Surah Yūsuf (Joseph) in English

1. فلما أن جاء البشير ألقاه على وجهه فارتد بصيرا قال ألم أقل لكم إني أعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون

   96

   When the bearer of good news arrived, he cast it on his face, and he regained his sight. He said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘I know from Allah what you do not know?’’ ’

   fa-lammā ʾan jāʾa l-bashīru ʾalqāhu ʿalā wajhihī fa-rtadda baṣīran qāla ʾa-lam ʾaqul lakum ʾinnī ʾaʿlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʿlamūna

2. قالوا يا أبانا استغفر لنا ذنوبنا إنا كنا خاطئين

   97

   They said, ‘Father! Plead [with Allah] for forgiveness of our sins! We have indeed been erring.’

   qālū yā-ʾabānā staghfir lanā dhunūbanā ʾinnā kunnā khāṭiʾīna

3. قال سوف أستغفر لكم ربي إنه هو الغفور الرحيم

   98

   He said, ‘I shall plead with my Lord to forgive you; indeed He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.’

   qāla sawfa ʾastaghfiru lakum rabbī ʾinnahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu

4. فلما دخلوا على يوسف آوى إليه أبويه وقال ادخلوا مصر إن شاء الله آمنين

   99

   When they entered into the presence of Joseph, he set his parents close to himself, and said, ‘Welcome to Egypt, in safety, God willing!’

   fa-lammā dakhalū ʿalā yūsufa ʾāwā ʾilayhi ʾabawayhi wa-qāla dkhulū miṣra ʾin shāʾa llāhu ʾāminīna

5. ورفع أبويه على العرش وخروا له سجدا وقال يا أبت هذا تأويل رؤياي من قبل قد جعلها ربي حقا وقد أحسن بي إذ أخرجني من السجن وجاء بكم من البدو من بعد أن نزغ الشيطان بيني وبين إخوتي إن ربي لطيف لما يشاء إنه هو العليم الحكيم

   100

   And he seated his parents high upon the throne, and they fell down prostrate before him. He said, ‘Father! This is the fulfillment of my dream of long ago, which my Lord has made come true. He was certainly gracious to me when He brought me out of the prison and brought you over from the desert after that Satan had incited ill feeling between me and my brothers. Indeed my Lord is all-attentive in bringing about what He wishes. Indeed He is the All-knowing, the All-wise.’

   wa-rafaʿa ʾabawayhi ʿalā l-ʿarshi wa-kharrū lahū sujjadan wa-qāla yā-ʾabati hādhā taʾwīlu ruʾyāya min qablu qad jaʿalahā rabbī ḥaqqan wa-qad ʾaḥsana bī ʾidh ʾakhrajanī mina s-sijni wa-jāʾa bikum mina l-badwi min baʿdi ʾan nazagha sh-shayṭānu baynī wa-bayna ʾikhwatī ʾinna rabbī laṭīfun li-mā yashāʾu ʾinnahū huwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

6. رب قد آتيتني من الملك وعلمتني من تأويل الأحاديث فاطر السماوات والأرض أنت وليي في الدنيا والآخرة توفني مسلما وألحقني بالصالحين

   101

   ‘My Lord! You have granted me a share in the kingdom, and taught me the interpretation of dreams. Originator of the heavens and earth! You are my guardian in this world and the Hereafter! Let my death be in submission [to You], and unite me with the Righteous.’

   rabbi qad ʾātaytanī mina l-mulki wa-ʿallamtanī min taʾwīli l-ʾaḥādīthi fāṭira s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾanta waliyyī fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati tawaffanī musliman wa-ʾalḥiqnī bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

7. ذلك من أنباء الغيب نوحيه إليك وما كنت لديهم إذ أجمعوا أمرهم وهم يمكرون

   102

   These are accounts from the Unseen, which We reveal to you, and you were not with them when they conspired together and schemed.

   dhālika min ʾanbāʾi l-ghaybi nūḥīhi ʾilayka wa-mā kunta ladayhim ʾidh ʾajmaʿū ʾamrahum wa-hum yamkurūna

8. وما أكثر الناس ولو حرصت بمؤمنين

   103

   Yet most people will not have faith, however eager you should be.

   wa-mā ʾaktharu n-nāsi wa-law ḥaraṣta bi-muʾminīna