The Story of Hazrat yusuf AS Story in English

Walaikum As-salam!

Are you ready for today’s story?

Yes Baba!

I’m going to tell you the story of

 Prophet Yusuf (as) today!

Prophet Yusuf (as)?

Yes my son

The story of prophet Yusuf (as)

is the most detailed and fascinating 

stories in the Quran.

Now listen carefully.

The Dream of Prophet Yusuf (as)

Prophet Yusuf (as) was the son of

 Prophet Yaqub (as) and Rahel.

He had a younger brother named 

Benyamin from his mother.

Yaqub (as) had twelve sons in total.

Prophet Yaqub (as) loved Yusuf (as)

 and Benyamin more than

 his other children.

This made the other brothers 

very angry.

One night Yusuf (as) had a

 wonderful dream!

He saw eleven stars in the sky,

and the sun and the moon,

they were all bowing 

down before him!

The young prophet was quite

 amazed by this dream!

He wondered why stars bowed

 before  him.

He didn’t understand the meaning,

so he went to his father,

and told him about his dream

“Father, I saw eleven stars, the sun

 and the moon in a dream!”

He told his father.

“I saw all of them bowing down to me!”

Yaqub (as) was a prophet,

and he understood the

 meaning of his dream,

and he was very happy!

“Allah (swt) has blessed you Yusuf” 

The old prophet told his son.

This dream means that you will be

 given knowledge and prophecy!”

Yaqub (as) was a wise and old man,

so he knew that his other sons would not be

 happy to hear about Yusuf’s dream.

So he warned him

“My son, do not tell any of your

 brothers about your dream.

They will be jealous of you, and

 they will become your enemies.

“No father, I will not tell them” 

replied his son.

But the young and innocent boy went

and told his brothers about the dream.

When the brothers heard about this,

they got really angry.

“Why does our father love Yusuf

 more than us?”

asked one of the brothers

“Maybe its because he is so beautiful”

 replied another brother

“Our father has gone astray” 

said another

“Why don’t we kill Yusuf, and get rid

 of him?” asked another brother

“Where would we kill him?” 

asked the other

“We should send him away to a distant land”

 said another brother

Then one of the brother said

“There is no need to kill him

 to get rid of him.

Look here, let us throw him into

 a well beside the road.

He will be picked up by the travelers, 

and they will take him

as a slave to a distant land.

He will disappear from 

our father's eyes,

and that will serve our

 purpose as well.

Then the ten brothers went 

to their father,

and requested him to send Yusuf(as)

 along with them.

But Yaqub (as) was very afraid

 for Yusuf(as).

He knew that the brothers were

 jealous of him,

and that they did not love him.

He refused at first.

“Yusuf is our dear little brother” 

said one of them.

We are the sons of the same father,

so what are you afraid of?”

“Please send him with us”

 said another brother

“We will watch over him”

“I fear the wolf may take him while

 you are playing” said Yaqub (as)

“Never” replied a brother.

“How can the wolf eat him 

when we are there,

we are strong and we can 

save him father”

After a lot of compulsion 

from the brothers,

 the prophet gave them permission to take

Yusuf(as) along with them.

The next day, the brothers took Yusuf (as) 

with them to the forest.

They were very excited as they

 could finally get rid of him!

They walked through the forest and 

went directly to the well,

as they had planned

They leaned over the well on the

 pretext of drinking water.

It was then that one of the brothers put

 his arms around Yusuf (as)

and held him tightly.

Startled by this unusual behaviour,

Yusuf(as) struggled to free himself!

Then all the brothers joined,

 and held him

so that he couldn’t move.

Then one of them removed his shirt.

Together they lifted Yusuf (as) and 

threw him into the deep well!!

Yusuf (as) cried for help, and he begged 

his brothers to save him.

But the brothers shook their heads

and paid no heed to the pleas 

of their brother.

Yusuf (as) was all alone in the

 deep dark well.

He was very scared

 and he wept.

It was then that Allah(swt) told him

“Do not be sad, 

do not be afraid.

Allah is with you.

Something great is going to

 happen to you .

Your brothers will come before you and you

 will remind them of what they did.

Yusuf (as) was saved by the

 shallow water.

He then clung to a rock ledge, 

and climbed on top of it.

The brothers then got together and said

“what shall we tell our father?”

Then one of them said

“We will tell him,

 You were right father,

a wolf did eat him!”

“Yes” the brothers agreed.

“We will tell our father that

 the wolf ate him”

The brothers then caught a 

ram and killed it.

Then they took Yusuf (as)'s shirt and 

dipped it in the blood.

“now our father will believe us” 

they said.

The brothers came weeping 

to their father.

“Father” they said

“We went running races, and left

 Yusuf with our bags.

But by the time we returned,

 a wolf ate our little brother!”

“Yes father” said another 

“Look at his shirt”

But Yaqub (as) knew that 

they were lying.

 He was a prophet and a 

very wise man.

He knew that when a wolf eats someone,

it rips his clothes.

But the shirt of Yusuf (as) was whole,

and it had been only dipped in blood.

That’s how the prophet knew that the 

story of the wolf was made up!

“This is a story that you have made up”

 he said to them.

“I am a patient man and

 I will wait for my son”

Yaqub (as) couldn’t sleep that night

 and kept thinking about his son.

It was a terrible time for Yusuf (as),

 in that deep well,

out in the wilderness, 

hidden in darkness.

It was a difficult time for both the

 father and the son.

A group of people were travelling to

 Egypt through that wilderness.

They were thirsty and 

looking for water.

When they saw the well, they sent a man

 to bring them some water.

The man came to the well and

 let down a bucket.

Yusuf (as) was happy when he saw the

 bucket coming down,

 and he grabbed hold of it.

As the man began to haul,

 he felt the load was 

unusually heavy!

When he peeped into the well,

he was shocked to see a young man

 clinging to the rope!

He held the rope tightly,

and shouted to his friends

“Better give me hand fellows,

looks like I found real treasure

 in the well!”

His companions rushed to the well,

to pull the stranger holding

 onto the rope!

The men were startled when they saw 

the handsome youth,

beaming with an angelic smile!

They knew that they would get a handsome

 price for this young man,

and money was all that 

mattered to them.

They immediately chained Yusuf (as),

 and took him to Egypt,

far away from his home

Masha Allah!

That was such a great story!!

I’m glad you liked it

They took him to Egypt, but I will tell 

you that story tomorrow!

Alright! Now are you ready for

 the questions?

Yes, I am!

Now tell me who was the mother of

 Prophet Yusuf (as)

His mother was Rahel!

That’s correct.

Can you tell me about the dream that

 the Prophet saw?

In his dream, the Prophet saw eleven stars

 in the sky, and the sun and the moon,

and they all bowed down before him!

That’s wonderful!

Now tell me how the brothers got rid

 of the Prophet

The brothers of Prophet Yusuf (as)

 was jealous of him.

One day, they lied to their father,

and took the Prophet

 along with them.

They dumped him in a well, 

after removing his clothes

And what happened after that?

They dipped his clothes in blood,

and showed it to their father,

telling him that the wolves ate him!

Masha Allah!

That’s the right answer!

Now, for the last question.

Tell me how was the Prophet

 saved from the well

A group a travelers came to the well to 

get water, and they found him!

Excellent! That’s the

 right answer!

That’s all for today, I will tell you the

 remaining story tomorrow!

Good night my son!

Good night Baba!