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Alif
Lam Ra. These are the Symbols (or
Verses) of the Perspicuous Book. |
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We
have sent it down as an Arabic Qur-an, in order that you may learn
wisdom. |
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We
do relate unto you the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal
to you this (portion of the)
Qur-an: before this, you too were among those who knew it not. |
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Behold,
Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars
and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" |
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Said
(the father):
"My (dear)
little son! Relate not your vision to your brothers, lest they concoct
a plot against you: for Satan is to human an avowed enemy! |
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"Thus
will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of stories
(and events)
and perfect His favor to you and to the posterity of Jacob--even as
He perfected it to your fathers Abraham and Isaac aforetime! For Allah
is full of knowledge and wisdom." |
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Verily
in Joseph and his brethren are Signs (or
Symbols) for Seekers (after
Truth). |
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They
said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father
than we: but we are a goodly body! Really our father is obviously
wandering (in his mind)! |
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"Slay
you Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown)
land, that so the favor of your father may be given to you alone:
(There will be time enough)
for you to be righteous after that!" |
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Said
one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if you must do something,
throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by
some caravan of travelers." |
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They
said: "O our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph-- seeing
we are indeed his sincere well-wishers? |
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"Send
him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we shall take
every care of him." |
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(Jacob)
said: "Really it saddens me that you should take him away: I
fear lest the wolf should devour him while you attend not to him." |
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They
said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so
large) a party, then should
we indeed (first)
have perished ourselves!" |
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So
they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him down to the
bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this
Message): “Of a surety you shall
(one day)
tell them the truth of this their affair while they know (you)
not.” |
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Then
they came to their father in the early part of the night, weeping. |
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They
said: "Oh our father! We went racing with one another, and left
Joseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him...but you will never
believe us even though we tell the truth." |
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They
stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds
have made up a tale (that may
pass) with you. (For
me) patience is most fitting:
against that which you assert, it is Allah (alone)
whose help can be sought."… |
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Then
there came a caravan of travelers: they sent their water-carrier
(for water), and he let down
his bucket (into the well)...He
said: "Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine)
young man!” So they concealed him as a treasure! But Allah knows well
all that they do! |
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The
(Brethren)
sold him for a miserable price--for a few dirhams counted out: in
such low estimation did they hold him! |
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The
man in Egypt who bought him, said to his wife: "Make his stay
(among us)
honorable: maybe he will bring us much good, or we shall adopt him
as a son." Thus did We establish Joseph in the land that We might
teach him the interpretation of stories (and
events). And Allah has full
power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it
not. |
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When
Joseph attained his full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge:
thus do We reward those who do right. |
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But
she in whose house, he was sought to seduce him from his (true)
self: she fastened the doors, and said: "Now come, you
(dear one)!"
He said: "Allah forbid! Truly
(your husband) is my lord! He
made my sojourn agreeable! Truly to no good come those who do wrong!" |
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And
(with passion)
did she desire him, and he would have desired her but that he saw
the evidence of his Lord: thus (did
We order) that We might turn
away from him (all)
evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and
purified. |
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So
they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt from
the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: "What
is the (fitting)
punishment for one who formed an evil design against your wife, but
prison or a grievous chastisement?" |
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He
said: "It was she that sought to seduce me--from my (true)
self." And one of her household saw (this)
and bore witness, (thus)--"If
it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true,
and he is a liar! |
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"But
if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar,
and he is telling the truth!" |
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So
when he saw his shirt--that it was torn at the back--(her
husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! Truly,
mighty is your snare! |
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"O
Joseph, pass this over! (O
wife), ask forgiveness for your
sin, for truly you have been at fault!" |
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Ladies
said in the City: "The wife of the (great)
'Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his (true)
self: truly has he inspired her with violent love: we see she is evidently
going astray." |
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