Surah Yusuf ("Nabi Yusuf AS") adalah surah ke-12 dalam Al-Qur'an. Surah ini terdiri atas 111 ayat dan termasuk golongan surah Makkiyah. Surah ini dinamakan surah Yusuf adalah karena titik berat dari isinya mengenai riwayat Nabi Yusuf AS. Riwayat tersebut salah satu di antara cerita-cerita gaib yang diwahyukan kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW sebagai mukjizat bagi beliau, sedang Rasulullah sebelum diturunkan surah ini tidak mengetahuinya.

Dari cerita Nabi Yusuf AS ini, Nabi Muhammad SAW mengambil pelajaran-pelajaran yang banyak dan merupakan penghibur bagi beliau untuk menghadapi berbagai ujian dalam menjalankan tugasnya untuk menyebarkan ajaran islam di bumi ini. Menurut riwayat Al Baihaqi dalam kitab Ad-Dalail bahwa segolongan orang Yahudi masuk agama Islam sesudah mereka mendengar cerita Yusuf ini, karena sesuai dengan cerita-cerita yang mereka ketahui.

Surah Yusuf (Prophet Yusuf‎) is the 12th sura (chapter) of the Quran. It is said to have been revealed in a single sitting, being unique in this respect. The text narrates the story of Yusuf (the biblical Joseph). While other surahs tend to jump between topics, this sura is special in sticking to its central theme throughout, telling a coherent story in chronological order. There is no confirmed time when surat Yusuf was revealed, but it is estimated to be either in the 10th or 11th year of dawah. In other words, it is known to have been revealed 2 or 3 years before the hijrah (Migration) from Makkah to Madina which is close to the end of the Makkan era and Makkan journey. This Sura was revealed after a year the scholars of seerah call 'am al huzun' (the year of Sorrow or Despair). This year was a sad and depressing time for Prophet Mohammad SAW.

He was going through several hardships and three of those are the most significant. The first one is his uncle Abu Talib's death. Abu Talib was the only father figure he had left and one of the people who protected him from the harms of society. The second tragedy would come with his beloved first wife, Khadijah's death. She was the first to believe in his message and she was his comfort. The two deaths were a significant loss to him as they were the people in his life that motivated and protected him through his journey. Later on in Makkah after his uncle's death, the pagans made him face excessive hardships while he tried to call the people to Islam. Expecting a better reply from the city of Taaif, Prophet Muhammad SAWdeparts Makkah. However, to his disappointment the people of Taaif did not welcome him, gave him a hard time and chased him out of the city by throwing rocks at him. He was injured, bleeding and left with nothing but disappointment from the people of Taaif. This surak was meant to uplift his spirits and comfort him in his time of rejection.