Category: Qur’an

This article is taken from the second edition of Jihad in the Qur’an: The Truth from the Source. The book is now […]

Note that the words شَرَوْهُ “they sold him,” كَانُوا “they were,” and الزَّاهِدِينَ “disinterested in keeping” refer to the same plural pronoun implied in the verbs أَرْسَلُوا “ [they] sent,”…

In the verse above, the Qur’an takes us back to the place where Jacob’s sons left their brother hoping that some travelers would help him out of the well…

Joseph’s brothers brought his shirt to their father after smearing it with blood, which was not actually Joseph’s, as proof that their brother was devoured by a wolf….

The use of Joseph’s brothers of the clause ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ “we went to race with one another” instead of the verb استبقنا “we raced with one another”…

The mention of the verse that the time of the return was عِشَآءً “isha’an (at night)” confirms my interpretation of the word “ghadan” in verse 12.12 as meaning “in the early morning.”…

Although stressing that Joseph’s brothers took him, the verse does not state explicitly whether that happened with or without Jacob’s permission….

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