1- Elif, Lâm, Râ. It is a clear book with all the signs of existence.
2- Indeed, We have presented the entire book of the universe in an understandable form. It is hopedthat you would think and realize.
3- We inform you of the best of tales from what is recited to you, and you were not of those who knewthem before.
4- Joseph said to his father: O my father! I saw eleven stars, the sun and the moon prostrating to me.
5- He said: O my son! Do not tell your dream to your brothers. Then, they will play tricks on you.Indeed, Satanic states are a clear enemy to man.
6- Thus you will follow the One who created you, and you will be taught the interpretation of thewords, and you will complete your understanding of His blessings upon you. Just as your ancestorsAbraham and Isaac completed it before, the family of Jacob will also complete their understanding ofthe truths. Indeed, the One who created you is the One who rules over all of creation with His wisdom.
7-Indeed, there are signs for those who seek the truths of Joseph and his brothers.
8-They said: Our father loves Joseph and his brother more than we do, although we are a group.Surely, our father is in clear error.
9-One of them said: Kill Joseph or leave him in a field. In this way, your father’s love will be directedonly to you and you will be a good community to him.
10-One of them said: Do not kill Joseph. If you must do something, leave him at the bottom of a welland a camel train will come and find him.
11-They said: O our father! You do not trust us regarding Joseph. We are of those who want his best.
12-Tomorrow, send him away with us, so that he may travel, eat and enjoy himself, and we will surelyprotect him.
13-He said: If you take him away, I will surely be sad, and I fear that a wolf will eat him while you areheedless.
14-They said: If a wolf eats him while we are a group, we will surely be among the losers.
15-So, when they set out with him to throw him down a well, We revealed to him that you will informthem about what they did after a while, while they were in a state of unconsciousness.
16-And they came to their father in the evening as weeping.
17-They said: O our father! We left Joseph with our property and went to race, and the wolf ate him,and you will not believe us, even if we were truthful.
18-They came with false blood on their shirts. He said: Your character has led you to such a thing.After this, it is my duty to be patient and I seek help from Allah against what you have described.
19-And a camel train came, and they sent their watermen, so that he lowered his bucket. He said,”Good news, this is a boy. They kept him as a merchandise. Allah has wisdom of what you do.
20-And they sold him for a low price, a few dirhams. The one who bought him was one of theascetics.
21-And the one who bought him in Egypt said to his wife, “Take good care of him, perhaps he willbenefit us, or we may adopt him.” So, Joseph remained in that place, seeking refuge in Our Power andfor the interpretation of the truths of the words, so that he may know Us. Allah is the absolute Ruler ofall things by His functioning, but most people do not know.
22-When he reached puberty, he understood the absolute Ruler of all things and the Creator of allthings by his knowledge, through the truths We presented to him, and thus he became one of therighteous people, as a reward for understanding Us.
23-He sought to take advantage of him in his house, and he closed the doors tightly, and said: Come.He said: I seek refuge in Allah, indeed my lord has made me a place of refuge, and he has looked afterme well. Indeed, the wrongdoer shall not succeed.
24-Indeed, he desired it with great earnestness. Had he not seen the signs of his Lord, he would havedesired it too. Thus he turned away from evil and from that state of arrogance. Indeed, he was one ofOur servants, who was devoted to Us.
25-They ran to the door and tore his shirt from the back. They met him at the door. He said: What isthe punishment for him who sought to do evil to your family? Prison or painful torment.
26-He said: She sought to take advantage of Me, and a witness from her family testified about her. Ifhis shirt is torn from the front, then he is telling the truth and the other is not telling the truth.
27- If his shirt is torn from the back, then he is not telling the truth and the other is not telling the truth.
28-So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: Surely it is your trickery, indeed you are greattricksters.
29-Joseph, do not mention it any more. And turn to the other, and ask forgiveness for your sin, forsurely you are of those who went astray.
30-Some women in the city said: The vizier’s wife was attracted to the young man with her and wantedto seduce him, and his love has penetrated into her heart, and we see her in manifest error.
31-So when he heard their gossip, he sent a message to them and arranged for them to sit facing eachother and gave each of them a knife and said to him: Come forth. So, when they saw him in a state ofglory and beauty, they cut their hands and said: O Allah! This is not a human being, but a noble angel.
32-He said: This is the one about whom you blamed me. Indeed, I sought to seize him, but he wasvery careful, and if he does not obey my command, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of thosewho are humiliated.
33-Joseph said: My Lord! Prison is more beloved to me than that to which they invite me. Keep meaway from their dark designs, lest I should be inclined to them and become one of the ignorant.
34-So, he became one of those who followed his Lord, and then he kept away from their plots. Surely,He is the Hearer, the Owner of wisdom.
35-Then they wanted him to remain in prison for a while, even though they saw the proofs of hisinnocence.
36-Two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: I saw myself pressing grapes forwine. The other said: I saw myself carrying bread on my head and the birds feeding from it. Surely, wesee you as one of the righteous, the charitable, so inform us of its interpretation.
37-He said: I will inform you of their interpretation before the provision that you will benefit fromcomes to you, in the manner that my Lord has taught me. I have abandoned the beliefs, customs andculture of the people who do not believe in Allah, and they are those who disregard the truth until theirlast moments.
38-I have followed the system that my fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob followed. We do notassociate anything with Allah. These are the attributes that are upon us. But most people do notacknowledge the Owner of the blessings that have been given to them.
39-O my fellow prisoners! Is it better, those whom you exalt in their own right, or the One who showsHis unity in all beings, who has absolute authority over all beings?
40-What you worship besides Him is nothing but your fathers and what you call by various names.Allah does not present anything except clear proofs. The judgments are only from Allah. He is the Onewho works in all creation, and to Him alone is servitude, and to Him alone exists. This is the rightreligion. But most people do not know.
41-O my fellow prisoners! One of you will continue to offer his master drink from now on, but theother will be hanged, and then birds will be fed from his head. This is the news of those matters youasked about.
42-He said to the one who thought he would be saved: Remember me in front of your master. But heforgot to mention it to his master because of his evil ways. So, he remained in that prison for a fewmore years.
43-The king said: I saw seven lean cows eating seven fat cows and seven green spikes and seven dryspikes. O chiefs! If you are among those who interpret dreams, explain my dream.
44-They said: These are mixed dreams, we are not among those who know the interpretation of thesedreams.
45-The one who was saved remembered that person after he had forgotten him and said: I can tell youits interpretation, send me away immediately.
46-O Joseph, who was of those who spoke the truth! Explain to us the seven lean cows that ate theseven fat cows, and the seven green ears of corn, and the seven withered ears of corn. I hope that whenI return to the people, I will explain it to them and it is hoped that they would know.
47- Joseph said: Sow and reap for seven years with patience, then when you reap, feed on a little of it,and leave the rest in its spike.
48- Then come seven years of hard drought, and you will feed on a little of what you have kept.
49- And after these years come years of fruitfulness and benefit for the people.
50- The king said: Bring him to me. So when he came to Joseph, the narrator of the truth, Joseph saidto him: Go back to your master and ask him what was the case with those women who cut their hands.Surely, He who created me is the Creator of those who are deceitful, the Owner of wisdom.
51- He said: What did you talk about when you sought to capture Joseph? They said: It is good forAllah, we have not found any harm in him. The vizier’s wife said: Now the hidden truths have come tolight, and I am the one who seeks to obtain them, and surely he is of those who speak the truth.
52-This is what he did not know, so that he may know that I have not betrayed him. Indeed, those whoare in darkness, the traitors, will not find a way to Allah.
53-I cannot justify myself. Indeed, a person is certainly in evil when he is under the tyranny of his owndesires, except those who understand the mercy of their Lord. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving, theOriginator of all things.
54-The king said: Bring him to me, I have chosen him for myself. So when he spoke to him, he said:Surely, you are in a high position with us today, a trustworthy person.
55-Joseph said: Put me in charge of the treasuries of the land, I know how to protect it.
56-So, Joseph was established in a position of submission to Us. He found in the earth what hedesired. Whoever desires will understand Our mercy, and the reward of those who are devoted will notbe wasted.
57-For those who believe and those who abstain from evil and do not associate others, there willsurely be a better reward in the end.
58-Joseph’s brothers came and then they entered upon him. So, Joseph recognized them immediately,but they did not recognize Joseph.
59-When he had prepared their burdens, he said: Bring me your brother from the same father. You seethat I am a full measurer and I am a good host.
60-If you do not bring him to me, then there is nothing for you to do from me, and do not come nearme.
61-They said: We will try to persuade his father to bring him, and we will surely do so.
62-And Joseph said to his helpers: Put the price of their property in their bags, so that they may thinkthat they have forgotten it, that when they return to their families they may notice it, that they mayreturn.
63-So, when they returned to their father, they said: O our father! We have been forbidden a certainamount of property, so send our brother with us, so that we may have what we need, and we willsurely guard him.
64-He said: How can I believe you? I trusted you before concerning your brother. But Allah is the bestguardian, the One who encompasses all things with His mercy, who created all things from His ownessence.
65-And when they opened their property, they saw that the price of what they had taken for theproperty had been returned to them, they said: O our father! What more could we want? Our price has
been returned to us. We bring provisions to our families with it and protect our brothers and get morewealth, that is easy for us.
66-He said: I will not send him with you, except that you surround him, unless you promise me byAllah to bring him back. So, when they have made a firm promise, he said: Allah is the Disposer ofAffairs for what you say.
67-He said: O my children, do not enter all of you through one gate, but enter through separate gates.None can help you in anything except Allah, and the judgment is only for Allah. I have submitted toHim, and let those who submit, submit to Him.
68-They entered that place as their father had desired. There is no one to help them in anything exceptAllah. Jacob was of those who knew what is in Him and in His creation, and he was of those whoknew that We are the Ones who taught everything, and that We are the Owners of the wisdom ofeverything. But most people do not know the truth.
69-When they came to Joseph, he took his brother with him. He said: I am your brother, so, do not besad about what they did.
70-So, he had a water container placed in their baggage. Then he called out to them through a speaker:O camel train! You have certainly committed theft.
71-They turned towards them and said: What is it that you seek?
72-They said: The king’s water jug is lost. Whoever brings it, a load of goods will be given for it, and Iam his guarantor.
73-They said: By Allah, we did not come to these places to spread corruption, nor are we thieves.
74-They said: What is the punishment for him if you are lying?
75-They said: His punishment is for whomever’s bag is found in it. This is the reward of thewrongdoers.
76-So he began to search for their bags before his brother’s bag. Then he took it out of his bag. Thus, ifit were not for the king’s laws, he would not have been able to hold his brother. This was the remedyfor Joseph. He was only one of those who seek to understand Allah. Whoever seeks to understand Himwill be exalted in stations. And above every wise person is the Owner of wisdom.
77-They said: If he stole, his brother had stolen before. So, Joseph hid it within himself and did notdisclose it to them. He said: You are in the wrongdoings wherever you are, and Allah has wisdom ofall that is related.
78-They said: O Visier! Indeed, he has an old father, so take one of us in his place. We see that you areone of the righteous.
79-Joseph said: We seek refuge in Allah from withholding from anyone except the one with whom wefound our goods, then we would surely be among the wrongdoers.
80-So, when they despaired of him, they withdrew and conversed secretly. The elder of them said:You know that our father took a covenant from us in the name of Allah, and we were unaccountable
for Joseph before. From now on, I will never leave this place, not even until my father givespermission or until Allah gives a judgement for me, and He is the best of judges.
81-Go back to your father, then say: O our father! Your son has stolen, and we cannot testify exceptwhat we know, and we will not defend what we do not know.
82-Ask the people of the city who came with us from there, and the camel trains who returned with usfrom there, and we are indeed truthful.
83-He said: No, your own judgments have led you to such a thing. After this, it is my duty to bepatient. It is hoped that Allah would bring them all to me. Surely, He is the Owner of wisdom, theCompanion of all things.
84-And he turned away from them, and said, “Ah, my Joseph, aah,” and his eyes filled with tears fromhis sorrow for him, and so, he took in his sorrow.
85-They said: By Allah, you continue to remember Joseph, and you will melt away or be among thosewho die.
86-He said: I share my grief only with Allah, and Allah has wisdom of that which you do not know.
87-O my sons! Go and investigate Joseph and his brother thoroughly, and do not despair of the mercyof Allah. Indeed, none despair of the mercy of Allah except those who disregard and conceal thetruths.
88-So, when they came to him, they said: O vizier! A hardship has befallen us and our family, and wehave come with a small fortune, but give us the full measure and make a donation to us. Indeed, thereis a reward from Allah for the faithful.
89-He said: Do you know what you did to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?
90-They said: Are you indeed Joseph? He said: I am Joseph and this is my brother. What is upon usare the blessings of Allah. Surely, Allah does not waste the reward of those who fear evil and do notassociate others with Him and who are patient, and indeed, those who are faithful.
91-They said: By Allah, you have followed the truths of Allah rather than us, and indeed we were ofthose who were in error.
92-He said: There is no blame on you today. Allah’s forgiveness is for you, and He is the One whocreated all things with His mercy.
93-Take this shirt of mine and put it on my father’s face so that his sight may be restored, and bring allyour family to me.
94-So the camel train departed from there. Their father said: If you do not call me a madman, thenindeed I smell the scent of Joseph.
95-They said: By Allah, you are indeed in your former confusion.
96-So, when the bearer of good news came to him, he rubbed his face so that his insight returned to itsoriginal state. He said: Did I not tell you that Allah has wisdom of that which you do not know?
97-They said: O our father, ask forgiveness for us, for our sins, for we have indeed been of those whohave mistaken.
98-He said: The forgiveness of my Lord is near to you. Indeed, He is the Forgiver, the Creator ofexistence from His own essence.
99-So, when they came to Joseph, he hugged his parents and said: Enter Egypt in safety, with Allah’spermission.
100-He seated his parents on the throne and they all prostrated themselves before him. And he said: Omy father! This is the dream I saw before. My Lord has made it true. He has released me from prisonand given me the best. He brought you from the desert, although the devil wanted to create a riftbetween me and my brothers. Surely, my Lord is a benefactor to those who seek to understand. Surely,He is the Owner of wisdom, the possessor of all things.
101-My Lord! You have made me realize that You are the Owner of the kingdom and You have taughtme the interpretation of events. You are the One who created the heavens and the earth, and You arethe friend in my life and in the end. Make me one of those who submit with love and make me one ofthe righteous.
102-We reveal to you at every moment from this whole universe the truths that you do not know. Youare not like those who gather together to do evil.
103-However much you desire them to understand the truth, most people are not sure.
104-You have not asked them for any reward for your explanation of these truths. This is only anadvice for all communities.
105-How many signs are there in the heavens and the earth that pass by them without their noticingthem.
106-Most of them do not believe except by associating others with Allah.
107-Do they feel safe from Allah that distress should come upon them or that the time of death shouldcome upon them suddenly? They have no perception of themselves or their surroundings.
108-Narrate: This is an invitation to the path of truth for me and for those who follow me, tounderstand Allah in the heart. Glory be to Allah, and I am not one of those who associate partners.
109-Before you, there were no perfect people to the people of those cities except to inform them ofOur truths. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before them? Theend of those who abstained from evil and did not associate partners is better. Will you not thenponder?
110-Such that when those who showed the truths were in despair because they denied the truths theytold, they found help in Us. After that, whoever wants to understand Us, he will find salvation in Us.But those who remain in evil, their distress will not pass because they cannot understand Us.
111-Indeed, there are lessons in their stories for those who use their mind. These words are notfabrications, but they are a guide for those who want to understand the Owner of their power, a guidefor all things, and a mercy for those who believe.
