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The Qur'an Story of Joseph: Plot, Themes, and Characters

For its sheer readability, the Qur'anic story of Joseph, told in S. 12, is perhaps unsurpassed in the whole of the Qur'an. The less than one hundred verses of the narrative [1] telescope many years, present an amazing variety of scenes and characters in a tightly-knit plot, and offer a dramatic illustration of some of the fundamental themes of the Qur'an. The present article, as the title indicates, is a study of selected aspects of the sura. The study is mainly literary in character. As such it will not deal with that part of the sura (the concluding part, chiefly) in which the Qur'an seeks to apply the story to the Meccan situation of Muhammad's time.[2] I have thus limited the scope of this inquiry in order to bring into relief, with reference to S. 12, a sorely neglected aspect of the Qur'an, namely, the literary aspect. It is not necessary to reproduce the story in detail or in outline any of the well-known translations of the Qur'an can be used for purposes of reference.

How was the creation of man according to the Qur’an? (Part 3)

There are two scientific viewpoints on the creation of living organisms including plants.

How was the creation of man according to the Qur’an? (Part 2)

From another perspective, all people are looked at separately. Of course, this perspective isn't in contradiction with the first, meaning that looking at the issue from both perspectives can give the same results.

How was the creation of man according to the Qur’an? (Part 1)

The Qur’an has explained the creation of man and his origin using different words and phrases. Some verses say that the initial material man comes from is clay. Other verses say it is water, while a third group say it is sperm. Meanwhile a fourth group says it was both clay and sperm together.

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