Surah Yusuf (12): Read Online and Download - English Translation

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Surah Yusuf
سُورَةُ يُوسُفَ
Page 235 (Verses from 1 to 4)

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Tafsir of Surah Yusuf (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)

English Translation

Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book.

English Transliteration

Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi almubeenu

Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Manifest Book.

English Translation

Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur\'an that you might understand.

English Transliteration

Inna anzalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

We have sent it down as an Arabic Koran; haply you will understand.

English Translation

We relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur\'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.

English Transliteration

Nahnu naqussu AAalayka ahsana alqasasi bima awhayna ilayka hatha alqurana wain kunta min qablihi lamina alghafileena

We will relate to thee the fairest of stories in that We have revealed to thee this Koran, though before it thou wast one of the heedless.

English Translation

[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."

English Transliteration

Ith qala yoosufu liabeehi ya abati innee raaytu ahada AAashara kawkaban waalshshamsa waalqamara raaytuhum lee sajideena

When Joseph said to his father, 'Father, I saw eleven stars, and the sun and the moon; I saw them bowing down before me.'
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