Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف, romanized: Yūsuf, lit. 'Joseph') is the 12th chapter (Surah) of the Quran and has 111 Ayahs (verses).[1] It is preceded by sūrah Hud and followed by Ar-Ra’d (The thunder). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it was revealed toward the end of the Meccan period,[2] which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina. It is said to have been revealed in a single sitting and is unique in this respect.[3][unreliable source?] The text narrates the story of Yusuf (Joseph), son of Jacob, who is a prophet in Islam, and recounts his life and mission. Unlike the accounts of other Islamic prophets,[4] different elements and aspects of which are related in different surahs, the life-history of Yusuf, is narrated in this surah only, in full and in chronological order.[2][5] This surah, which also tells of the truth, according to Muslims, contained in dreams, presents many principles of how to serve Islam by relating the life-history of a prophet, who became the most renowned and respected figure in the country to which he had been sold as a slave.[2] The surah was first translated into Latin by Thomas van Erpe in 1617 and later in the 17th century published synoptically in Arabic and Latin as part of the Lutheran efforts at translating the Qur'an.[6]سُورَة يُوسُفَ هي سُورَة مكَّية، تميزت بذكر قصة نبي الله يوسف كاملة في أسلوب قصصي بديع، وهي أطول قصة في القرآن في سياق واحد، ولذلك سميت باسم نبي الله يوسف لاشتمالها على قصته، وهو الاسم الوحيد لها، قيل أنها أول سورة نقلت من مكة إلى المدينة، ترتيبها الثّانية عشرةَ بين سّور المُصْحَف بعد سورة هود وقبل سورة الرعد، وعدد آياتها مائةٌ وإحدى عشرةَ آيةً.