After these things happened, two of the king’s officers displeased the king—the man who served wine to the king and the king’s baker. The king became angry with his officer who served him wine and his baker, so he put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same prison where the man was kept. The captain of the guard put the two prisoners in the man’s care, and they stayed in prison for some time.
One night, both the king’s officer who served him wine and the baker had a dream. Each had his own dream with its own meaning. When the man came to them the next morning, he saw they were worried. He asked the king’s officers who were with him, “Why do you look so unhappy today?”
The two men answered, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can explain their meaning to us.”
He said to them, “God is the only One who can explain the meaning of dreams. Tell me your dreams.”
So the man who served wine to the king told the man, his dream. He said, “I dreamed I saw a vine, and on the vine were three branches. I watched the branches bud and blossom, and then the grapes ripened. I was holding the king’s cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave it to the king.”
Then the man said, “I will explain the dream to you. The three branches stand for three days. Before the end of three days, the king will free you, and he will allow you to return to your work. You will serve the king his wine just as you did before. But when you are free, remember me. Be kind to me, and tell the king about me so I can get out of this prison. I was taken by force from my land, and I have done nothing here to deserve being put in prison.”
The baker saw that his explanation of the dream was good, so he said to him, “I also had a dream. I dreamed there were three bread baskets on my head. In the top basket were all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food out of the basket on my head.”
He answered, “I will tell you what the dream means. The three baskets stand for three days. Before the end of three days, the king will cut off your head! He will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh.”
Three days later, on his birthday, the king gave a feast for all his officers. In front of his officers, he released from prison the chief officer who served his wine and the chief baker. The king gave his chief officer who served wine his old position, and once again he put the king’s cup of wine into the king’s hand. But the king hanged the baker on a pole. Everything happened just as the man had said it would, but the officer who served wine did not remember him. He forgot all about him.
To be continued…
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Risty
All those are names of chapters and clickable. For Example Chapter of Joseph is at Sr. No. 12 and Chapter of Mary (Hazrat Mariam May Allah be pleased with her) is at Sr. No. 19. Take your cursor there and click the chapter will be opened.
Sura means Chapter
They are the names of chapters, you have to click on the relevant chapter you want to study.
Luci, I am having a "hanging mood" today :D
Who to behead? any suggestions? :D
Thanks for sharing that! But I found only a few names there. Surprisingly, there are some words that are not names of a person but of a thing or animal, I’m starting to think the relevance of those to the book.
Aura = chapter
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Hello, Mish, you are right! I’m thinking how the Bible and Quran connects to some points. I want to read Quran but can’t find time to do that, I want to know who is in the Bible and who is he in Quran. What is Sura btw?
This is the story of Josef, isn't it. It is the Quraan too, by the name of Sura Yousuf.
Thank you, Sir Dara! Do you think this gift exist up to our time? Do you think it is an edge if a person can interpret a dream? or a curse?
Thank you, Luci, the reason behind that is a different story. You know how some tyrants think then and now, whatever the king said. I need to highlight that this story is about the man, these other characters are just extras..haha :D
Gusto ko mga pangrap. interpreting dreams is a talent from God. Some people know how to do that. It's difficult to predict the future. Some dreams tell you about part of that fact in the future. God gave prophets different miracles. Prophet Yusuf, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was given this merit. He knew the interpretation of dreams. Thanks, Risty for sharing!
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