Stories of the Prophets told by the Koran (Album 4) YOUCEF (sbdl)

The Story of the Prophet Youcef, told by the Koran , is part of a collection, which has 9 volumes, intended for all members of the family. Its objective is to make people discover the stories of the Prophets through an illustrated album and documented by authenticated sources.

Volume 4 deals with the story of a prophet reported by the Holy Quran:

• Youcef (Joseph), noblest of men

Major topics covered:

• The jealousy of Youcef's brothers (as) towards him
• The dream of young Youcef (as)
• The sons of Yacoub (psl) throw their little brother to the bottom of a well
• Father's sadness
• Youcef (as), servant of Al-aziz, treasurer of the king of Egypt
• The advances of Zoulaykha, wife of Al-Aziz

• The stay in prison

1. The interpretation of the dreams of two fellow prisoners, both members of the king's household.
2. Interpretation of the king's dream reported to him by one of Youcef's two companions (as)
3. Zulaykha's confession, charges withdrawn

• The administrator of the public granaries
• Predictions made
• Reunion in Egypt

The authors have chosen to illustrate the important events in the lives of the prophets with drawings and to indicate the cities of birth and the journeys made with maps. They were led to make such a choice for educational reasons. Indeed, the memorization of stories by the reader will be easier for him with the help of drawings and maps.

They did not make prohibited drawings where any part of a prophet's body would be visible.

They compiled the prophetic stories from the following books:

• Ibn Kathir, The Stories of the Prophets
• An-Najar, Stories of the Prophets

They took up verses and hadiths which are in the following reference books:

• Muhammad Hamidullah, The Holy Quran (French translation of the Quran)
• al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari
• Muslim, Sahih Muslim