Joseph

Surah
Yusuf

الٓرۚ
تِلۡكَ
ءَايَٰتُ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
ٱلۡمُبِينِ
١

Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:2

إِنَّآ

أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ

قُرۡءَٰنًا

عَرَبِيّٗا

لَّعَلَّكُمۡ

تَعۡقِلُونَ

Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran¹ so that you may understand.²

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:3

نَحۡنُ

نَقُصُّ

عَلَيۡكَ

أَحۡسَنَ

ٱلۡقَصَصِ

بِمَآ

أَوۡحَيۡنَآ

إِلَيۡكَ

هَٰذَا

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ

وَإِن

كُنتَ

مِن

قَبۡلِهِۦ

لَمِنَ

ٱلۡغَٰفِلِينَ

We relate to you ˹O Prophet˺ the best of stories through Our revelation of this Quran, though before this you were totally unaware ˹of them˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:4

إِذۡ

قَالَ

يُوسُفُ

لِأَبِيهِ

يَٰٓأَبَتِ

إِنِّي

رَأَيۡتُ

أَحَدَ

عَشَرَ

كَوۡكَبٗا

وَٱلشَّمۡسَ

وَٱلۡقَمَرَ

رَأَيۡتُهُمۡ

لِي

سَٰجِدِينَ

˹Remember˺ when Joseph said to his father, “O my dear father! Indeed I dreamt of eleven stars, and the sun, and the moon—I saw them prostrating to me!”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:5

قَالَ

يَٰبُنَيَّ

لَا

تَقۡصُصۡ

رُءۡيَاكَ

عَلَىٰٓ

إِخۡوَتِكَ

فَيَكِيدُواْ

لَكَ

كَيۡدًاۖ

إِنَّ

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ

لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ

عَدُوّٞ

مُّبِينٞ

He replied, “O my dear son! Do not relate your vision to your brothers, or they will devise a plot against you. Surely Satan is a sworn enemy to humankind.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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

And so will your Lord choose you ˹O Joseph˺, and teach you the interpretation of dreams, and perfect His favour upon you and the descendants of Jacob—˹just˺ as He once perfected it upon your forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. Surely your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:7

۞ لَّقَدۡ

كَانَ

فِي

يُوسُفَ

وَإِخۡوَتِهِۦٓ

ءَايَٰتٞ

لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ

Indeed, in the story of Joseph and his brothers there are lessons for all who ask.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:8

إِذۡ

قَالُواْ

لَيُوسُفُ

وَأَخُوهُ

أَحَبُّ

إِلَىٰٓ

أَبِينَا

مِنَّا

وَنَحۡنُ

عُصۡبَةٌ

إِنَّ

أَبَانَا

لَفِي

ضَلَٰلٖ

مُّبِينٍ

˹Remember˺ when they said ˹to one another˺, “Surely Joseph and his brother ˹Benjamin˺ are more beloved to our father than we, even though we are a group of so many.¹ Indeed, our father is clearly mistaken.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:9

ٱقۡتُلُواْ

يُوسُفَ

أَوِ

ٱطۡرَحُوهُ

أَرۡضٗا

يَخۡلُ

لَكُمۡ

وَجۡهُ

أَبِيكُمۡ

وَتَكُونُواْ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِهِۦ

قَوۡمٗا

صَٰلِحِينَ

Kill Joseph or cast him out to some ˹distant˺ land so that our father’s attention will be only ours, then after that you may ˹repent and˺ become righteous people!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:10

قَالَ

قَآئِلٞ

مِّنۡهُمۡ

لَا

تَقۡتُلُواْ

يُوسُفَ

وَأَلۡقُوهُ

فِي

غَيَٰبَتِ

ٱلۡجُبِّ

يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ

بَعۡضُ

ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ

إِن

كُنتُمۡ

فَٰعِلِينَ

١٠

One of them said, “Do not kill Joseph. But if you must do something, throw him into the bottom of a well so perhaps he may be picked up by some travellers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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