The Brothers of Yusuf, Jealous, then forgiven
In the QuranJealous, then forgiven
The Brothers of Yusufإخوة يوسف
Traditional date, disputedCanaan
Yusuf's ten older brothers who threw him in a well and, years later, begged his forgiveness in Egypt.
Jealous of their father's love, they dropped Yusuf into a well and brought Yaqub a shirt with false blood. Decades later famine drove them to Egypt, where the minister they bowed to was Yusuf himself. He said: no blame on you today. They asked their father to pray for them, and he did.
What does the Quran say?
He said, "No blame will there be upon you today. Allah will forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful."
Quran 12:92
The lesson
Envy can tear a family apart; forgiveness can put it back together.
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
YusufYusuf's Fellow PrisonersThe King of EgyptThe Eldest BrotherBinyaminThe Aziz of EgyptThe Wife of the AzizThe Witness from Her Family
Source: the Quran
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
People of the Quran
- Hawwa
- Habil
- Azar
- Sarah
- The Daughters of Lut
- The Wife of Ayyub
- The Brothers of Yusuf
- The Eldest Brother
- Binyamin
- The Aziz of Egypt
- The Wife of the Aziz
- The Witness from Her Family
- The Women of the City
- Yusuf's Fellow Prisoners
- The King of Egypt
- The Mother of Musa
- The Sister of Musa
- Asiya
- The Man of Musa's People
- The Man Who Warned Musa
- The Old Man of Madyan
- Safura
- The Sister of Safura
- The Believer of Firaun's Family
- The Magicians of Firaun
- Yusha ibn Nun
- Kalib ibn Yufanna
- Al-Khidr
- Talut
- Luqman
- The Son of Luqman
- Bilqis
- Asif ibn Barkhiya
- Uzayr
- Dhul-Qarnayn
- Imran
- Hannah
- The Wife of Zakariya
- The Disciples of Isa
- The Messengers of the Town
- Habib al-Najjar
- The People of the Cave
- The Owner of the Two Gardens
- The Companions of the Garden
- Tubba
- The Woman Who Undid Her Yarn
- Zayd ibn Haritha
- Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum
- Khawlah bint Tha'labah
- The Three Who Stayed Behind