>d</u>gh<u>a</u>thu a<u>h</u>l<u>a</u>min wam<u>a</u> na<u>h</u>nu bitaweeli ala<u>h</u>l<u>a</u>mi biAA<u>a</u>limeen<b>a</b>
They said, "These are confusing dreams and we do not know the interpretation of such dreams."
They said: "A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحْلَٰمِ بِعَٰلِمِينَ
They said that his vision was a jumble of dreams, and because of this it could not be interpreted; and that they were not knowledgeable about the interpretation of mixed-up dreams.
They said that his vision was a jumble of dreams, and because of this it could not be interpreted; and that they were not knowledgeable about the interpretation of mixed-up dreams.
<p>Commentary</p><p>After that, say the verses cited above, Allah Ta` ala created through the workings of what is unseen (Al-Ghayb), a particular way out for the release of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) . This made the king of Egypt see a dream which caused him great anxiety. He assembled the known dream interpreters and soothsayers of his state and asked them to interpret his dream. None of them could understand the dream. The answer they all gave was: أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلَامٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ الْأَحْلَامِ بِعَالِمِينَ : ' (It seems to be) a mishmash of dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of dreams.' The word: أَضْغَاثُ (adghath) is the plural form of: ضِغث (dighth) which literally refers to a bundle of chaff or husk separated from grain while threshing and is a collection of different kinds of waste material. The sense of their saying was that this dream was somewhat muddled, confused and an admixture of many thoughts and things, and they did not know how to interpret such dreams. Had it been a regular dream, they would have had interpreted it.</p>
CommentaryAfter that, say the verses cited above, Allah Ta` ala created through the workings of what is unseen (Al-Ghayb), a particular way out for the release of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) . This made the king of Egypt see a dream which caused him great anxiety. He assembled the known dream interpreters and soothsayers of his state and asked them to interpret his dream. None of them could understand the dream. The answer they all gave was: أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلَامٍ ۖ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ الْأَحْلَامِ بِعَالِمِينَ : ' (It seems to be) a mishmash of dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of dreams.' The word: أَضْغَاثُ (adghath) is the plural form of: ضِغث (dighth) which literally refers to a bundle of chaff or husk separated from grain while threshing and is a collection of different kinds of waste material. The sense of their saying was that this dream was somewhat muddled, confused and an admixture of many thoughts and things, and they did not know how to interpret such dreams. Had it been a regular dream, they would have had interpreted it.