And the king of _Egypt,[232] Er-Reiyán the son of El-Weleed_ said, Verily I saw [in a dream] seven fat kine which seven lean _kine_ devoured, and seven green ears of corn and _seven_ other _ears_ dried up. O ye nobles, explain unto me my dream, if ye interpret a dream.—They replied, _These are_ confused dreams, and we know not the interpretation of dreams. And he who had escaped, of the two _young men, namely the cup-bearer_, said (for he remembered after a time _the condition of Joseph_), I will acquaint you with the interpretation thereof; wherefore send me. _So they sent him; and he came unto Joseph, and said_, O Joseph, O thou of great veracity, give us an explanation respecting seven fat kine which seven lean [kine] devoured, and seven green ears of corn and other [seven] dried up, that I may return unto the men (_the king and his companions_), that they may know _the interpretation thereof_. He replied, Ye shall sow seven years as usual: (_this is the interpretation of the seven fat kine_:) and what ye reap do ye leave in its ear, _lest it spoil_; except a little, whereof ye shall eat. Then there shall come, after that, seven grievous [years]: (_this is the interpretation of the seven lean kine_:) they shall consume what ye shall have provided for them, _of the grain sown in the seven years of plenty_, except a little which ye shall have kept. Then there shall come, after that, a year wherein men shall be aided _with rain_, and wherein they shall press _grapes and other fruits_.—And the king said, _when the messenger came unto him and acquainted him with the interpretation of the dream_, Bring unto me him _who hath interpreted it_. (xii. 35-50.) And when he had spoken unto him,[233] he said _unto him_, Thou art this day firmly established with us, and intrusted _with our affairs_. _What then seest thou fit for us to do?—He answered, Collect provision, and sow abundant seed in these plentiful years, and store up the grain in its ear: then the people will come unto thee that they may obtain provision from thee. The king said, And who will act for me in this affair? Joseph_ said, Set me over the granaries of the land; for I am careful [and] knowing.—Thus did We prepare an establishment for Joseph in the land, that he might take for himself a dwelling therein wherever he pleased.—_And it is related that the king crowned him, and put a ring on his finger, and instated him in the place of Ḳiṭfeer, whom he dismissed from his office; after which, Ḳiṭfeer died, and thereupon the king married him to his wife Zeleekha, and she bore him two sons._[234] We bestow Our mercy on whom We please, and We cause not the reward of the well-doers to perish: and certainly the reward of the world to come is better for those who have believed and have feared.