14 Oct, 2025
Quran 12:86~87 (Ayah Yusuf)
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He [Prophet Ya’qub (Jacob)] replied, “I complain of my anguish and sorrow only to Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know. O my sons! Go and search ˹diligently˺ for Joseph and his brother. And do not lose hope in the mercy of Allah, for no one loses hope in Allah’s mercy except those with no faith.” Quran 12:86~87 Surah Yusuf (Joseph)
Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف, Yūsuf; Arabic synonym of “Joseph”) is the 12th chapter (Surah) of the Quran and has 111 Ayahs (verses)
قَالَ إِنَّمَاۤ أَشۡكُوا۟ بَثِّی وَحُزۡنِیۤ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعۡلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ یَـٰبَنِیَّ ٱذۡهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن یُوسُفَ وَأَخِیهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوۡحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ
The story of Joseph in the Qurʾān is a continuous narrative. There are more than one hundred verses, and in totality they encompass many years and “present an amazing variety of sciences and characters in a tightly-knit plot, and offer a dramatic illustration of some of the fundamental themes of the Qurʾān.
انہوں نے کہا "میں اپنی پریشانی اور اپنے غم کی فریاد اللہ کے سوا کسی سے نہیں کرتا، اور اللہ سے جیسا میں واقف ہوں تم نہیں ہو بیٹا (یوں کرو کہ ایک دفعہ پھر) جا کر یوسفؑ اور اس کے بھائی کی کچھ ٹوہ لگاؤ، اللہ کی رحمت سے مایوس نہ ہو، اس کی رحمت سے تو بس کافر ہی مایوس ہوا کرتے ہیں"
” The Qurʾān itself relates to the story’s importance in the third verse: “and We narrate unto you aḥsanal-qaṣaṣ (Arabic: أحسن ٱلقصص, “best (or most beautiful) of stories”).
” Most scholars believe this is referring to Joseph’s story, while others, including Ṭabari, argue it is a reference to the Qurʾān as a whole.
It asserts and documents the execution of God’s rulings despite the challenge of human intervention (“And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not”).
This is what the story of Yūsuf confirms categorically, for it ends with comfort and marvels, which is described in the Qurʾān