Surah Yūsuf (Joseph) in English

1. وما تسألهم عليه من أجر إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين

   104

   You do not ask them any reward for it: it is just a reminder for all the nations.

   wa-mā tasʾaluhum ʿalayhi min ʾajrin ʾin huwa ʾillā dhikrun li-l-ʿālamīna

2. وكأين من آية في السماوات والأرض يمرون عليها وهم عنها معرضون

   105

   How many a sign there is in the heavens and the earth that they pass by while they are disregardful of it!

   wa-ka-ʾayyin min ʾāyatin fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yamurrūna ʿalayhā wa-hum ʿanhā muʿriḍūna

3. وما يؤمن أكثرهم بالله إلا وهم مشركون

   106

   And most of them do not believe in Allah without ascribing partners to Him.

   wa-mā yuʾminu ʾaktharuhum bi-llāhi ʾillā wa-hum mushrikūna

4. أفأمنوا أن تأتيهم غاشية من عذاب الله أو تأتيهم الساعة بغتة وهم لا يشعرون

   107

   Do they feel secure from being overtaken by a blanket punishment from Allah, or being overtaken by the Hour, suddenly, while they are unaware?

   ʾa-fa-ʾaminū ʾan taʾtiyahum ghāshiyatun min ʿadhābi llāhi ʾaw taʾtiyahumu s-sāʿatu baghtatan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna

5. قل هذه سبيلي أدعو إلى الله على بصيرة أنا ومن اتبعني وسبحان الله وما أنا من المشركين

   108

   Say, ‘This is my way. I summon to Allah with insight—I and he who follows me. Immaculate is Allah, and I am not one of the polytheists.’

   qul hādhihī sabīlī ʾadʿū ʾilā llāhi ʿalā baṣīratin ʾana wa-mani ttabaʿanī wa-subḥāna llāhi wa-mā ʾana mina l-mushrikīna

6. وما أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم من أهل القرى أفلم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم ولدار الآخرة خير للذين اتقوا أفلا تعقلون

   109

   We did not send [any apostles] before you except as men from among the people of the towns, to whom We revealed. Have they not travelled over the land so that they may observe how was the fate of those who were before them? And the abode of the Hereafter is surely better for those who are Godwary. Do you not exercise your reason?

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā min qablika ʾillā rijālan nūḥī ʾilayhim min ʾahli l-qurā ʾa-fa-lam yasīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim wa-la-dāru l-ʾākhirati khayrun li-lladhīna ttaqaw ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

7. حتى إذا استيأس الرسل وظنوا أنهم قد كذبوا جاءهم نصرنا فنجي من نشاء ولا يرد بأسنا عن القوم المجرمين

   110

   When the apostles lost hope and they thought that they had been told lies, Our help came to them, and We delivered whomever We wished, and Our punishment will not be averted from the guilty lot.

   ḥattā ʾidhā stayʾasa r-rusulu wa-ẓannū ʾannahum qad kudhibū jāʾahum naṣrunā fa-nujjiya man nashāʾu wa-lā yuraddu baʾsunā ʿani l-qawmi l-mujrimīna

8. لقد كان في قصصهم عبرة لأولي الألباب ما كان حديثا يفترى ولكن تصديق الذي بين يديه وتفصيل كل شيء وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون

   111

   There is certainly a moral in their accounts for those who possess intellect. This [Quran] is not a fabricated discourse; rather, it is a confirmation of what was [revealed] before it, and an elaboration of all things, and a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.

   la-qad kāna fī qaṣaṣihim ʿibratun li-ʾulī l-ʾalbābi mā kāna ḥadīthan yuftarā wa-lākin taṣdīqa lladhī bayna yadayhi wa-tafṣīla kulli shayʾin wa-hudan wa-raḥmatan li-qawmin yuʾminūna