Ya'qub
Known in English as Jacob
Father of Yusuf, who lost his sight to grief and never lost his certainty.
يعقوب
What the Quran relates
- 1The dream his son related, and his caution
- 2Years of grief over Yusuf
- 3The reunion in Egypt
What is drawn from it
- "Beautiful patience" is grief carried without complaint to people
- Certainty in Allah can outlast every appearance to the contrary