(12:43) And [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions." (12:44) They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams." (12:45) But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth." (12:46) [He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]." (12:47) [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat. (12:48) Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you saved for them, except a little from which you will store. (12:49) Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]." (12:50) And the king said, "Bring him to me." But when the messenger came to him, [Joseph] said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan." (12:51) Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-`Azeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful. (12:52) That is so al-`Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers. (12:53) And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful." (12:54) And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted." (12:55) [Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian." (12:56) And thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
