Sura 12 Joseph (Yousuf)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[12:1] A.L.R. These are the signs of the clear Book.

[12:2] We have brought it down as an Arabic Quran so that you may reason.

[12:3] We narrate to you the best stories through this Quran which We have revealed to you. And before it, you were indeed among the oblivious.

[12:4] When Joseph said to his father, "O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me,"

[12:5] he said, "My son, do not narrate your vision to your brothers, lest they scheme some scheme against you. The devil is indeed a clear enemy to the human being."

[12:6] And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives, and perfect His blessings upon you and upon the family of Jacob as He completed it previously upon your fathers Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowledgeable, Wise.

[12:7] In Joseph and his brothers are lessons indeed for the inquisitive.

[12:8] When they said, "Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than us, even though there is a whole group of us! Indeed, our father is in clear misguidance.

[12:9] Kill Joseph, or cast him out to some land, then your father's attention will be all yours. After that, you can always be a righteous people."

[12:10] A speaker among them said, "Do not kill Joseph. Rather, throw him into the bottom of the well, if you will. Some travellers would then pick him up."

[12:11] They said, "Our father, what is the matter with you that you do not trust us with Joseph when we are good advisers to him?

[12:12] Send him with us tomorrow so that he may enjoy himself and play, and we shall take good care of him."

[12:13] He said, "It would sadden me if you were to take him with you, for I fear that the wolf would eat him while you are not watching him."

[12:14] They said, "If the wolf should eat him when there is a whole group of us, we would be losers indeed."

[12:15] So when they went away with him, and they all agreed to condemn him to the bottom of the well, We inspired him: "You will inform them of this matter of theirs when they will be totally unaware."

[12:16] They came to their father in the evening weeping.

[12:17] They said, "Our father, we went racing one another and left Joseph by our belongings, so the wolf ate him. But you will not believe us, even if we were truthful."

[12:18] And they brought his shirt with fake blood on it. He said, "Rather, your own selves have enticed you to some matter. So patience will do me good, and God is the One sought for help against what you portray."