Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

or Allah, the One, the All-paramount?
40 You do not worship besides Him but [mere] names
that you and your fathers have coined,
for which Allah has not sent down any authority.
Sovereignty belongs only to Allah.
He has commanded you to worship none except Him.
That is the upright religion,
but most people do not know.
41 O my prison mates!
As for one of you,
he will serve wine to his master,
and as for the other,
he will be crucified,
and vultures will eat from his head.
The matter about which you inquire has been decided.’
42 Then he said to the one whom he knew
would be delivered from among the two:
‘Mention me to your master.’
But Satan caused him to forget
mentioning [it] to his master.
So he remained in the prison for several years.

43 [One day] the king said,
‘I saw [in a dream] seven fat cows
being devoured by seven lean ones,
and seven green ears
and [seven] others [that were] dry.
O courtiers, give me your opinion about my dream,
if you can interpret dreams.’
44 They said, ‘[These are] confused nightmares,