[12:1] ALR. These are the proofs of this clarifying scripture.

[12:2] We have indeed revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that you may use your intelligence.

[12:3] We narrate to you through the inspiration of this Quran the best narration that you were not aware of previously.

[12:4] Once, Joseph said to his father, O my father, indeed I dream of eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I see them prostrating to me.

[12:5] He said, O my son, do not tell of your dream to your brothers lest they plan against you a conspiracy. Indeed, Satan is a manifest enemy of the human being.

[12:6] And this is how your Lord will choose you and will teach you the interpretation of dreams and will perfect His blessings upon you and upon the descendants of Jacob as He perfected previously upon your fathers Abraham and Isaac. Indeed your Lord is All Knowing, All Wise.

[12:7] Indeed, in Joseph and his brothers are signs for people who seek. 

[12:8] Once, they said, indeed Joseph and his brother are more loved by our father than us despite our large number, indeed our father has clearly gone astray.

[12:9] Let us kill Joseph or maroon him so we can have our father's attention all to ourselves and then we will all become righteous people.

[12:10] A spokesman among them said, let us not kill Joseph and let us throw him into the abyss of the well; so that some caravan may pick him up, if this is what you wish to do.

[12:11] They said, O our father, why do you not trust us with Joseph, when we can be his mentors?

[12:12] Send him with us tomorrow to run around and play while we surely stand guarding him. 

[12:13] He said, indeed it makes me sad when you take him away and I am afraid that the wolf may devour him while you are not paying attention.

[12:14] They said, if the wolf devours him despite our large group, then indeed we would be real losers. 

[12:15] Then, soon after they left with him they reached consensus to throw him into the abyss of the well. And We inspired him, you will for sure tell them about this, however, they do not perceive.

[12:16] And in the dark of the night, they came back to their father, weeping.

[12:17] They said, O our father, we went racing and left Joseph by our provisions then the wolf devoured him, and you may not believe us although we are telling the truth.

[12:18] And they presented his shirt stained with fake blood. He said, you have come up with some scheme, therefore, I will resort to quiet patience, and may God help me in the face of your schemes.

[12:19] And a caravan was passing by, they sent their water bearer, and he lowered his bucket, he said, good news here is a boy. They kept him hidden as part of their belongings. And God knew full well what they were doing.

[12:20] And they sold him cheap, for a few Dirhams because they had no interest in him.

[12:21] And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, welcome him to the house, he may be useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. And We thus established Joseph on the land in order to teach him interpretation of dreams. And God is always victorious in executing his command, however, most people do not know.

[12:22] And when he reached maturity, We granted him wisdom and knowledge. And We thus reward the righteous.  

[12:23] And the lady of the house where he was staying tried to seduce him, so she locked the doors and said; I am all yours. He said, I seek refuge in God, indeed He is my Lord who has given me the best home, for sure, He does not allow the transgressors to succeed.  

[12:24] And indeed, she almost gave in to him and he almost gave in to her, if it were not that he saw a proof from his Lord. We thus diverted evil and vice away from him. He was indeed one of Our pure servants.

[12:25] And the two of them raced towards the door and she tore his shirt from the back and they found her husband at the door. She said; what is the requital for the one who has evil intentions toward your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?

[12:26] He said; she is the one who tried to seduce me. A witness from her family offered testimony by saying; if his shirt is torn from the front then she is telling the truth and he is a liar.

[12:27] However, if his shirt is torn from the back then she is lying and he is the truthful one. 

[12:28] Once he saw his shirt was torn from the back, he said; indeed this is your scheming, and surely your scheming is great.  

[12:29] Joseph, overlook this matter. As for you, you shall ask forgiveness for your sin, indeed you have been a wrong-doer. 

[12:30] And the women in the city said that the wife of the Aziz has tried to seduce her young man. She is madly in love. We surely see her in manifest straying.

[12:31] When she heard about their gossip, she sent for them and provided for them comfortable places and gave each one of them a knife and said, go to them. Once they saw him, they were so overwhelmed by him that they cut their hands and said, glory to God this is not a human being, this is an honorable angel.  

[12:32] She said; this is the one that you blamed me for desiring him. And I indeed did try to seduce him but he maintained purity; and if he does not do what I command him to do I will surely imprison him and make him lowly.

[12:33] He said; Lord the prison is more to my liking than what they call upon me to do. And unless you divert their scheme from me, I may desire them and become one of the ignorant ones.

[12:34] His Lord then responded to him and diverted their scheme from him. Indeed, He is The All Hearer, The All Knower.

[12:35] Afterwards, despite seeing all the proofs, they decided to imprison him for a while.

[12:36] And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said; indeed I have a dream where I am making wine, and the other one said; I dream that I am carrying bread atop my head and the birds are eating from it, inform us of their interpretations, for we see that you are one of the righteous ones.

[12:37] He said; I can inform of the food that the two of you are going to eat, before you receive it. Thus, my Lord has taught me. Indeed I have forsaken the nation of the people who have no faith in God and are disbelievers in the Hereafter.

[12:38] Instead, I follow the nation of my fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We never set up any thing as a partner for God. This is grace from God upon us and upon the people, but most people are not appreciative.

[12:39] O my two prison mates, are many separate lords better than God, The One, The Supreme?  

[12:40] You do not worship besides Him, except names that you have made up, you and your ancestors, when God never revealed any authorizations for it. The absolute rule belongs to God. He commands not to worship except Him alone. This is the eternal religion, however, most people do not know.

[12:41] O my prison mates, one of you will serve wine to his master and as for the other one, he will be crucified and the birds will eat from his head. This finishes the matter about which you were asking.

[12:42] He said to the one whom he knew will be saved from the two of them, mention me at your master, therefore, Satan made him forget remembering his Lord, consequently, he remained in prison a few more years.

[12:43] And the King said; indeed I dream that seven fat cows eat seven skinny cows and also seven green bushels and others that are dry. O my people, inform me of my dream if you can interpret dreams.

[12:44] They said; nonsense dreams, furthermore, we are not knowledgeable in interpretation of dreams.

[12:45] The one, who was saved from the two, now that he remembered, said, I can inform you of its interpretation, so dispatch me. 

[12:46] Joseph, O you truthful one, tell us about the seven fat cows who eat seven skinny cows and also seven green bushels and others that are dry, that I may go to people, so they may know.

[12:47] He said; you will have seven years of crops and from what you harvest you shall keep in storage except for a little that you consume.

[12:48] Afterwards, there are seven years of hardship, which will consume what you have saved except for a little. 

[12:49] After that a year comes when people get some relief and then they press juice.

[12:50] And the king said, bring him to me. Then when the messenger came to him, he said, go and ask your master what is the matter with the women who cut their hands? Indeed my Lord knows all about their scheme.

[12:51] What do you say about the time you tried to seduce Joseph? They said, glory to God, we did not mean any harm towards him. The wife of the Aziz said; now that the truth has prevailed, I did try to seduce him and indeed he was the truthful one.

[12:52] This is for him to know that I never betrayed him in his absence and God will never guide the scheme of the betrayers. 

[12:53] I do not claim innocence on my behalf. The soul is the advocate of evil, except for those who have attained my Lord's mercy. Indeed my Lord is All Forgiving, All Merciful.

[12:54] And the king said; bring him to me so I can hire him for myself. Then once he talked to him, he said; today you are prominent and trusted by us.

[12:55] He said; appoint me to oversee the treasury of the land, for I am indeed honest and knowledgeable. 

[12:56] And We thus established Joseph on the land, ruling as he willed; we thus shower Our mercy upon whomever We will. And We never put to waste the reward for the righteous.

[12:57] And the reward of the Hereafter is even better for those who attained faith and were god-fearing.

[12:58] And Joseph's brothers came, once they entered, he recognized them, while they did not recognize him.

[12:59] And when he gave them their provisions, he said; bring me your half brother. Do you not see that I give full measure and I am a good host?

[12:60] However, if you do not bring him to me, you will not get any provision and you will not even come close. 

[12:61] They said; we will talk to his father about him and we will certainly do this.

[12:62] And he said to his two young men put back their goods in their bags, maybe when they find out once they go back to their families, they will return.

[12:63] Then when they returned to their father, they said, O our father, barter has been denied to us, therefore, send our brother with us so we can get provision and we will certainly take care of him.

[12:64] He said; how can I trust you with him, as I trusted you with his brother before? God is the best guardian and of all the merciful ones He is the most merciful.

[12:65] And when they opened up their bags, they found their goods returned to them. They said; O our father, we did not expect this. Here are our goods returned to us. We can bring back provisions for our families and will take care of our brother and get an increased camel load. This is an easy provision to obtain.

[12:66] He said; I will not send him with you, until you give a promise in front of God that you will bring him back to me unless you are completely overwhelmed. Then when they promised him, he said, God is the arbitrator of what we are saying.

[12:67] And he said; O my sons do not enter from the same door, enter from different doors. This would not have benefited them at God in the least, for all rulings belong to God, in Him I trust and in Him the trustful ones shall trust.

[12:68] And when they arrived the way their father told them to do, although this did not benefit them at God in the least, however, this was a private request that Jacob wanted done. And indeed he possessed knowledge as We had given him knowledge but most people do not know.

[12:69] And once they arrived at Joseph's, he embraced his brother and told him; I am your brother and do not lose hope because of what they did.

[12:70] Then when he loaded their bags with goods, he put a pitcher in his brother's bag, then an announcer declared; O you caravan, you are indeed thieves.

[12:71] They turned to them and said; what have you lost?

[12:72] They said; the king's pitcher is missing and whoever comes forward with it, a camel load will be his and I guarantee it.

[12:73] They said; by God you should know that we did not come to spread corruption throughout the land and we are not thieves.

[12:74] They said; what is the requital if you turn out to be liars?

[12:75] They said; his requital, for the one whom you find it in his possession, shall be that you may take him into custody. We thus requite those who commit injustice.

[12:76] They began to search their bags before his brother's bag, then, they discovered it in his brother's bag. We thus perfected Our plan for Joseph. He could not take custody of his brother according to the king's religion; it is only according to God's will. He raises whomever he wills in rank. And above every knowledgeable one, there is one who is more knowledgeable. 

[12:77] They said; he steals just like a brother of his who stole before. Then Joseph kept it to himself and did not reveal it to them. He said; you are really bad and God knows full well what you are describing.

[12:78] They said; O you Aziz, Indeed he has a very old father, therefore, take one of us in his place. We certainly see that you are righteous.  

[12:79] He said; God forbid if I take anyone but the one whom we found our belonging with, for indeed we would be committing an injustice.

[12:80] Then once they lost hope in negotiating his release, the eldest one among them said; do you not realize that you gave your word to your father in front of God and previously you faulted in the case of Joseph. Therefore, I will not leave this land until my father gives the permission or God issues his judgment upon me, for He is the best Judge.

[12:81] Go back to your father and tell him, O our father your son committed theft, however, we did not witness it but we found out about it and we could not guard against something we could not see. 

[12:82] And ask the community that we were with and the caravan whom we were a part of and indeed we are truthful.

[12:83] He said, you have come up with a scheme, therefore, I will resort to quiet patience, and may God bring them all back to me. Indeed He is The All Knowing, The All Wise.

[12:84] And he turned away from them and said; oh I really miss Joseph and his eyes had turned white from grief and he was really upset.

[12:85] They said, by God, you will continuously remember Joseph until you become sick or die.

[12:86] He said, indeed I complain to God for my grief and I know of God what you do not know.

[12:87] O my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and do not despair from God's mercy, for indeed no one despairs from God's mercy except the unfaithful.

[12:88] Then when they arrived at him, they said; O Aziz, we and our families have suffered hardship and we have come with little goods, therefore, give us full measure and be charitable toward us. Indeed God rewards the charitable ones.

[12:89] He said; do you recall what you did to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant?

[12:90] They said; you must be indeed Joseph. He said; I am Joseph and here is my brother. God has indeed favored us; for indeed it is for those who fear god and persevere, then indeed God never fails to reward the righteous.

[12:91] They said; by God, surely, God has chosen you over us and we were indeed wrong-doers.

[12:92] He said; there is no blame on you today, God will forgive you, for He is the most merciful of all the merciful ones.

[12:93] Go with this shirt of mine, and throw it on my father's face, he will become a seer again and come back with your families all of you.

[12:94] As the caravan was approaching, their father said; I certainly sense Joseph's smell, although you may attribute it to senility.

[12:95] They said; by God you are indeed still wondering as in the old times.

[12:96] Then when the bearer of good news came and threw it on his face and he regained his sight, he said; did I not tell you that I indeed know of God what you do not know.

[12:97] They said; O our father, ask forgiveness for our sins, we indeed have been wrong-doers.

[12:98] He said, I will immediately ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed He is The All Forgiving, The All Merciful.

[12:99] Once they arrived at Joseph's, he embraced his parents and said; enter Egypt, God willing perfectly secure. 

[12:100] And he elevated his parents to the top of the throne and they honored him, and he said, O my father this is the fulfillment of my old dream that my Lord has made me realize it. And indeed He treated me in the best possible way, when He freed me from prison, and brought you out of the desert, after Satan had soured the relation between me and my brothers. Indeed my Lord is most kind toward whomever He wills. Indeed He is The All Knowing, The All Wise.

[12:101] Lord, indeed you have granted me kingship and have taught me the interpretation of dreams. Initiator of the vacua and matter, You are my ally in this world and in the Hereafter; terminate my life as a peace offeror and join me with the righteous.

[12:102] This is news from the unrecorded history that We inspire to you, for you were not present when they decided their affairs and planned their conspiracy.

[12:103] And most people will not believe no matter how earnestly you try.

[12:104] And you shall not ask them for any wage. This is only a reminder for all the people.

[12:105] And many signs in the vacua and matter are passing by them but they turn away from them.

[12:106] And most of them will not believe in God without setting up partners for Him. 

[12:107] Do they believe that an overwhelming punishment from God will not come their way or the Hour will not come suddenly when they never expect it?

[12:108] Say, this is my path; I invite to God, on the basis of a beacon; I as well as whoever follows me. And glory be to God and I am not one of those who set up partners for god.

[12:109] And We did not send before you, except men from the inhabitants of various communities. Do they not travel throughout the land and see what the consequences for those before them were? And certainly the abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who are god-fearing. Do they not use their intelligence?

[12:110] Just as our messengers were losing hope, and thought that they were rejected, Our victory came to them, then We saved whomever We willed, and the guilty people did not escape Our might.

[12:111] Indeed in their history, there is a lesson for those who possess vision. This is not a fabricated hadeeth; it confirms what they already uphold and the details of everything and guidance and mercy for the people who have faith.