CHAPTER 1 OF 5
A grandson promised
Yaqub is named in the good news concerning Ishaq. His place in Ibrahim’s household is also recalled in Yusuf’s story.
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Yaqub: hope through grief
A father’s sorrow and the refusal to give up hope.
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A grandson promised
Yaqub is named in the good news concerning Ishaq. His place in Ibrahim’s household is also recalled in Yusuf’s story.
A father hears a dream
Yusuf told him of eleven stars, the sun, and moon. Yaqub counselled him not to tell his brothers and spoke of Allah’s favour upon their family.
Beautiful patience
Faced with the brothers’ account of Yusuf’s disappearance, he recognised that something was wrong and turned to patient reliance upon Allah. His later sorrow did not mean he gave up hope.
Reunion and forgiveness
The restored family asked him to seek forgiveness. Yusuf welcomed his parents, and the earlier dream found its fulfilment. The passage does not name Yusuf’s mother.
Counsel at the end of life
The Qur’an describes Yaqub asking his sons what they would worship after him as death approached. They affirmed worship of the one God.