QuizTime(3):
Which prophet saw in his dream that "11 stars, the sun and the moon"
were prostrating to him?
Ans:
Prophet Yusuf (Pbuh).
Its
mentioned in the Qur'an.
[Of
these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father,
indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw
them prostrating to me."
[Al-Qur'an
ch 12 Verse 4]
The
Interpretation of his Dream:
`Abdullah
bin `Abbas stated that the dreams of Prophets are revelations from Allah.
Scholars of Tafsir explained that in Yusuf's dream the eleven stars represent
his brothers, who were eleven, and the sun and the moon represent his father
and mother. This explanation was collected from Ibn `Abbas, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah,
Sufyan Ath-Thawri and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Yusuf's vision became a
reality forty years later, or as some say, eighty years, when Yusuf raised his
parents to the throne while his brothers were before him.
Prostration:
"And
when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself and said,
"Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe [and secure]."
And
he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration.
And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before.
My Lord has made it reality.
[Al-Qur'an
ch 12 Verse 99-100]
(I
saw (in a dream) eleven stars...) In the laws of these and previous Prophets,
it was allowed for the people to prostrate before the men of authority, when
they met them. This practice was allowed in the law of Adam until the law of
`Isa, peace be upon them, but was later prohibited in our law. Islam made
prostration exclusively for Allah Alone, the Exalted and Most Honored.
Allah
knows the best.
By Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli
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