The Main Theme of the Quranic Story of Yusuf

Theme, which is the dominant idea of every literary action, is of particular importance in Quranic stories since discovering the theme or the content of the story leads to a better understanding of the fictional action and its characters and ultimately to a deeper understanding of the word of Allah. There are so many themes in the Quranic story of Yusuf that it has become known as the story of themes. The main theme has a pivotal role and other elements of the story revolve around and manifest it in different ways throughout the story. In this study, taking a descriptive-analytical approach, the manner of presentation of the main theme and the modes of discovering it was explicated. The findings show the main theme of the story is obtained with some clues, the most important of which are: the character of Yusuf (UHBP), events, characters’ speech, narrator's remarks, scenes and repetition patterns.