Yusuf 37: (Joseph) said; “Before the meal comes that will be given to you, I will certainly give you its interpretation. This is from that which Allah has taught me. Verily, I am far from the religion of people who do not believe in Allah. They are the ones who deny the hereafter.”

Joseph said: before the food you are given to eat comes to you, I will surely tell you its interpretation. That is, they give food to the prisoners, you see; within that time, before your food arrives, I will tell you. This is part of what my Lord has taught me. Indeed I have turned away from the religion of a people who do not believe in Allah. They are the very ones who deny the hereafter. Yes, Joseph (peace be upon him) said: before the food you are to be given comes, I will surely tell you the interpretation of your dreams. What Joseph (peace be upon him) meant by these words was, by having them tell their dreams, to gather their attention (?) and make known to them the religion of tawhid.

Joseph (peace be upon him), addressing the young men, said: interpreting dreams is among the knowledge my Lord has taught me. For I have turned away from the gods people worship besides the one Allah, from the religion of a people who believe neither in Allah nor in the hereafter. That is, a single Allah who created these worlds exists. I have turned away from those who turn their backs on what Allah created. These people are the ones who deny the hereafter. So that his words would have a better effect on these people, Joseph (peace be upon him) will introduce himself to these young men and make known which lineage he comes from.

Now he will make this known so that people, that is, so that they know who the person in front of them is. Now we too, for example, say of ourselves that we too are persons raised by our Lord, tasked with removing falsehoods from religion; that is what we are. Given to us by my Lord with the wisdoms of the verses, a knowledge, a knowledge given to us. You see this too; you are witnesses, I mean. If it had been that way, many contradictory words would have been said in the verses. And in that case each person, at a certain rank, has to make himself known to people. And then some swindlers say: are you praising yourself?

Such a person doesn't talk about himself. Well, what does he say then? Because it doesn't suit his interests. Because the prophets also said that they were prophets. The scholars also said they were tasked. Or one would say: I am a scholar. Why? He proved it with his words. Now in this case Joseph (peace be upon him) too will make himself known to these people, introduce himself. Now in the next verse he says exactly that.