Quran Universe
12:6

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ ءَالِ يَعۡقُوبَ كَمَآ أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَبَوَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ

Wakathalika yajtabeeka rabbuka wayuAAallimuka min taweeli alahadeethi wayutimmu niAAmatahu AAalayka waAAala ali yaAAqooba kama atammaha AAala abawayka min qablu ibraheema waishaqa inna rabbaka AAaleemun hakeemun

And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."

Word by word
  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thus
  2. يَجۡتَبِيكَwill choose you
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lord
  4. وَيُعَلِّمُكَand will teach you
  5. مِنof
  6. تَأۡوِيلِ(the) interpretation
  7. ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِ(of) the narratives
  8. وَيُتِمُّand complete
  9. نِعۡمَتَهُۥHis Favor
  10. عَلَيۡكَon you
  11. وَعَلَىٰٓand on
  12. ءَالِ(the) family
  13. يَعۡقُوبَ(of) Yaqub
  14. كَمَآas
  15. أَتَمَّهَاHe completed it
  16. عَلَىٰٓon
  17. أَبَوَيۡكَyour two forefathers
  18. مِنbefore
  19. قَبۡلُbefore
  20. إِبۡرَٰهِيمَIbrahim
  21. وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚand Isaac
  22. إِنَّIndeed
  23. رَبَّكَyour Lord
  24. عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knower
  25. حَكِيمٞAll-Wise
Yusuf · 12:6Makkah

Chosen, taught, and part of a long line of favor.

Yaqub reads the dream as a promise

What the dream promised
chosenas a Prophet
taughtinterpreting dreams
favor completedas on Ibrahim, Ishaq
Who decides
luck or meritI earned my place
Knowing, WiseAllah knows whom to choose

Yaqub tells his son what the vision means: Allah will choose him and teach him to interpret dreams, completing His favor as He did on Ibrahim and Ishaq. Ibn Kathir adds: Allah knows best whom to choose.

You notice a gift in yourself: patience with kids, a head for numbers, a calm voice in a crisis. It is easy to call it talent or luck. It may be a favor placed with care, meant for a purpose.

What I am good at is just how I happen to be.

My gifts were placed by a Lord who is Knowing and Wise, for a reason.

Try this

Name one ability you have and thank Allah for it by using it for someone today.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

"Thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of dreams (and other things) and perfect His favor on you and on the offspring of Ya'qub, as He perfected it on your fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq aforetime! Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (6)

Interpretation of Yusuf's Vision

Allah says that Ya'qub said to his son Yusuf, 'Just as Allah chose you to see the eleven stars, the sun and the moon prostrate before you in a vision,

وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ

(Thus will your Lord choose you) designate and assign you to be a Prophet from Him,

وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ 

(and teach you the interpretation of Ahadith).' Mujahid and several other scholars said that this part of the Ayah is in reference to the interpreting of dreams. He said next,

وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ

(and perfect His favor on you), 'by His Message and revelation to you.' This is why Ya'qub said afterwards,

كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

(as He perfected it aforetime on your fathers, Ibrahim...), Allah's intimate friend,

وَإِسْحَاقَ 

(and Ishaq), Ibrahim's son,

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

(Verily, your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.) Allah knows best whom to chose for His Messages.