Yusuf (Prophet)

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Jusuf and Zulejcha in a miniature from Bukhara (1615)

Yūsuf or Jussuf ( Arabic يوسف Yousuf , also Yousef , Youssef , Yusef , Yossef or Yosef ) is a prophet in the Koran , the holy scripture of Islam . The figure corresponds to the patriarch Joseph in the Jewish Tanakh and in the Christian Bible and is the Arabic variant of this name. The main part of the Qur'anic Yusuf narration shows strong similarities with the biblical text.

The 12th sura

The 12th sura, which contains 111 verses, bears Yūsuf's name. After the Basmala and three introductory verses , the narrative begins with Jacob's warning to his son that he should not tell his brothers about his dream of the sun, moon and stars because it could arouse their jealousy . Yūsuf then falls victim to the hatred of his brothers, and they use the first opportunity available to throw him into a well. Yūsuf was saved from her accusations because God was with him. His shirt, which was torn from the back, was proof that Potiphar's wife had not protected herself from the stalking of Yūsuf as she pretended, but had grabbed him and tried to hold him when he escaped from her. When she invited Egyptian women to a banquet, she handed each one a fruit knife along with the refreshments. She then ordered Yūsuf to come out, and “when they saw him, they thought he was great and they cut their hand (with the knife in amazement) and said, 'God forbid! This is not a human. That is nothing (other than) a noble angel. '"(Paret)

After Yūsuf interpreted the king's dreams, the woman came to Pharaoh and admitted that Yūsuf was a truthful man. This episode is attributed to the influence of a Syrian legend according to which Yūsuf had no desire for revenge against the wife of Potiphar and her husband, who had thrown him in prison. Verse 67 describes how the Yūsuf brothers, before going into Egypt for the second time, received advice from their father not to enter the city through a single gate. This detail is also reported from an Aggadic part of the Jewish Midrash (Bereshit Rabba 91, 2).

literature

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica , Volume 10, pp. 212-213.
  • Jakob Horovitz: The Josepher story . J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt a. M. 1921.

Web links

Commons : Jusuf and Zulejcha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd-Jürgen Fischer : Handbook on Thomas Mann's Joseph novels . Francke, Tübingen u. Basel 2002, Bibliography, p. 805
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