As for one of you, he wants to serve his lord, his master. And 'Ikrimah read: 'he will serve his lord,' meaning he will be served with what quenches his thirst, in the passive form. It is narrated that he said to the first: 'What you saw of the vine and its beauty is the kingdom and your good state with him. As for the three branches, they are three days that will pass in prison, then you will come out and return to what you were.' And he said to the second: 'What you saw of the baskets is three days, then you will come out and be killed. The matter has been decided, and what you are seeking a verdict on has been completed, just as your affair is.' If you say: 'What did they seek a verdict on in one matter, rather in two different matters, so what is the reason for the unification?' I say: The intended matter is what they were accused of regarding the poison of the king and what they were imprisoned for. They thought that what they saw was in the meaning of what befell them, as if they were seeking a verdict from him on the matter that befell them, whether its consequence would be salvation or destruction. So he told them: 'The matter has been decided regarding what you are seeking a verdict on,' meaning: what will lead to the consequence, which is the destruction of one of them and the salvation of the other. And it is said: They denied and said: 'We saw nothing,' as it is narrated that they pretended to him, so he informed them that it would happen whether you told the truth or lied.