Chapter 12 from the Holy Qur'an ( the whole chapter )

38. "And I follow the ways of my fathers,- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and never could we attribute any partners whatever to Allah. that (comes) of the grace of Allah to us and to mankind: yet most men are not grateful.

39. "O my two companions of the prison!(I ask you): are many lords differing among themselves better, or the One Allah, Supreme and Irresistible?

40. "If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have named,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah hath sent down no authority: the command is for none but Allah. He hath commanded that ye worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not...

41. "O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he will pour out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang from the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head.(so) hath been decreed that matter whereof ye twain do enquire"...

42. And of the two, to that one whom he consider about to be saved, he said: "Mention me to thy lord." But Satan made him forget to mention him to his lord: and (Joseph) lingered in prison a few (more) years.

43. The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine, whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) withered. O ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that ye can interpret visions."

44. They said: "A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."

45. But the man who had been released, one of the two (who had been in prison) and who now bethought him after (so long) a space of time, said: "I will tell you the truth of its interpretation: send ye me (therefore)."

46. "O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! Expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the people, and that they may understand."

47.(Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which ye shall eat.

48. "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,-(all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.

49. "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)."

50. So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger came to him,(Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him,'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."

51.(The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "(Allah) preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous).

52. "This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been false to him in his absence, and that Allah will never guide the snare of the false ones.

53. "Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful."

54. So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to serve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken to him, he said: "Be assured this day, thou art, before our own presence, with rank firmly established, and fidelity fully proved!

55.(Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance)."

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73.(The brothers) said: "By Allah. well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

74.(The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye are (proved) to have lied?"

75. They said: "The penalty should be that he in whose saddle-bag it is found, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thus it is we punish the wrong- doers!"

76. So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he came to) the baggage of his brother: at length he brought it out of his brother's baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by the law of the king except that Allah willed it (so). We raise to degrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all endued with knowledge is one, the All-Knowing.

77. They said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal before (him)." But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heart, revealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): "Ye are the worse situated; and Allah knoweth best the truth of what ye assert!"

78. They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged and venerable,(who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place; for we see that thou art (gracious) in doing good."

79. He said: "(Allah) forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully.

80. Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held a conference in private. The leader among them said: "Know ye not that your father did take an oath from you in Allah.s name, and how, before this, ye did fail in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah commands me; and He is the best to command.

81. "Turn ye back to your father, and say,'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!

82. "'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'"

83. Jacob said: "Nay, but ye have yourselves contrived a story (good enough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe Allah will bring them (back) all to me (in the end). For He is indeed full of knowledge and wisdom."

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84. And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grief for Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent melancholy.

85. They said: "By Allah.(never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"

86. He said: "I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not...

87. "O my sons! go ye and enquire about Joseph and his brother, and never give up hope of Allah.s Soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of Allah.s Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith."

88. Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph's) presence they said: "O exalted one! distress has seized us and our family: we have (now) brought but scanty capital: so pay us full measure,(we pray thee), and treat it as charity to us: for Allah doth reward the charitable."

89. He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not knowing (what ye were doing)?"

90. They said: "Art thou indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother: Allah has indeed been gracious to us (all): behold, he that is righteous and patient,- never will Allah suffer the reward to be lost, of those who do right."

91. They said: "By Allah. indeed has Allah preferred thee above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!"

92. He said: "This day let no reproach be (cast) on you: Allah will forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!

93. "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together with all your family."

94. When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard."

95. They said: "By Allah. truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."

96. Then when the bearer of the good news came, He cast (the shirt) over his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not say to you,'I know from Allah that which ye know not?'"

97. They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault."

98. He said: "Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you: for he is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

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99. Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided a home for his parents with himself, and said: "Enter ye Egypt (all) in safety if it please Allah."

100. And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity), and they fell down in prostration,(all) before him. He said: "O my father! this is the fulfilment of my vision of old! Allah hath made it come true! He was indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you (all here) out of the desert,(even) after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandeth best the mysteries of all that He planneth to do, for verily He is full of knowledge and wisdom.

101. "O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events,- O Thou Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Take Thou my soul (at death) as one submitting to Thy will (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous."

102. Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We reveal by inspiration unto thee; nor wast thou (present) with them then when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their plots.

103. Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however ardently thou dost desire it.

104. And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less than a message for all creatures.

105. And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!

106. And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other as partners) with Him!

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Thank you trdid. The story of Joseph is one of the most significant stories in the Qur'an. Really, God doesnt leave alone a person who lives his life for Him.

God bless you.

A very interesting thing in the Chapter is the word "king" in verse 43. In the Quran, we see that in all the verses God has named the leader of Egypt "Pharaoh", but this verse it is the only time the leader of Egypt was called "king".

Significantly, it has been proven that egypt was conquered at some time in history by the "Hyxos". So, the reign of Pharoes had come to an end and the new ruling class was formed from the hyxos Kings.

So, Joseph lived at that time when Egypt was ruled by the conquesring Hyxos, and the word king was not written in verse 43 without purpose.

Please refer to google to find more information of the Hyxos invation to Egypt.

Blasphemy wrote:

Thank you trdid. The story of Joseph is one of the most significant stories in the Qur'an. Really, God doesnt leave alone a person who lives his life for Him.
God bless you.

this works for kafirs too

Islam loves everybody

Peace,
Respectfully.

I find sura 12 very educational because it tlaks about patience a lot and we miss that.

To be wrongfully accused and spend decades in jail, wrongfully, man, thatz's gotta be tough but we can all learn from this story.

God willing.
Peace.

Islamophobia Exposed: Quran Exposed Islamophobics 1400 years ago

As you all know that it is a well established medical fact that Islamophobia is an Obsessive Compulsive Mental Disorder. Islamophobic locos are on the lose and they pose a great danger to social, economic and political order of the world, particularly U.S.

This is what Quran says about Chronic Disease of Islamophobia

47:29) Or do those in whose hearts is a DISEASE (hatred for Islam=chronic Islamophobia) deem that Allah will not bring to light their (secret) hates?

2:8) Then there are those who say, "We believe in Allah and the Last Day," while they are not believers.”

2:9) In trying to deceive Allah and those who believe, they only deceive themselves without perceiving.

2:10) In their hearts is a DISEASE (hatred for Islam=Islamophobia). Consequently, Allah increases their DISEASE (chronic Islamophobia). They have incurred a painful retribution for their lying.

2:11) When they are told, "Do not commit evil," they say, "But we are peacemakers only."

8:49) The hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a DISEASE (hatred for Islam=chronic Islamophobia) said said, "These people (Muslims) are deceived by their religion." However, if one puts his trust in Allah, then Allah is the Almightiest, the supremely Wisest.

33:60) Unless the hypocrites, and those with DISEASE (hatred for Islam=chronic Islamophobia) in their hearts, and the vicious liars of the city refrain (from persecuting you), we will surely grant you the upper hand, then they will be forced to leave within a short while.

All the Islamophobic lies about Islam and Quran are created by Zionist think tanks and 99 percent of their Hindu foot soldiers spread them daily through internet forums and other media.

Islamophobia has caused U.S. economy a loss of more than 10 trillion dollars, thousands of jobs have been lost and many people lost their life-long savings invested in stocks and homes.

It is because of Islamophobia that we are paying 4 dollars for a gallon of gas. The total loss to the world economy caused by Islamophobia, and Islamophobics’ influence on foreign policies, is approximately 20 trillion dollars.

All rational people must unite against the terrorists who are using Islam or other religions for their crimes against humanity. We must annihilate all types of terrorists and there shall be zero tolerance for terrorism

We must also unite against Islamohopics who instead of targeting specifically on all types of terrorism- Individual, Group or State- they are demonising Islam.

Terrorists have no religion but they all use religion for committing their terrorist crimes.

Should we fail to do this, the world economic order will collapse and we will be buying gas for 20 dollars a gallon.

Trisha, Mohni and Ms Gupta say that Muslims Killed 600 Million Hindus in India !!!!!.

Question: How did they reach this figure?

Answer: Just by fingering their t.in.k.l.e.r.s statistically as shown in this video:).

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

http://www.atheists.org/

Smitty, Trisha, Mohni and Ms Gupta say that Muslims Killed 600 Million Hindus in India !!!!!.

Question: How did they reach this figure?

Answer: Just by fingering their t.in.k.l.e.r.s statistically as shown in this video:).

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Weirdest Hinduism: Love for boys and hate for the baby girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Peace,
Respectfully.

Why do Hinuds hate nonhinduss?

Peace.