بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ الر تِلكَ ءايٰتُ الكِتٰبِ المُبينِ
Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi almubeenu
1. Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain
إِنّا أَنزَلنٰهُ قُرءٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُم تَعقِلونَ
Inna anzalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona
2. Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand
نَحنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيكَ أَحسَنَ القَصَصِ بِما أَوحَينا إِلَيكَ هٰذَا القُرءانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبلِهِ لَمِنَ الغٰفِلينَ
Nahnu naqussu AAalayka ahsana alqasasi bima awhayna ilayka hatha alqurana wain kunta min qablihi lamina alghafileena
3. We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the heedless
Surah Yusuf has 111 ayat and is a Meccan surah.
Yusuf means "Joseph". Tells the single continuous story of Joseph, his betrayal by his brothers, and his rise in Egypt.