Surah 12
Yusuf
Joseph
يوسف
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From a layerPart supplied, part absentAbsent
Name and conventional translation
Part absent
Arabic name
يوسف
Source fact
Transliteration
Yusuf
Source fact
English name
Joseph
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
From a layer
Verses
111
Derived link
Words
1777
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
12 of 114
Source fact
Position in a revelation ordering
53 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
Source fact
Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Juzʾ 12 to 13; a new juzʾ begins at 12:53 (13)
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
Derived link
What the surah says of itself
Absent
Major movements and sections
Part absent
Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:1-6 | الٓر تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ … |
| 2 | 12:7-20 | لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِى يُوسُفَ … |
| 3 | 12:21-29 | وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِى ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مِن … |
| 4 | 12:30-35 | وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ … |
| 5 | 12:36-42 | وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ … |
| 6 | 12:43-49 | وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ … |
| 7 | 12:50-57 | وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ … |
| 8 | 12:58-68 | وَجَآءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا۟ … |
| 9 | 12:69-79 | وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ … |
| 10 | 12:80-93 | فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا۟ … |
| 11 | 12:94-104 | وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ … |
| 12 | 12:105-111 | وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
Part absent
Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا | 21, 38, 40, 68 |
| 3 | 5 | وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ | 21, 40, 68 |
| 3 | 3 | مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ | 6, 21, 101 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1777 words606 with one root, counted171 conflicting roots280 no root recorded720 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 52 | 46 | قَالَ وَقَالَ قَالَتْ قُلْ قُلْنَ وَقَالَتْ وَقُلْنَ |
| ع.ل.م | 21 | 16 | عَلِيمٌ يَعْلَمُونَ أَعْلَمُ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمٍ بِعَٰلِمِينَ عَلَّمَنِى لِيَعْلَمَ وَأَعْلَمُ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى وَعِلْمًا وَيُعَلِّمُكَ |
| أ.ك.ل | 9 | 9 | يَأْكُلُهُنَّ أَكَلَهُ تَأْكُلُ تَأْكُلُونَ فَأَكَلَهُ فَتَأْكُلُ يَأْكُلَهُ يَأْكُلْنَ |
| ق.ب.ل | 9 | 9 | قَبْلُ قَبْلَ أَقْبَلْنَا قَبْلِكَ |
| ص.د.ق | 9 | 8 | ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ تَصْدِيقَ صَٰدِقِينَ فَصَدَقَتْ لَصَٰدِقُونَ وَتَصَدَّقْ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ ٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ |
| ك.و.ن | 9 | 8 | كَانَ |
| ح.س.ن | 8 | 8 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ أَحْسَنَ |
| س.ج.ن | 8 | 8 | ٱلسِّجْنِ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ يُسْجَنَ ٱلسِّجْنَ ٱلسِّجْنُ |
| أ.ت.ي | 8 | 7 | يَأْتِى تَأْتُونِى تَأْتِيَهُمْ يَأْتِ يَأْتِيكُمَا يَأْتِيَكُمَا يَأْتِيَنِى |
| أ.خ.و | 8 | 7 | أَخَاهُ أَخٌ أَخُوكَ إِخْوَةُ إِخْوَتِكَ بِأَخٍ وَأَخُوهُ |
| ك.ي.د | 8 | 7 | كَيْدَهُنَّ بِكَيْدِهِنَّ كَيْدًا كَيْدَ كَيْدَكُنَّ كَيْدِكُنَّ كِدْنَا |
| ن.و.س | 8 | 7 | ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلنَّاسُ |
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| س.ب.ع | 8 | 4 | سَبْعٌ سَبْعَ سَبْعِ وَسَبْعَ وَسَبْعِ |
| أ.م.ن | 6 | 6 | يُؤْمِنُونَ أَمِينٌ بِمُؤْمِنٍ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ يُؤْمِنُ |
| ح.ف.ظ | 6 | 6 | لَحَٰفِظُونَ حَفِيظٌ حَٰفِظًا حَٰفِظِينَ وَنَحْفَظُ |
| خ.ي.ر | 6 | 6 | خَيْرٌ خَيْرُ |
| ر.ح.م | 6 | 6 | أَرْحَمُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا رَحِمَ وَرَحْمَةً ٱلرَّحِيمُ |
| ك.ث.ر | 6 | 6 | أَكْثَرَ أَكْثَرُ أَكْثَرُهُم |
| ل.ك.م | 6 | 6 | لَكُمْ |
| ن.ف.س | 6 | 6 | أَنفُسُكُمْ لِنَفْسِى نَفْسِ نَّفْسِى ٱلنَّفْسَ |
| أ.و.ل | 5 | 5 | تَأْوِيلِ بِتَأْوِيلِ تَأْوِيلُ |
| ب.ع.د | 5 | 5 | بَعْدِ بَعْدَ |
| ث.م.م | 5 | 5 | ثُمَّ |
| ر.و.د | 5 | 5 | أَرَادَ تُرَٰوِدُ رَٰوَدَتْنِى سَنُرَٰوِدُ وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ |
| و.ح.د | 5 | 5 | أَحَدَ أَحَدَنَا أَحَدُكُمَا وَٰحِدٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ |
| و.ه.م | 5 | 5 | وَهُمْ |
| س.ر.ق | 5 | 4 | سَرَقَ سَٰرِقِينَ لَسَٰرِقُونَ يَسْرِقْ |
| أ.ب.و | 4 | 4 | أَبَوَيْهِ أَبًا أَبَوَيْكَ |
| ب.ض.ع | 4 | 4 | بِبِضَٰعَةٍ بِضَٰعَةً بِضَٰعَتُنَا بِضْعَ |
| ر.س.ل | 4 | 4 | أَرْسَلَتْ أَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرَّسُولُ ٱلرُّسُلُ |
| ش.ي.أ | 4 | 4 | شَىْءٍ |
| ع.ق.ب | 4 | 4 | يَعْقُوبَ عَٰقِبَةُ وَيَعْقُوبَ |
| م.ن.ن | 4 | 4 | مِنَّا مَنَّ مَّن |
| ح.ك.م | 4 | 3 | حَكِيمٌ حُكْمًا يَحْكُمَ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ |
| ر.ب.ب | 4 | 3 | رَبِّكَ رَبَّكَ رَبُّكَ |
| أ.ج.ر | 3 | 3 | أَجْرَ أَجْرٍ |
| أ.م.ر | 3 | 3 | أَمْرًا أَمَرَ |
| أ.ي.د | 3 | 3 | أَيْدِيَهُنَّ يَدَيْهِ |
| ب.ص.ر | 3 | 3 | بَصِيرًا بَصِيرَةٍ |
| ج.ع.ل | 3 | 3 | جَعَلَ جَعَلَهَا يَجْعَلُوهُ |
| ح.ب.ب | 3 | 3 | أَحَبُّ حُبًّا |
| ذ.أ.ب | 3 | 3 | ٱلذِّئْبُ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 3 | 3 | تَذْكُرُ ذِكْرٌ ذِكْرَ |
| ش.ط.ن | 3 | 3 | ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ |
| ص.ب.ر | 3 | 3 | فَصَبْرٌ وَيَصْبِرْ |
| ص.ر.ف | 3 | 3 | تَصْرِفْ فَصَرَفَ لِنَصْرِفَ |
| ض.ل.ل | 3 | 3 | ضَلَٰلٍ ضَلَٰلِكَ |
| غ.ف.ر | 3 | 3 | أَسْتَغْفِرُ غَفُورٌ يَغْفِرُ |
| ف.ت.ي | 3 | 3 | أَفْتُونِى أَفْتِنَا تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ |
| ف.ع.ل | 3 | 3 | فَٰعِلِينَ لَفَٰعِلُونَ يَفْعَلْ |
| ق.د.د | 3 | 3 | قُدَّ |
| ك.ذ.ب | 3 | 3 | فَكَذَبَتْ كَٰذِبِينَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 3 | 3 | كُلِّ كُلَّ |
| م.ك.ن | 3 | 3 | مَكَّنَّا مَكِينٌ |
| أ.ذ.ن | 3 | 2 | أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ يَأْذَنَ |
| ب.ي.ن | 3 | 2 | بَيْنَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ |
| ر.أ.ي | 3 | 2 | تَرَوْنَ رَأَيْتُ رَأَيْتُهُمْ |
| ر.د.د | 3 | 2 | رُدَّتْ يُرَدُّ |
| ر.و.ح | 3 | 2 | رَّوْحِ رِيحَ |
| ك.ي.ل | 3 | 2 | كَيْلَ كَيْلٌ |
| أ.ب.ي | 2 | 2 | أَبَاكُمْ أَبَاهُمْ |
| أ.خ.ذ | 2 | 2 | أَخَذَ لِيَأْخُذَ |
| ب.أ.س | 2 | 2 | بَأْسُنَا تَبْتَئِسْ |
| ب.ع.ر | 2 | 2 | بَعِيرٍ |
| ب.ق.ر | 2 | 2 | بَقَرَٰتٍ |
| ج.م.ع | 2 | 2 | أَجْمَعِينَ جَمِيعًا |
| ج.م.ل | 2 | 2 | جَمِيلٌ |
| ج.ه.ل | 2 | 2 | جَٰهِلُونَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ |
| ج.ي.أ | 2 | 2 | جِئْنَا وَجِئْنَا |
| ح.م.ل | 2 | 2 | أَحْمِلُ حِمْلُ |
| ح.و.ش | 2 | 2 | حَٰشَ |
| خ.ض.ر | 2 | 2 | خُضْرٍ |
| خ.م.ر | 2 | 2 | خَمْرًا |
| ر.ج.ع | 2 | 2 | أَرْجِعُ يَرْجِعُونَ |
| ر.ف.ع | 2 | 2 | نَرْفَعُ وَرَفَعَ |
| س.ج.د | 2 | 2 | سَٰجِدِينَ سُجَّدًا |
| س.ر.ر | 2 | 2 | فَأَسَرَّهَا وَأَسَرُّوهُ |
| س.ق.ي | 2 | 2 | فَيَسْقِى ٱلسِّقَايَةَ |
| س.م.ع | 2 | 2 | سَمِعَتْ ٱلسَّمِيعُ |
| س.م.و | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| س.ن.و | 2 | 2 | سِنِينَ |
| س.و.ل | 2 | 2 | سَوَّلَتْ |
| س.ي.ر | 2 | 2 | سَيَّارَةٌ ٱلسَّيَّارَةِ |
| ش.ع.ر | 2 | 2 | يَشْعُرُونَ |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ صَٰلِحِينَ |
| ض.ي.ع | 2 | 2 | نُضِيعُ يُضِيعُ |
| ط.ي.ر | 2 | 2 | ٱلطَّيْرُ |
| ظ.ل.م | 2 | 2 | ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
| ع.ب.د | 2 | 2 | تَعْبُدُونَ عِبَادِنَا |
| ع.ب.ر | 2 | 2 | تَعْبُرُونَ عِبْرَةٌ |
| ع.ج.ف | 2 | 2 | عِجَافٌ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 2 | 2 | عَذَابٌ عَذَابِ |
| ع.ص.ر | 2 | 2 | أَعْصِرُ يَعْصِرُونَ |
| ع.ق.ل | 2 | 2 | تَعْقِلُونَ |
| ع.م.ل | 2 | 2 | يَعْمَلُونَ |
| ع.و.ذ | 2 | 2 | مَعَاذَ |
| غ.ف.ل | 2 | 2 | غَٰفِلُونَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ |
| غ.ن.ي | 2 | 2 | أُغْنِى يُغْنِى |
| ف.ت.و | 2 | 2 | فَتَيَانِ لِفِتْيَٰنِهِ |
| ف.ق.د | 2 | 2 | تَفْقِدُونَ نَفْقِدُ |
| ف.و.ق | 2 | 2 | فَوْقَ وَفَوْقَ |
| ق.ط.ع | 2 | 2 | قَطَّعْنَ وَقَطَّعْنَ |
| ق.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | قَلِيلًا |
| ق.و.م | 2 | 2 | قَوْمًا قَوْمٍ |
| ل.ق.ي | 2 | 2 | فَأَلْقُوهُ وَأَلْقُوهُ |
| ل.م.م | 2 | 2 | لِّمَا |
| م.ت.ع | 2 | 2 | مَتَٰعَنَا مَتَٰعِنَا |
| م.ع.ي | 2 | 2 | مَعَنَا مَعَهُ |
| م.ك.ر | 2 | 2 | بِمَكْرِهِنَّ يَمْكُرُونَ |
| م.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | مِلَّةَ |
| ن.ب.أ | 2 | 2 | نَبَّأْتُكُمَا نَبِّئْنَا |
| ن.ج.ي | 2 | 2 | فَنُجِّىَ نَجِيًّا |
| ن.س.و | 2 | 2 | نِسْوَةٌ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ |
| و.ج.د | 2 | 2 | وَجَدْنَا وُجِدَ |
| و.ج.ه | 2 | 2 | وَجْهُ وَجْهِ |
| و.ص.ف | 2 | 2 | تَصِفُونَ |
| و.ف.ي | 2 | 2 | تَوَفَّنِى فَأَوْفِ |
| و.ق.ي | 2 | 2 | يَتَّقُونَ يَتَّقِ |
| و.ك.ل | 2 | 2 | تَوَكَّلْتُ وَكِيلٌ |
| ي.ب.س | 2 | 2 | يَابِسَٰتٍ |
| ب.و.ب | 2 | 1 | أَبْوَٰبٍ بَابٍ |
| ت.م.م | 2 | 1 | أَتَمَّهَا وَيُتِمُّ |
| ش.ه.د | 2 | 1 | شَاهِدٌ وَشَهِدَ |
| ه.م.م | 2 | 1 | هَمَّتْ وَهَمَّ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
720 of this surah's 1777 words have no analysis, and a further 451 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
Absent
Links to related topical studies
From a layer
Current studies citing a verse of this surah
14 current studies
Knowledge, reason & reflection3
Character & relationships2
Justice & governance2
Magic, dreams & the supernatural2
- What does the Qur'an say about dreams - and Joseph's gift of reading them?12:4-6, 36-37, 43-44, 46-49
- Does the Qur'an treat any dreams as true guidance?12:4-6
Mental wellbeing & hardship2
Prophets & messengers1
- What does the Qur'an say about Joseph and his brothers?12:3, 8-10, 53, 55, 90-92, 100-101
Repentance & spiritual development1
The Qur'an about itself1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Derived link
Signed introduction to this surah
One hundred and eleven verses given almost entirely to one story, the story of Joseph, who is named from verse 4 onward and whom the surah is named after. It opens by calling itself an Arabic recitation and the best of the narratives, and closes by saying that in these histories is a lesson for those who understand.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-25 · Editorial
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