The King of Egypt, Who freed Yusuf: In the Quran in Islamic History

In the Quran

In the QuranWho freed Yusuf

The King of Egyptالملك

In the time of YusufTraditional date, disputedEgypt

The ruler whose dream of seven fat and seven thin cows brought Yusuf out of prison to power.

No one at court could explain his dream until the freed prisoner remembered Yusuf. Yusuf read it: seven years of plenty, then seven of famine. Before leaving prison he asked the king to clear his name. Then the king said: bring him, I will take him for myself, and placed him over the storehouses of the land.

What does the Quran say?

And the king said, "Bring him to me; I will appoint him exclusively for myself." And when he spoke to him, he said, "Indeed, you are today established [in position] and trusted."
Quran 12:54

12:43-56 12:72 12:76

The lesson

A wise ruler listens to the right person, even one found in prison.

Who else is linked?

Egypt (Misr)Yusuf The Aziz of Egypt Yusuf's Fellow Prisoners Ancient Egypt

Who lived at the same time?

Yusuf The Brothers of Yusuf Yusuf's Fellow Prisoners Hammurabi

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.