Surah 12:6

"In this way your Lord will choose you, and teach you about the interpretation of dreams, and complete His blessing on you and on the house of Jacob, as He completed it before on your fathers, Abraham and Isaac. Surely your Lord is knowing, wise.’"

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Interpretation of Yusufs Vision Verses 12:6

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Verse 6

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ

In this way your Lord will choose you, and teach you about the interpretation of dreams, and complete His blessing on you and on the house of Jacob, as He completed it before on your fathers, Abraham and Isaac. Surely your Lord is knowing, wise.’

Quoted Scripture

"6. "Thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of dreams (and other things) and perfect His favor on you and on the offspring of Ya'qub, as He perfected it on your fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq aforetime! Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.""

Interpretation of Yusufs Vision
Allah says that Ya'qub said to his son Yusuf, 'Just as Allah chose you to see the eleven stars, the sun and the moon
{Thus will your Lord choose you}, designate and assign you to be a Prophet from Him,
{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,
{and perfect His favor on you}, 'by His Message and revelation to you.' This is why Ya'qub said afterwards,
{as He perfected it aforetime on your fathers, Ibrahim...}, Allah's intimate friend,
{and Ishaq}, Ibrahim's son,
{Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.} Allah knows best whom to chose for His Messages.

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Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

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