Joseph (Yûsuf)

In the name of Allah, Gracious, Merciful.

¹A. L. R. These are the verses of the perspicuous book.

²We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an in order that you may learn wisdom.¹

³ We relate unto you the most beautiful of stories in that We reveal to you this Qur’an: before this you too were among those who knew it not.

⁴Behold Joseph said to his father, “O my father, I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrate themselves to me.”²

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim

¹Alif Lam Ra tilka ayatul kitabil mubini.

²Inna anzalunahu quranan arabiyyan laallakum taqiluuna.

³Nahnu naqussu alaika ahusanal qasuassi bima auhaina ilaika hazal qurana wa inkunta min qabulihi laminal gafilina.

⁴Izu qala Yusufu li abihi ya abati inni raaitu ahadaashara kaukaba wa shamusa wal qamara raaituhum li sajidina.

1. The Qur’an was revealed for the people of Arabia, this verse and the following proves that. Qur’an 43:3 reads:

“We have made it a Qur’an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom)”

42:7 explains it further that the Qur’an is revealed in Arabic so that Muhammad may warn those of Mecca and those around her. Perhaps this explains why Islamic worship, even today is only acceptable if it is in Arabic. Now, if the Qur’an was revealed for the Arabians, should it be made universal, since majority of the people of the world do not speak Arabic?

2. Were the people of Mecca, indeed Arabia ignorant of the contents of the Bible and that they were hearing it for the first time from Muhammad? I doubt that. The reason is that here is the story of Joseph being told to

a people who are presumed ignorant without any preliminaries as to who Joseph was, the name of his father, etc., etc.

Read this same story from Genesis and you will be convinced as to which people were ignorant of the fact and needed details of the story. It certainly was not the people of Arabia. Genesis 37:1‑11:

Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. He said to them, "Hear this dream that I have dreamed: Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."

His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?" And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Reading from the Bible and then the Qur’an, one is bound to conclude that the people of Arabia were very familiar with the story of Joseph, hence no details were given there. On the other hand, the people to whom the Biblical account was addressed, not being familiar with the story had to be told in detail. This is proof positive that the Bible contains the truth while the Qur’an does not.

⁵He said, “My little son, relate not your vision to your brothers lest they concoct a plot against you, for Satan is to man an avowed enemy.”

⁶“And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of stories and perfect His favor to you and to the posterity of Jacob even as He perfected it to your fathers Abraham and Isaac before. For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.”³

⁷Verily, in Joseph and his brethren are signs for seekers.

⁸They said, “Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we, but we are a goodly body. Really our father is obviously wandering.”

⁵Qala ya bunayya la taqussussu ruyaka alla ikhuwatika fa yakidu laka kaidan inna shaituana lil insani aduwwun mubinun.

⁶Wa kazalika yajutabika rabbuka wa yuallimuka min tawilil ahadisi wa yutimmu niumatahu alaika wa alla ali Yaquba kama atammaha alla abawaika min qabulu Ibrahima wa Ishaqa inna Ibrahima alimun hakimun.

⁷Laqadu kana fi Yusufu wa ikhuwatihi ayatun li sailina.

⁸Izu qalu laYusufu wa akhuhu ahabbu illa abina wa nahnu ussubatun inna abana lafi dualalin mubinin.

3. According to the Biblical story, the conversation in verse 5 and 6 never took place.

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⁹“Slay Joseph or cast him out to some land so that the favor of your father may be given to you alone, for you to be righteous after that.”

¹⁰Said one of them, “Slay not Joseph but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well, he will be picked up by some caravan of travelers.”

¹¹They said, “O our father, why do you not trust us with Joseph seeing we are indeed his sincere well wishers?”

¹²“Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play and we shall take every care of him.”

¹³He said, “Really it saddens me that you should take him away, I fear lest the wolf should devour him while you attend not to him.”

⁹Uqutulu Yusufa awitturahuhu aruduan yakhulu lakum wajuhu abikum wa takunu min badihi qauman sualihina.

¹⁰Qala qailun minuhum la taqutulu Yusufa wa aluquhu fi gayabatil jubi yalutaqituhu baddu sayyarati inkuntum failina.

¹¹Qalu ya abana ma laka la tamanna alla Yusufa wa inna lahu lanassihuna.

¹²Arusiluhu maana gadan yarutau wa yalabu wa inna lahu lahafittuna

¹³Qala inni layahuzununi an tazuhabu bihi wa akhafu anyakulahu zibu wa antum anhu gafiluna.

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¹⁴They said, “If the wolf were to devour him while we are a party then should we indeed have perished ourselves.”

¹⁵So they took him away and they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well, and We put into his heart, “Of a surety you shall tell them the truth of this their affair while they know not.”

¹⁶And they came to their father in the early part of the night weeping.

¹⁷They said, “Oh our father! we went racing with one another and left Joseph with our things: and the wolf devoured him. But you will never believe us even though we tell the truth.”

¹⁴Qalu lain akalahu zibu wa nahnu usubatun inna izalakhaasiruna.

¹⁵Falamma zahabu bihi wa ajumau anyyajaluhu fi gayabatil jubi wa auhaina ilaihi latunabiannahum bi amurihim haza wa hum la yashuruna.

¹⁶Wa jau abahum ishaayyabukuna.

¹⁷Qalu ya abana inna zahabuna nasutabiqu wa tarakuna Yusufa inda mataina fa akalahu zibu wa ma anta bimuminin lana wa lau kunna sadiqina.

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¹⁸And they stained his shirt with false blood. He said, “No, but your minds have made up a tale with you. Patience is most fitting, against that which you assert, it is Allah whose help can be sought.”⁴

¹⁹And then there came a caravan of travelers, they sent their water carrier and he let down his bucket. He said, “Ah there. Good news. Here is a young man. So they concealed him as a treasure. But Allah knows well all that they do.

²⁰And they sold him for a miserable price for a few dirhams counted out, in such low estimation did they hold him.⁵

¹⁸Wa jau alla qamissihi bi damin kazibin qala balu sawwalatu lakum anfusukum amuran fa saburun jamilun wallahul musutaanu alla ma tasifuna.

¹⁹Wa jaatu sayaratun fa arusala waridahum fa adula daluwaha qala ya bushura haza gulamun wa asaruhu biduatan wallahu alimum bima yamaluna.

²⁰Wa sharauhu bi samanin bakhusin darahima madudatin wa kana fihi mina zahidina

4. Who said that the Joseph should be slain, it sounds as if one of them said it. The story is found in Genesis 37:12‑ 36:

Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am." So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word."

So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, "What are you seeking?" "I am seeking my brothers," he said. "Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock." And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams."

But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life." And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.

Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes and returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?"

Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not." And he identified it and said, "It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him. Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.

There is cohesiveness in the story told in the Bible. The story in the Qur’an disagrees with the Biblical story in more than one way.

a) The request in verse 11 never took place.

b) contrary to verse 13, Jacob did not plant any ideas in their heads.

c) Joseph did not go with his brothers, he was sent after them by his father as read in verse 15.

d) Verse 16, they told their father a lie alright, but they did not say that they went off racing one another, they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

e) Jacob did not suspect his children nor did he think they were capable of such diabolical act against one of their own.

5. Verses 19 and 20 contradict each other. Verse 19 says that he was found by a water carrier of a caravan, verse 20 says that they (his) brethren sold him. The Bible once again proves to be superior in knowledge by given the entire treacherous plot of his brethren.

²¹And the man in Egypt who bought him said to his wife. “Make his stay honorable, maybe he will bring us much good or we shall adopt him as a son.” Thus did we establish Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of stories. And Allah has full power and control over His affairs, but most among mankind know it not.⁶

²²And when he attained his full manhood We gave him power and knowledge, thus do We reward those who do right.

²³And she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from his true self, she fastened the doors and said, “Now come,” He said, “Allah forbid, truly your husband is my lord. He made my sojourn agreeable. Truly to no good come those who do wrong.”⁷

²⁴And did she desire him and he would have desired her but that he saw the evidence of his Lord, that We might turn away from him evil and shameful deeds, for he was one of Our servants sincere and purified.⁸

²¹Wa qala lazi shyutarahu min missura li muraatihi akurimi masuwahu asa anyanufaana au natakhizahu waladan wa kazalika makanna li Yusufa filardi wa linuallimahu min tawilil ahadisi wallahu galibun alla amurihi wa lakinna akusara nasi la yalamuna.

²²Wa lamma balaga ashudahu atainahu hukuman wa iluman wa kazalika najuzil muhusinina.

²³Wa rawadathu lati huwa fi baitiha an nafusihi wa gallaqatil abuwaba wa qalatu haita laka qala maazallahi innahu rabbi ahusana masuwaya innahu la yufulihu tualimuna.

²⁴Wa laqadu hamatu bihi wa hama biha lau la ar raa buruhana rabbihi kazalika linasurifa anuhu sua wal fahushaa innahu min ibadinal mukhulasina.

6. This is how Joseph ended up in Egypt. His brothers sold him to a caravan of Midianites from the descendants of Ishmael, they also sold him in Egypt to Portiphar, an officer of Pharaoh. Joseph was in his care until his wife attempted to seduce him, when she failed, she lied on Joseph which landed him in jail.

7. Please refer to verse 23. The story of the attempted rape by Potiphar’s wife is recorded in Genesis 39:1‑20:

Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field.

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.

Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me." But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?"

And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.

And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house."

Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house."

As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger was kindled. And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

8. Verses 23 to 34 tells the story of Joseph differently from what we read of in Genesis 37-39. For additional reference please go to “Compare and Contrast” under Study Help.

²⁵And so they both raced each other to the door and she tore his shirt from the back, they both found her lord near the door. She said, “What is the punishment for one who formed an evil design against your wife but prison or a grievous chastisement?”

²⁶He said, “It was she that sought to seduce me from my true self.” And one of her household saw and bore witness, “If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true and he is a liar.”

²⁷“And if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar and he is telling the truth.”

²⁸So when he saw his shirt that it was torn at the back, he said, “Behold, it is a snare of you women, Truly mighty is your snare.

²⁵Wa sutabaqal baba wa qadatu qamisahu min duburi wa alufaya sayidaha lada l babi qalatu ma jazau man arada bi ahulika suan illaa anyusujana au azabun alimun.

²⁶Qala hiya rawadatuni an nafusi wa shahida shahidun min ahuliha in kana qamissuha qudda min qubulin fa suadaqat wa huwa minal kazibina.

²⁷Wa inkana qamissuhu qudda min duburin fa kazabatu wa huwa mina suadiqina.

²⁸Falamma raa qamissahu qudda min duburin qala innahu min kaidikunna inna kaidakunna attimun.

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²⁹“Joseph pass this over, ask forgiveness for your sin for truly you have been at fault.”

³⁰And the ladies said in the city, “The wife of the Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his true self, truly has he inspired her with violent love, we see she is evidently going astray.”

³¹When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them, she gave each of them a knife; and she said, “Come out before them.” When they saw him they extolled him and cut their hands. They said, “Allah preserve us, this is no mortal. This is none other than a noble angel.”

²⁹Yusufu ariddu an haza wa sutagufiri lizamubiki innaki kunti minal khatiina.

³⁰Wa qala nisuwatun fil madinati muraatul Azizi turawidu fataha an nafusihi qadu shagafaha hubban inna lanaraha fi dualalin mubinin.

³¹Falamma samiatu bi makurihinna arusalatu ilaihinna wa atadatu lahunna mutakaan wa atatu kulla wahidatin minhunna sikkinan wa qaatu ikhuruju alaihinna falamma raainahu akubarunahu wa qatana aidiyahunna wa quluna hasha lillahi ma haza basharan in haza illa malakun karimun.

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³²She said, “There before you is the man about whom you blamed me. I did seek to seduce him from his true self, but he firmly saved himself guiltless. And now if he does not my bidding, he shall certainly be cast into prison and be in the company of the vilest.”

³³He said, “O my Lord, the prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me, unless you turn away their snare from me I should feel inclined towards them and join the ranks of the ignorant.”

³⁴So his Lord heard him and turned away from him their snare, verily, He hears and knows all things.

³⁵Then it occurred to the men after they had seen the signs to imprison him for a time.⁹

³²Qalatu fazalikunna lazi lumutunnani fihi wa laqadu rawatuhu an nafusihi fa sutasama wa lail lam yafal ma amuruhu layusujananna wa layakunan mina suagirina.

³³Qala rabbi sijunu ahabu ilayya mimma yadunani ilaihi wa illa tasurifu anni kaidahunna asubu ilaihinna wa akum minal jahilina.

³⁴Fa sutajaba lahu rabbuhu fasarafa anuhu kaidahunna innahu huwa samiul alimu.

³⁵Summa bada lahum min badi ma raawul ayati layasujununnahu hata hinin.

9. According to the Bible when Portiphar heard his wife’s allegation, he believed her and on the strength of that he imprisoned Joseph. Again the Qur’an fabricates a story in that event.

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³⁶And now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of them, “I see myself pressing wine.” Said the other, “I see myself carrying bread on my head and birds are eating thereof.” “Tell us the truth and meaning thereof, for we see you are one that does good.”¹⁰

³⁷He said, “Before any food comes to feed either of you, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this before it comes to pass, that is part of that which my Lord has taught me. I have abandoned the ways of a people that believe not in Allah and that deny the hereafter.”

³⁶Wa dakhala maahu sijuna fatayani qala ahaduhuma inni arani asiru khamuran wa qalal akharu inni arani ahumilu fauqa rasi khubuzan takulut tairu minhu nabbina bitawilihi inna naraka minal muhusinina.

³⁷Qala la yatiyukuma taamun turuzaqanihi illa nabbatukuma bi tawilihi qabula anyatiyakuma zalikuma mimma allamani rabbi inni tarakutu millata qaumi la yuminuna billahi wa hum bilakhirati hum kafiruna.

10. The two officers of Pharaoh were in jail before Joseph got there, contrary to what the Qur’an says. Genesis 40:1‑23 gives more insight into the matter:

Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.

And one night they both dreamed--the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison--each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why are your faces downcast today?"

They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine before me, and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit."

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head."

And Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head--from you!--and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."

On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

³⁸“And I follow the ways of my fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and never could we attribute any partners whatever to Allah, that is of the grace of Allah to us and to mankind, yet most men are not grateful.

³⁹“O my two companions of the prison! are many lords differing among themselves better or Allah the one supreme and irresistible?”

⁴⁰“If not Him you worship nothing but names which you have named, you and your fathers for which Allah has sent you no authority, the command is for none but Allah, He has commanded that you worship none but Him, that is the right religion but most men understand not.”

³⁸Wa tabatu millata abai Ibrahima wa Ishaqa wa Yaquba ma kana lana an nushurika billahi min shaiin zalika min fadulillahi alaina wa alla nasi wa lakinna akusaran nasi la yashukuruna.

³⁹Ya sahibayi sijuni aarubabun mutafarriquna khairun amillahu l wahidu l qahharu.

⁴⁰Ma taubuduna min dunihi illa asumaan sammaitumuha anutum wa abaukum ma anuzalallahu biha min sultanin inil hukumu illa lillahi amara alla tabudu illa iyyahu zalika dinul qayyimu wa lakinna akusaran nasi la yalamuna.

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⁴¹“O my two companions of the prison! as to one of you he will pour out the wine for his lord to drink, as for the other he will hang from the cross and the birds will eat from off his head. This has been decreed, that matter whereof you two enquire.”

⁴²And of the two to that one whom he considered about to be saved he said, “Mention me to your lord.” But Satan made him forget to mention him to his lord, and he lingered in prison a few years.

⁴³And the king said, “I see seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn and seven withered. O chiefs, expound to me my vision if it be that you can interpret visions.”

⁴¹Ya sahibayi sijuni amma ahadukuma fayasuqi rabbahu khamuran wa ammal akharu fa yussulabu fa takulu tuairu mi rasihi qudiyal amuru lazi fihi tasutafutiyani.

⁴²Wa qala lillazi tuanna annahu najin minhuma zukuruni inda rabbika fa anusahush shaituanu zikura rabbihi fa labisa fi sijuni bida sinina.

⁴³Wa qalal maliku inni ara saba baqaratin simani yakuluhunna sabun ijafun wa saba sumubulatin khuduri wa ukhara yabisatin ya ayyuhal malau afutuni firuyaya inkuntum liruya taburuna.

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⁴⁴They said, “A confused medley of dreams, and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams.”

⁴⁵And the man who had been released one of the two and who now remembered him after a space of time said, “I will tell you the truth of its interpretation, send me.”

⁴⁶“Joseph, man of truth, expound to us the dream of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of corn and others withered, that I may return to the people and that they may understand.”

⁴⁷He said, “For seven years shall you diligently sow as you should, and the harvests that you reap you shall leave them in the ear except a little of which you shall eat.”

⁴⁴Qalu adudgasu ahulamin wa ma nahnu bi tawilil ahulami bi alimina.

⁴⁵Wa qala lazi naja minuhuma wadakara bada ummatin anna unabbiukum bitawilihi fa arusiluni.

⁴⁶Yusufu ayyuha ssiddiqu afutina fi sabi baqaratin simani yakuluhunna sabunijafun wa sabi sumubulatin khuduri wa ukhara yabisati laalli arujiu illa nasi laallahum yalamuna

⁴⁷Qala tazurauna saba sinina daaban fama hasuadutum fazaruhu fi sumubulihi illa qalilan mimma takuluna.

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⁴⁸“Then will come after that seven dreadful years which will devour what you shall have laid by in advance for them except a little which you shall have guarded.”

⁴⁹“Then will come after that a year in which the people will have abundant water and in which they will press wine and oil.”

⁵⁰And so the king said, “Bring him to me.” But when the messenger came to him Joseph said, “Go back to your lord and ask him what is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands?” For my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare.

⁴⁸Summa yati min badi zalika sabun shidadun yakuluna ma qadamutum lahunna illa qalilan mimma tuhusinuna..

⁴⁹Summa yati min badi zalika amun fihi yugasu nasu wa fihi yasiruna.

⁵⁰Wa qala l malikutuni bihi falamma jaahu rasulu qala ruji illa rabbika fasaluhu ma balu nisuwatillati qatana aidiyahunna inna rabbi bi kaidihinna alimun.

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⁵¹He said, “What was your affair when you sought to seduce Joseph from his true self?” The ladies said, “Allah preserve us! no evil know we against him.” The Aziz’s wife said, “Now is the truth manifest, it was I who sought to seduce him from his true self, he is indeed of those who are true.

⁵²“This is in order that he may know that I have never been false to him in his absence, and that Allah will never guide the snare of the false ones.”

⁵³“And I do not absolve my own self, that is certainly prone to evil unless my Lord bestow His mercy, but surely certainly my Lord is most forgiving, most merciful.”

⁵⁴And so the king said, “Bring him to me, I will take him specially to serve about my own person.” Therefore when he had spoken to him he said, “Be assured, this day you are before our own presence with rank firmly established and fidelity fully proved.”

⁵⁵He said, “Set me over the storehouses of the land, I will indeed guard them as one that knows.”¹¹

⁵¹Qala ma khatubukunna izu rawatunna Yusufa an nafusihi quluna hasha lillahi ma alimuna alaihi min suin qalati imuraatul azizil ana hashasal haqqu ana rawatuhu an nafusihi wa innahu lamina suadiqina.

⁵²Zalika liyalama anni lam akhunuhu bilu gaibi wa annallaha la yahudi kaidal khainina.

⁵³Wa ma ubarriu nafusi inna nafusa laammaratun bi sui illa ma rahima rabbi inna rabbi gafurun rahimun.

⁵⁴Wa qalal malikutuni bihi asutakhulishu linafusi falamma kallamahu qala innakal yauma ladaina makinun aminun.

⁵⁵Qala jaluni alla khazaini larddi inni hafittun alimun.

11. Please refer to verse 55. The Qur’anic account is obviously very off. According to Genesis 41:25‑43:

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.

The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine. It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, but after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt.

The famine will consume the land, and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe. And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about. Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven

plentiful years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."

This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?" Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you."

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck. And he made him ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, "Bow the knee!" Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.

⁵⁶And thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land to take possession therein as when or where he pleased. We bestow of Our mercy on whom We please and We suffer not to be lost the reward of those who do good.

⁵⁷And verily, the reward of the hereafter is the best for those who believe and are constant in righteousness.

⁵⁸And then came Joseph’s brethren, they entered his presence and he knew them but they knew him not.

⁵⁹And when he had furnished them forth with provisions for them he said, “Bring unto me a brother you have of the same father as yourselves, see not that I pay out full measure and that I do provide the best hospitality?”¹²

⁶⁰“Now if you bring him not to me you shall have no measure from me nor shall be you come near me.”

⁵⁶Wa kazalika makkannali Yusufa filardi yatabawwau minha haisu yashau nusibu bi rahumatina man nashau wa la nudiu ajural muhusinina.

⁵⁷Wa laajuru lakhirati khairul lillazina amanu wa kanu yataquna

⁵⁸Wa jaa ikhuwatu Yusufa fadakhalu alaihi faarafahum wa hum lahu munukiruna.

⁵⁹Wa lamma jahazahum bi jahazihim qalatuni bi akhil lakum min abikum alla tarauna anni ufil kaila wa ana khairul munzilina.

⁶⁰Fa illam tatuni bihi fala kaila lakum indi wa la taqurabuni.

12. A comparative look at this verse and Genesis 42:13‑16 reveals a different story:

And they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more." But Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you. You are spies. By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."

It was the brethren who spoke of their younger brother to Joseph after they were accused of being spies. It was their way of trying to show how honest they were, unfortunately for them, it was Joseph they were lying to.

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⁶¹They said, “We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father: indeed we shall do it.”

⁶²And he told his servants to put their stock in trade into their saddlebags so they should know it, only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come back.

⁶³Now when they returned to their father they said, “O our father, no more measure of grain shall we get, so send our brother with us that we may get our measure, and we will indeed take every care of him.”

⁶¹Qalu sanurawidu anhu abahu wa inna lafailuna.

⁶²Wa qala lifituyanihi jalu bidaatahum fi rihalihim laallahum yarifunaha iza nuqalabu illa ahulihim laallahum yarujiuna.

⁶³Falamma rajau illa abihim qalu ya abana munia minnal kailu fa arusilu maana akhana nakutalu wa inna lahu lahafizuna.

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⁶⁴He said, “Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother before? But Allah is the best to take care of him and He is the most merciful of those who show mercy.”

⁶⁵And then when they opened their baggage they found their stock in trade had been returned to them. They said, “O our father, what can we desire? Our stock in trade has been returned to us, so we shall get food for our family, we shall take care of our brother, and add a full camel’s load, this is a small quantity.”

⁶⁶Jacob said, “Never will I send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me in Allah’s name that you will be sure to bring him back to me, unless you are yourselves hemmed in.” And when they had sworn their solemn oath he said, “Over all that we say, be Allah the witness and guardian.”

⁶⁴Qala halu amanukum alaihi illa kama aminutukum alla akhihi min qabulu fallahu khairun hafiza wa huwa aruhamu rahimina.

⁶⁵Wa lamma fatahu mataahum wajadu biduaatahum rudatu ilaihim qalu ya abana ma nabugi hazihi biduaatuna rudatu ilaina wa namiru ahulana wa nahufazu akhana wa nazudadu kaila bairin zalika kailun yasirun.

⁶⁶Qala lan urusilahu maakum hata tutani mausiqan minallahi latatunnani bihi illa anyuhata bikum falamma atauhu mausiqahum qalallahu alla ma naqulu wakilun.

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⁶⁷And further he said, “O my sons! enter not all by one gate, enter by different gates. Not that I can profit you anything against Allah, none can command except Allah, on Him do I put my trust and let all that trust put their trust on Him.”

⁶⁸And when they entered in the manner their father had enjoined, it did not profit them in the least against Allah, it was but a necessity of Jacob’s soul which he discharged. For he was by Our instruction full of knowledge but most men know not.¹³

⁶⁹And now when they came into Joseph’s presence he received his brother to stay with him. He said, “Behold, I am your brother, so grieve not at any of their doings.”

⁶⁷Wa qala ya baniyya la tadukhulu min babi wahidi wa dukhulu min abuwabin mutafarriqatin wa ma uguni anukum minallahi min shaiin inil hukumu illa lillahi alaihi tawakkalutu wa alaihi faluyatawakkalil mutawakkiluna.

⁶⁸Wa lamma dakhalu min haisu amarahum abuhum ma kana yuguni anuhum minallahi min shaiin illa hajatan fi nafusi Yaquba qaddaha wa innahu lazu ilmin lima allamunahu wa lakinna akusara nasi la yalamuna.

⁶⁹Wa lamma dakhalu alla Yusufa awa ilaihi akhuhu qala inni ana akhuka fala tabutaisu bima kanu yamaluna.

13. The account from verse 60‑68 is in contradiction with the story in Genesis 42:17‑38:

And he put them all together in custody for three days. On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God: if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die."

And they did so. Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us."

And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.

Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed. And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

He said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!" At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we have never been spies. We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way. Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me."

Then Reuben said to his father, "Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you." But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

⁷⁰At length when he had furnished them forth with provisions for them he put the drinking cup into his brother’s saddlebag. Then shouted out a crier, “You in the caravan, behold, you are thieves without doubt.”

⁷¹They said turning towards them, “What is it that you miss?”.

⁷²They said, “We miss the great beaker of the king, for him who produces it is a camel load, I will be bound by it.”.

⁷³They said, “By Allah, you know well that we came not to make mischief in the land and we are no thieves.”.

⁷⁴They said, “What then shall be the penalty of this if you are to have lied?”.

⁷⁵They said, “The penalty should be that he in whose saddle bag it is found should be held to atone for the crime. Thus it is we punish the wrongdoers.”

⁷⁰Falamma jahazahum bi jahazihim jaala siqayata fi rahuli akhihi summa azzana muazzinun ayyatuhal iru innakum lasariquna.

⁷¹Qalu wa aqubalu alaihim maza tafuqiduna.

⁷²Qalu nafuqidu ssuwaal maliki wa liman jaa bihi himulu bairi wa ana bihi zaimun.

⁷³Qalutallahi laqadu alimtum ma jina linufusida filarddi wa ma kunna sariqina.

⁷⁴Qalu fama jazauhu inkuntum kazibina

⁷⁵Qalu jazauhu man wujida fi rahulihi fa huwa jazauh kazalika najuzi tualimina.

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⁷⁶So he began with their baggage, before the baggage of his brother, at length He brought it out of his brother’s baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by the law of the king except that Allah willed it. We raise to degrees whom We please, but over all endued with knowledge is one, the all knowing.

⁷⁷They said, “If he steals there was a brother of his who did steal before.” But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heart revealing not the secrets to them. He said “You are the worse situated, and Allah knows best the truth of what you assert.”¹⁴

⁷⁸They said, “O exalted one, behold, he has a father aged and venerable, so take one of us in his place, for we see that you are in doing good.”

⁷⁶Fabadaa bi auiyatihim qabula wiai akhihi summa sutakhurajaha min wiai akhihi kazalika kiduna liYusufa ma kana liyakhuza akhahu fi dinil maliki illa anyashaallahu narufau darajatin man nashau wa fauqa kulli zi ilmin alimun.

⁷⁷Qalu inyasuriqu fa qadu saraqa akhun lahu min qabulu fa asarraha Yusufu fi nafusihi wa lam yubudiha lahum qala antum sharrun makanan wallahu alamu bima tasifuna.

⁷⁸Qalu yaayyuhal azizu inna lahu aban shaikhan kabiran fa khuz ahadana makanaha inna naraka minal muhusinina.

14. Verse 69 contradicts verse 77. In verse 69 Joseph told them that Benjamin was his brother, however in verse 77 we read that Joseph kept his knowledge a secret. The whole conversation is not in agreement with the historical fact as recorded in Genesis 43:20‑34:

... "Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food. And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man's money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us, and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks."

He replied, "Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them. And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder, they prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground. And he inquired about their welfare and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"

They said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!"

Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there. Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, "Serve the food."

They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement. Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.

⁷⁹He said, “Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property, indeed we should be acting wrongfully.”

⁸⁰Now when they saw no hope of his, they held a conference in private. The leader among them said, “Do you not know that your father took an oath from you in Allah’s name and how before this you failed in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I not leave this land until my father permits me or Allah commands me, and He is the best to command.

⁸¹“Turn back to your father and say ‘O our father, behold, your son stole, we bear witness only to what we know and we could not well guard against the unseen’”

⁷⁹Qala maazallahi an nakhuza illa man wajaduna mataana indahu inna iza latualimuna.

⁸⁰Falamma sutaiasu minhu khalasu najiyyan qala kabiruhum alam talamu anna abakum qadu akhaza alaikum mausiqan minallahi wa min qabulu ma farratum fi Yusufa falan aburaha l ardda hata yazana li abi au yahkumallahu li wa huwa khairul hakimina.

⁸¹Irujiu illa abikum fa qulu ya abana inna bunaka saraqa wa ma shahiduna illa bima alimuna wa ma kunna lil gaibi hafizina

⁸²“And ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned and we are indeed telling the truth.”.

⁸³Jacob said, “No, but you have yourselves contrived a story for you. So patience is most fitting. Maybe Allah will bring them all to me, for He is indeed full of knowledge and wisdom.”

⁸⁴And he turned away from them and said, “How great is my grief for Joseph.” And his eyes became white with sorrow and he fell into silent melancholy.

⁸⁵They said, “By Allah, will you not cease to remember Joseph until you reach the last extremity of illness or until you die.”

⁸⁶He said, “I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah and I know from Allah that which you know not.

⁸²Wa salil qaryatal lati kunna fiha wal ira lati aqubaluna fiha wa inna lasadiquna.

⁸³Qala balu sawalatu lakum anfusukum amuran fasuaburun jamilun asallaahu anyatiyani bihim jamian innahu huwal alimul hakimu.

⁸⁴Wa tawalla anuhum wa qala ya asafa alla Yusufa wa buyaddatu ainahu minal huzuni fahuwa kattimun.

⁸⁵Qala tallahi tafutau tazukuru Yusufa hata takuna haradan au takuna minal halikina.

⁸⁶Qala innama ashuku bassi wa huzuni ilallahi wa alamu minallahi ma la talamuna.

⁸⁷“O my sons, go and enquire about Joseph and his brother and never give up hope of Allah’s soothing mercy, truly no one despairs of Allah’s soothing mercy except those who have no faith.”.

⁸⁸Then when they came into his presence, they said, “O exalted one, distress has seized us and our family, we have brought but scanty capital, so pay us full measure and treat it as charity to us, for Allah does reward the charitable.”

⁸⁹He said, “Do you know how you dealt with Joseph and his brother not knowing?”.

⁸⁷Ya baniyazuhabu fatahasasu mi Yusufa wa akhihi wa la taiasu mi rauhillahi innahu la yaiasu mi rauhillahi illal qaumul kafiruna.

⁸⁸Falamma dakhalu alaihi qalu ya ayyuhal azizu masana wa akhulana ddurru wa jina bi biduaatin muzujatin fa aufi lanal kaila wa tasuadaqu alaina innallaha yajuzil mutasuadiqina.

⁸⁹Qala hal alimutum ma faalutum biYusufa wa akhihi izu antum jahiluna.

⁹⁰They said, “Are you indeed Joseph?” He said, “I am Joseph and this is my brother, Allah has indeed been gracious to us, behold he that is righteous and patient never will Allah suffer the reward to be lost of those who do right.”.

⁹¹They said, “By Allah, indeed has Allah preferred you above us and we certainly have been guilty of sin.”

⁹²He said, “This day let no reproach be on you, Allah will forgive you and He is the most merciful of those who show mercy?”.

⁹³Go with this my shirt and cast it over the face of my father, he will come to see. Then come to me together with all your family.”

⁹⁴And when the caravan left their father said, “I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph, no, think me not a dotard.”

⁹⁵They said, “By Allah, truly you are in your old wandering mind.”

⁹⁰Qalu ainnaka laanta Yusufu qala anna Yusufu wa haza akhi qadu mannallahu alaina innahu man yataqi wa yassubiru fa innallaha la yudiu ajural muhusinina.

⁹¹Qalu tallahi laqadu asarakallahu alaina wa inkunna lakhatiina.

⁹²Qala la tasuriba alaikumul yauma yagufirullahu lakum wa huwa aruhamu rahimina.

⁹³Izuhabu bi qamisi haza fa aluquhu alu wajuhi abi yati basiran watuni bi ahulikum ajumaina.

⁹⁴Wa lamma fasalatil iru qala abuhum inni laajidu riha Yusufa lau la antufanniduni.

⁹⁵Qalu talluhi innaka lafi dualalikal qadimi.

⁹⁶Then when the bearer of the good news came, he cast over his face and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said, “Did I not say to you ‘I know from Allah that which you know not?’”

⁹⁷They said, “O our father, ask for us forgiveness for our sins for we were truly at fault.”

⁹⁸He said, “Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you, “or He is indeed most forgiving, merciful.”

⁹⁹Then when they entered the presence of Joseph he provided a home for his parents with himself and said, “Enter Egypt in safety if it please Allah.”

⁹⁶Falamma an jaal bashiru aluqahu alla wajuhihi fa rutada basiran qala alam aqul lakum inni alamu minallahi ma la talamuna.

⁹⁷Qalu ya abana sutagufiru lana zunubana inna kunna khatiina.

⁹⁸Qala saufa asutagufiru lakum rabbi innahu huwal gafuru rahimu.

⁹⁹Falamma dakhalu alla Yusufa awa ilaihi abawaihi wa qala dukhulu misura in shaallahu aminina.

¹⁰⁰And he raised his parents high on the throne and they fell down in prostration before him. He said, “O my father, this is the fulfillment of my vision of old. Allah has made it come true, He was indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you out of the desert, after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Verily, my Lord understands best the mysteries of all that He plans to do: for verily, He is full of knowledge and wisdom.”

¹⁰¹“O my Lord, you have indeed bestowed on me some power and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events. O creator of the heavens and the earth. You are my protector in this world and in the hereafter, take my soul as one submitting to your will and unite me with the righteous.”

¹⁰²Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen which We reveal by inspiration unto you. You were not with them when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their plots.

¹⁰⁰Wa rafaa abawaihi alal arushi wa kharru lahu sujjadan wa qala ya abati haza tawilu ruyayamin qabulu qadu jaalaha rabbi haqqan wa qadu ahusana bi izu akhurajani mina sijuni wa jaa bikum minal baduwi min badi an nazaga shaituanu baini wa baina ikhuwati inna rabbi lattifun lima yashau innahu huwal alimul hakimu.

¹⁰¹Rabbi qadu ataitani minal mulki wa allamutani min tawilil ahadisi fatira samawati walarddi anta waliyyi fi dunya walakhirahti tawaffani musulima wa aluhiquni bi salihina.

¹⁰²Zalika min amubail gaibi nuhihi ilaika wa ma kunta ladaihim izu ajumau amurahum wa hum yamukuruna.

¹⁰³And yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however ardently you desire it.

¹⁰⁴And no reward do you ask of them for this, it is no less than a message for all creatures.

¹⁰⁵And how many signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn away from them.

¹⁰⁶And most of them believe not in Allah without associating others with Him.

¹⁰⁷Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering veil of the wrath of Allah, or of the coming against them of the hour, all of a sudden while they perceive not?

¹⁰⁸Say, “This my way, I invite unto Allah an evidence clear as the seeing with one’s eyes, I and whoever follows me, Glory to Allah, and never will I join gods with Allah.”

¹⁰³Wa ma akusaru nasi wa lau harasuta bi muminina.

¹⁰⁴Wa ma tasaluhum alaihi min ajurin in huwa illa zikurul lil alamina.

¹⁰⁵Wa kaayyinu min ayatin fi samawati walarddi yamurruna alaiha wa hum anha muridduna.

¹⁰⁶Wa ma yuminu akusaruhum billahi illa wa hum mushrikuna.

¹⁰⁷Afaaminu an tatiyahum gashiyatun min azabillahi au tatiyahumu saatu bagutatan wa hum la yashuruna.

¹⁰⁸Qulu hazihi sabiuli adu ilallahi alla basiratin ana wa man itabaani wa subhanallahi wa ma ana minal mushrikina.

¹⁰⁹Nor did We send before you any but men whom We inspired, living in human habitations. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before them? But the home of the hereafter is best for those who do right. Will you not then understand?

¹¹⁰Until when the apostles give up hope and think that they were treated as liars, there reaches them Our help. And those whom We will are delivered into safety. But never will be warded off Our punishment from those who are in sin.

¹⁰⁹Wa ma arusalna min qabulika illa rijalan nuhi ilaihim min ahulil qura afalam yasiru filarddi fayantturu kaifa kana aqibatul lazina min qabulihim wa ladaru lakhirati khairul lil lazina taqau afala taqiluna.

^110Hata iza sutaiasa rusulu wa tuannu annahum qadu kuzibu jaahum nasuruna fanujjiya man nashau wa la yuradu basuna anil qaumil mujurimina.

¹¹¹There is in their stories instruction for men endued with understanding. It is not a tale invented but a confirmation of what went before it, a detailed exposition of all things and a guide and a mercy to any such as believe.

¹¹¹Laqadu kana fi qasuassihim iburatun liulil alubabi ma kana hadisa yufutara wa lakin tasudiqal lazi baina yadaihi wa tafusila kulli shaiin wa Hudan warahumatan liqaumi yuminuna