What is the importance of the Prophet Joesph in the Koran?
There is a whole surah (chapter) in the Quran about Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) peace be upon him, you can read the translation of its meaning from http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/012.qmt.html In general, the Quran has stories about the other prophets to give a reminder and a lesson about them for the people to follow their example in calling to the sake of Allah (God) and to learn from their wisdom. About Prophet Yusuf peace be upon him there are many lessons taken from his story, I will touch briefly a few of them here: The first lesson is about raising children. The parents must be fair with them, because in the story the brothers of Yusuf were jealous from him and his other young brother because they felt that their father Prophet Yaqub (Jacob) preferred him more, so they tried to kill him. Although Yusufs brothers were also very righteous but their feelings that their father loved their brother more than them, caused them to hate and harm him. The second lesson is that some dreams th
