One amongst them said, “Don’t kill Yusuf, but throw him into the ghayaab (recesses) of the well. Some travelers will find him, and they will take him.” Surah Yusuf 10 TAFSEER They said “throw him into the jubb (well),” they know exactly which well they are talking about. There is a well that is well-known …
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Surah Yusuf #6
In Verse #5 we talked about the dream of Yusuf (alayhi salaam) and the fact that his father understood immediately that this was a dream of importance and significance and that Yusuf would rise much higher than his brothers. He realized immediately that his brothers would wish to harm him because of that jealousy, so …
Surah Yusuf #2
“We have sent this Qur’an down as an Arabic Qur’an so that you may understand.” TAFSEER; A question that many Muslims ask is: ‘why does Allah refer to Himself in the plural?’ In fact, many non-Muslims ask this question. There are two primary interpretations of this. The first of them is that the ‘We’ is …
Surah Yusuf #1
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ Alif Laam Ra. These are the verses of the enlightening Book. Surah Yusuf #1 TAFSEER “Alif-laam-ra…”Huroof Al-Muqatta’at (Broken Letters) This surah begins with the letters alif-laam-ra. We all know that there are a number of surahs in the Qur’an that …
Introduction to Surah Yusuf
Surah Yusuf, Chapter 12 (Revealed in Mecca) 111 verses in 12 Sections بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In The Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Magnitude and Glory of the Qur’an The Content of the Surah Before beginning our discussion of the verses of this Surah, it is necessary to point out some of …