Yusuf (يُوسُف)

١٢ - يُوسُف

12 - Yusuf

الۗرٰ۝۰ۣ تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ۝۱ۣ
Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi almubeenu

English

Ahmed Ali

ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the immaculate Book.

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اِنَّاۗ اَنْزَلْنٰہُ قُرْءٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ۝۲
Inna anzalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

English

Ahmed Ali

We have sent it down as a clear discourse that you may understand.

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نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ اَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَاۗ اَوْحَيْنَاۗ اِلَيْكَ ھٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ۝۰ۤۖ وَاِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِہٖ لَمِنَ الْغٰفِلِيْنَ۝۳
Nahnu naqussu AAalayka ahsana alqasasi bima awhayna ilayka hatha alqurana wain kunta min qablihi lamina alghafileena

English

Ahmed Ali

Through the revelation of this Qur'an We narrate the best of histories of which you were unaware before.

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اِذْ قَالَ يُوْسُفُ لِاَبِيْہِ يٰۗاَبَتِ اِنِّىْ رَاَيْتُ اَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَّالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَاَيْتُہُمْ لِيْ سٰجِدِيْنَ۝۴
Ith qala yoosufu liabeehi ya abati innee raaytu ahada AAashara kawkaban waalshshamsa waalqamara raaytuhum lee sajideena

English

Ahmed Ali

When Joseph told his father: "O my father, I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowing before me in homage,"

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قَالَ يٰبُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْيَاكَ عَلٰۗي اِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيْدُوْا لَكَ كَيْدًا۝۰ۭ اِنَّ الشَّيْطٰنَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ۝۵
Qala ya bunayya la taqsus ruyaka AAala ikhwatika fayakeedoo laka kaydan inna alshshaytana lilinsani AAaduwwun mubeenun

English

Ahmed Ali

He said: "O son, do not narrate your dream to your brothers, or they will plot against you. Surely Satan is man's acknowledged foe.

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وَكَذٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيْكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ تَاْوِيْلِ الْاَحَادِيْثِ وَيُـــتِمُّ نِعْمَتَہٗ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰۗي اٰلِ يَعْقُوْبَ كَـمَاۗ اَتَمَّــہَا عَلٰۗي اَبَوَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِبْرٰہِيْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيْمٌ حَكِيْمٌ۝۶ۧ
Wakathalika yajtabeeka rabbuka wayuAAallimuka min taweeli alahadeethi wayutimmu niAAmatahu AAalayka waAAala ali yaAAqooba kama atammaha AAala abawayka min qablu ibraheema waishaqa inna rabbaka AAaleemun hakeemun

English

Ahmed Ali

Your Lord will choose you and teach you to interpret events, and confer His favours on you and the house of Jacob, as He had done in the case of two ancestors of yours, Abraham and Isaac, before you. Indeed your Lord is all-knowing and all-wise."

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لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيْ يُوْسُفَ وَاِخْوَتِہٖۗ اٰيٰتٌ لِّلسَّاۗىِٕلِيْنَ۝۷
Laqad kana fee yoosufa waikhwatihi ayatun lilssaileena

English

Ahmed Ali

In the story of Joseph and his brothers are lessons for those who inquire.

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اِذْ قَالُوْا لَيُوْسُفُ وَاَخُوْہُ اَحَبُّ اِلٰۗي اَبِيْنَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَۃٌ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اَبَانَا لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنِۨ۝۸ۚۖ
Ith qaloo layoosufu waakhoohu ahabbu ila abeena minna wanahnu AAusbatun inna abana lafee dalalin mubeenin

English

Ahmed Ali

"Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we," (said his half brothers) "even though we are a well-knit band. Our father is surely in the wrong.

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اقْــتُلُوْا يُوْسُفَ اَوِ اطْرَحُوْہُ اَرْضًا يَّخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْہُ اَبِيْكُمْ وَتَكُوْنُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِہٖ قَوْمًا صٰلِحِيْنَ۝۹
Oqtuloo yoosufa awi itrahoohu ardan yakhlu lakum wajhu abeekum watakoonoo min baAAdihi qawman saliheena

English

Ahmed Ali

Let us kill Joseph or cast him in some distant land so that we may get our father's exclusive affection; then play innocent."

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قَالَ قَاۗىِٕلٌ مِّنْہُمْ لَا تَـقْتُلُوْا يُوْسُفَ وَاَلْقُوْہُ فِيْ غَيٰبَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْہُ بَعْضُ السَّـيَّارَۃِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِيْنَ۝۱۰
Qala qailun minhum la taqtuloo yoosufa waalqoohu fee ghayabati aljubbi yaltaqithu baAAdu alssayyarati in kuntum faAAileena

English

Ahmed Ali

One of them said: "If you must do so, then do not kill Joseph, but throw him into an unused well. Some passing caravan may rescue him."

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