Israeli Narrations in Anis al-Moridin and Shams al-Majalis with a Comparative Look at Some Works in the Interpretation of the Qur’an in Early Islam

Some works of Muslims in the interpretation of the Qur'an and the history of prophets have been influenced by the Torah and Jewish historical books. One of these works is Anis al-Moridin and Shams al-Majalis. It is a  ‪Mystic interpretation in Persian that has recently been edited and published for the first time. We have found many Israeli narrations in this work. Most of them are in the narrations related to the following parts of the story: the story of the birth of Jacob and his twin brother named Eis and their enmity; some descriptions about the numbers and the names of Jacob's wives and their children;  some of Joseph's childhood dreams in which he saw his superiority;  the name of one of Joseph's brothers who prevented him from being killed; Joseph's nakedness before his brothers threw him into the well, the dryness of the well; Joseph’s selling to the caravan passengers and his price; dipping Joseph's shirt in the goat blood; Jacob’s crying and waiting impatiently for Yusuf;  the name of the King of Egypt such as Potiphar; the prisoner and prison officer's love for Joseph; the number and name of Joseph's children; the vehemence of Joseph with his brothers in his palace in Egypt, and so on. This comparative study concluded that Israeli narrations have been used extensively in Anis al-Moridin and Shams al-Majalis, like some other ancient books.