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Chapter 12: 

Yusuf(Joseph)
Total Verses:  111 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

012.001 Y:  A.L.R.  These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.

P:  Alif.  Lam.  Ra.  These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain.

S:  Alif Lam Ra.  These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) manifest.

012.002 Y:  We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an, in order that ye may learn wisdom.

P:  Lo!  We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.

S:  Surely We have revealed it—­ an Arabic Quran—­ that you may understand.

012.003 Y:  We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur’an:  before this, thou too was among those who knew it not.

P:  We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have inspired in thee this Qur’an, though aforetime thou wast of the heedless.

S:  We narrate to you the best of narratives, by Our revealing to you this Quran, though before this you were certainly one of those who did not know.

012.004 Y:  Behold!  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!”

P:  When Joseph said unto his father:  O my father!  Lo!  I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me.

S:  When Yusuf said to his father:  O my father! surely I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon—­ I saw them making obeisance to me.

012.005 Y:  Said (the father):  “My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to thy brothers, lest they concoct a plot against thee:  for Satan is to man an avowed enemy!”

P:  He said:  O my dear son!  Tell not thy brethren of thy vision, lest they plot a plot against thee.  Lo!  Satan is for man an open foe.

S:  He said:  O my son! do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest they devise a plan against you; surely the Shaitan is an open enemy to man.

012.006 Y:  “Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation of stories (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the posterity of Jacob — even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaac aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.”

P:  Thus thy Lord will prefer thee and will teach thee the interpretation of events, and will perfect His grace upon thee and upon the family of Jacob as He perfected it upon thy forefathers, Abraham and Isaac.  Lo! thy Lord is Knower, Wise.

S:  And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of sayings and make His favor complete to you and to the children of Yaqoub, as He made it complete before to your fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq; surely your Lord is Knowing, Wise.