Yusuf

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Yusuf (also Yousef ,Yousuf ,or Yosef,يوسف) is a prophet in the Qur'an, the holy scriptures of Islam. The figure corresponds to the character from the Jewish and Christian Bible as Joseph and is the Arabic variant of that name. The majority of the Qu'ranic narrative of Yusuf bears close resemblance to that of the Bible.

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Qur'anic narrative

According to the Qu'ran, Yusuf was the son of Yaqub and the great-grandson of Ibrahim. He was thus from a lineage of prophets, and had eleven brothers. Yusuf's brothers were all jealous of his talents and the fact that their father liked him the most between his sons. His brothers plotted to get rid of him by throwing him into a well to die, but he was rescued and sold into slavery in Egypt. When his brothers return to their father, they bring Yousef’s clothes with them and tell Yaqub that Yousef has been eaten by wolves. Yaqub becomes very saddened at the disappearance of his son. Meanwhile, Yusuf eventually went on to become a prominent advisor to the pharaoh because he was able to interpret the pharaoh's dreams, and thus predict Egypt's future. Later on, he would once again run into his brothers whom he would forgive. He would also find his father (Yaqub) only to find out that he has become blind after crying so much over the disappearance him (Yusef). Yusuf would end up dying in Egypt. Tradition holds that when Musa left Egypt, he took Yusuf's coffin with him so that he would be buried alongside his ancestors in Canaan.

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References to Yusuf in the Qur'an

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See also

Template:Prophets in the Qur'an

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