قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَٰصِحُونَ ١١
They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
Quran verses about Joseph (Yusuf)
يوسف عليه السلام
29 verses in 1 surah · 21 subtopics
From his dream and his father’s counsel to the forgiveness he granted his brothers, these verses follow the story of Joseph (Yusuf). We see him the victim of his brothers’ jealousy, then in the house of the Aziz of Egypt, resisting temptation and preferring prison, interpreting the dreams of his fellow prisoners and of the king, and entrusted with the land’s storehouses.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- His caring father advises him and wishes him well 1
- One of the brothers opposes killing him 1
- The wounded woman challenges her fellow women 1
- The trustworthy keeper of the land’s storehouses 2
- Fatherhood speaks with prophetic inspiration 3
- Exoneration 1
- Interpreting the dreams of his two prison companions 2
- Interpreting the king’s dream 3
- His plan to bring his brother 1
- His plan to keep him by his side 2
- The fulfilment of his dream of the sun and moon prostrating 1
- His dream that was a prophecy 1
- “My Lord, prison is dearer to me” 1
- His knowledge of dream interpretation 3
- Jealousy and the plot 1
- In the house of the ʿAziz of Egypt 1
- The exposed scheme 1
- The attempted seduction 1
- The confrontation 1
- Remorse and forgiveness 1
- A cry of gratitude and hope 1
Fatherhood speaks with prophetic inspiration · 3 verses
قَالَ إِنِّى لَيَحْزُنُنِىٓ أَن تَذْهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَخَافُ أَن يَأْكُلَهُ ٱلذِّئْبُ وَأَنتُمْ عَنْهُ غَٰفِلُونَ ١٣
[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَأَجْمَعُوٓا۟ أَن يَجْعَلُوهُ فِى غَيَٰبَتِ ٱلْجُبِّ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُم بِأَمْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ١٥
So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.