How many times is Joseph mentioned in the Quran?
Counted in the Arabic text and in Pickthall‘s English, with the rule beside each number and every verse below. Then search any other word.
In the Arabic
27
times, in 26 verses, as يوسف
Counted: The name Yusuf (يوسف), also with a joined letter in front such as wa (and), li (for) or bi (with), as the mushaf writes it.
In Pickthall‘s English
27
times, in 26 verses
Counted: The word joseph. Another translation would give another number.
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times
114 surahs
6,236 verses
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The first verses with Joseph
6:84 Al-An'am
ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب كلا هدينا ونوحا هدينا من قبل ومن ذريته داوود وسليمان وأيوب ويوسف وموسى وهارون وكذلك نجزي المحسنين
And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good.
12:4 Yusuf
إذ قال يوسف لأبيه يا أبت إني رأيت أحد عشر كوكبا والشمس والقمر رأيتهم لي ساجدين
When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me.
12:7 Yusuf
لقد كان في يوسف وإخوته آيات للسائلين
Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for the inquiring.
12:8 Yusuf
إذ قالوا ليوسف وأخوه أحب إلى أبينا منا ونحن عصبة إن أبانا لفي ضلال مبين
When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain aberration.
12:9 Yusuf
اقتلوا يوسف أو اطرحوه أرضا يخل لكم وجه أبيكم وتكونوا من بعده قوما صالحين
(One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk.
12:10 Yusuf
قال قائل منهم لا تقتلوا يوسف وألقوه في غيابت الجب يلتقطه بعض السيارة إن كنتم فاعلين
One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.
12:11 Yusuf
قالوا يا أبانا ما لك لا تأمنا على يوسف وإنا له لناصحون
They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him?
12:17 Yusuf
قالوا يا أبانا إنا ذهبنا نستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متاعنا فأكله الذئب وما أنت بمؤمن لنا ولو كنا صادقين
Saying: O our father! We went racing one with another, and left Joseph by our things, and the wolf devoured him, and thou believest not our saying even when we speak the truth.
12:21 Yusuf
وقال الذي اشتراه من مصر لامرأته أكرمي مثواه عسى أن ينفعنا أو نتخذه ولدا وكذلك مكنا ليوسف في الأرض ولنعلمه من تأويل الأحاديث والله غالب على أمره ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون
And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him honourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in His career, but most of mankind know not.
12:29 Yusuf
يوسف أعرض عن هذا واستغفري لذنبك إنك كنت من الخاطئين
O Joseph! Turn away from this, and thou, (O woman), ask forgiveness for thy sin. Lo! thou art of the faulty.
All 26 verses are in the search above, with the count by surah.
How this was counted
The Arabic count goes through all 6,236 verses of the Tanzil text without vowel marks and counts each written word that is one of the forms named above. Wa (and), fa (so), bi (with), li (for), ka (like) and al (the) are written joined to the next word, so they are allowed in front. The basmala at the top of each surah is not counted; the one that is verse 1 of Al-Fatiha is.
The English count looks for whole words in Pickthall‘s translation. Words he put in brackets are his explanations, not the Arabic, so they are left out. A translation count is a count of the translator‘s choices: use the Arabic number when you quote one.
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Arabic: Tanzil Quran Text (Simple Clean, Hafs), copied verbatim under its terms. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, from Project Gutenberg eBook #16955.
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Questions about Joseph in the Quran
How many times is Joseph mentioned in the Quran?
In the Arabic, 27 times, in 26 verses. Counted: The name Yusuf (يوسف), also with a joined letter in front such as wa (and), li (for) or bi (with), as the mushaf writes it. In Pickthall's English translation the count is 27 times.
Why do other sources give a different number?
Because they count other forms of the word, or count in a translation. Arabic joins words such as "and" and "the" to the next word and adds endings for his, their and plurals, and translators use different English words for the same Arabic word. Every number is right for its own rule; this page tells you its rule and lists every verse, so you can check it.
Where is Joseph first mentioned in the Quran?
In mushaf order, the first 10 verses are 6:84, 12:4, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:17, 12:21, 12:29. The full list is on this page, each verse in Arabic and in English.