سُورَةُ يُوسُف

Yusuf, Joseph

The twelfth surah of the Qur'an, 111 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. It follows one story, Yusuf's, from his boyhood dream to the day it came true.

Eleven stars, the sun and the moon bowing low over the well (12:4)

نَحۡنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡقَصَصِ

We relate to you the best of stories. (12:3)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 111Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 90: “whoever fears Allah and is patient”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Eight themes

Each opens its own map, with its ayahs, the hadith that explain them, and the classical tafsir.

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