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IN THE STORY OF

PROPHET YUSUF AND HIS BROTHERS,

ARE CERTAINLY MANY

SIGNS FOR

THOSE WHO

REFLECT.

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

There are a few things which are quite unique in nature about Surah Yusuf.

• Surah Yusuf was revealed all at once unlike other surahs.

• The story of Prophet Yusuf is mentioned entirely in only this surah, unlike other prophets.

• Surah Yusuf holds one central theme, maintain the timeline and is a continuous story in a chronological order.

• There is a strange influence of No. 3 on the Surah.

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

The strange influence of No. 3 on Surah Yusuf

• This is the 12th Surah in the Quran: 1 + 2 = 3

• There are 111 ayats in the Surah: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

• The surah starts with the unique three letters, called Huruf e Muqtaát:

Alif . Lam . Ra

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

ال ر

The strange influence of No. 3 on Surah Yusuf

The number of dreams, mentioned in the Surah are three: • By Prophet Yusuf in childhood• By inmates of Prison• By the King

The first dream which Prophet Yusuf had, he saw 11 stars, sun and the moon. • 11 Stars + 1 Sun = 12 stars =

1 + 2 = 3

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

Among Prophet Yusuf’s family, three were real:Yaqub, Yusuf, and Benyamin

Among the brothers, three were close:Judah, Yusuf and Benyamin

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

The number of enclosures where Prophet Yusuf was kept in isolation

• In Well (By brothers)• In the Room (By Zulaikha

where she tried to seduce him)• In Jail (By the King)

His brothers had three options

• Kill him• Abandon him in some distant

land• Throw him in dark well

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

•After the brothers threw him in the well, travellers came after three days to rescue him

•Travellers sold him in Egypt to the King’s minister, who paid 6 dirhams each to 3 people.

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

There are three shirts mentioned:

• Shirt with false blood• Shirt torn by Zulaykha• Shirt sent by Yusuf for his

father

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

In prison, there were three people:

• Yusuf• King’s baker• King’s butler

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

There principles of religions, Prophet Yusuf taught

• Tauheed• Aakhirat• Risalaat

By: Shafin Verani July 2013

Brothers went three times to Prophet Yusuf in EgyptOnce without Benyamin

Once with BenyaminOnce with Yaqub

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Three brothers stayed in Egypt

• Yusuf• Benyamin• Judah

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3 generations before Prophet Yusuf mentioned in the surah:

• Ibrahim a.s.• Ishaaq a.s.• Yaqub a.s.

By: Shafin Verani July 2013