Yusuf and Zulaikha

Yusuf and Zulaikha is the Quranic verse of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zulaikha. It has been told and retold countless times in many Muslim languages, especially Arabic Fact|date=February 2007,Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi. Its most famous version was written in Persian by Jami (1414-1492), in his "Haft Awrang" ("Seven Thrones").

Other writers to have retold the story include: Mahmud Gami (Kashmiri).It is a standard tale used in Punjabi Qisse.

Also there exists a long poem on the subject, titled as Yusuf and Zalikha, which used to be attributed to Ferdowsi, the great Persian poet of the tenth and eleventh century, however, the scholars have rejected this book based on its low quality and the time line of Ferdowsi's life.

'Yusuf and Zalikha: The Biblical Legend of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife in the Persian Version Ascribed to Abul-Mansur Quasim, Called Firdausi, ca. 932-1021 A.D.,' Edited by Hermann Ethé, Philo Press, Amsterdam, 1970

ee also

*Layla and Majnun
*Shirin and Farhad
*Heer Ranjha

External links

*PDFlink| [http://www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/joseph.pdf English translation of Jami's Joseph and Zuleika (edited by Charles Horne, 1917)] |138 KiB
* " [http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article.php?lab=WomenWritersIslam Women Writers, Islam, and the Ghost of Zulaikha] ", by Elif Shafak
* " [http://anwary-islam.com/prophet-story/yusuf1.htm The story of Yusuf and Zulaikha in the Quran]

* [http://ahlusunnah.org.au/articles/document.jsp?id=76 The story of Yusuf and Zulaikha in the Quran] The same article is also available at [http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/Prophet/yusuf.htm] , [http://anwary-islam.com/prophet-story/yusuf1.htm]