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   Quran /12- JOSEPH YUSUF Meccan/
 
Introduction
In The Name of Allah AL-Rahman and AL-Rahim (The Merciful,) In no other Surah (Chapter) in the Quran has a subject matter been treated in toto as in this Surah. It is unique in this respect. Narratives in the other Surah are told in episodes befitting the subject-matter of the Surah, its atmosphere and its direction. Even the narratives told in their entirety in the same Surah such as the narratives of Hud, Saleh, Lut (lot) and Shuaib are simply epitomes of be chief points. The nature of the narrative under discussion fits the Surah; It begins with Yusuf's dream and ends with the interpretation of the dream. If it were discoursed in episodes it would not have accomplished the objective for which it was narrated nor would it have had the same impression. Although the Biblical story has a different atmosphere and line of thought and is not as expounded as it is in the Quran and the differences are striking, Yet Rodwell and other Western theologists claim that the recital proves that the Prophet Muhammad must have been in confidential intercourse with learned Jews and that he puts his own doctrine and convictions into the mouth of Yusuf; an absurdity in religion and philosophy, The Biblical story portrays Yusuf as buying up all the cattle and land of the poor Egyptians, whereas the Quran is a highly spiritual discourse purposed for religious instructions and exhortation to laudable conduct and virtue in wicked world. « Indeed, there have been in the story of Yusuf and his brothers an instructive occurrence, an example, a warning and a lesson for those who are seeking the world and its pursuits as well as for those who are in search of the truth and spiritual knowledge.»
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In The Name of Allah AL-Rahman and AL-Rahim (The Merciful,) In no other Surah (Chapter) in the Quran has a subject matter been treated in toto as in this Surah. It is unique in this respect. Narratives in the other Surah are told in episodes befitting the subject-matter of the Surah, its atmosphere and its direction. Even the narratives told in their entirety in the same Surah such as the narratives of Hud, Saleh, Lut (lot) and Shuaib are simply epitomes of be chief points. The nature of the narrative under discussion fits the Surah; It begins with Yusuf's dream and ends with the interpretation of the dream. If it were discoursed in episodes it would not have accomplished the objective for which it was narrated nor would it have had the same impression. Although the Biblical story has a different atmosphere and line of thought and is not as expounded as it is in the Quran and the differences are striking, Yet Rodwell and other Western theologists claim that the recital proves that the Prophet Muhammad must have been in confidential intercourse with learned Jews and that he puts his own doctrine and convictions into the mouth of Yusuf; an absurdity in religion and philosophy, The Biblical story portrays Yusuf as buying up all the cattle and land of the poor Egyptians, whereas the Quran is a highly spiritual discourse purposed for religious instructions and exhortation to laudable conduct and virtue in wicked world. « Indeed, there have been in the story of Yusuf and his brothers an instructive occurrence, an example, a warning and a lesson for those who are seeking the world and its pursuits as well as for those who are in search of the truth and spiritual knowledge.»
 
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