Surah Yusuf (Yusuf means Joseph). This is the Surah 12 (Chapter 12) of the Holy Qur'an.
It starts with the usual "In the Name of God, the Most merciful, the Great Merciful" and after that the first verse is:
"A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book."
A L R mean endless things, but one of the things it means is that you are about to read something magnificent and extraordinary, superb and wonderful.
The 3rd verse starts with: "We reveal to thee the most beautiful of stories" (they may be translation mistakes, I did not verify the contents of the website where I took the translation from). This chapter beautifully talks about the wonderful life of Joseph. It features family, trust, jealousy, love (a favourite of today's western movies), tragedy, human marvelousness, heroism, power and kingdom, passionate love, becoming someone in society, just ruling, purity, strategy and tactics, divine intervention, family prestige and glory, triumph, strong friendship with God Almighty and love and intimacy with Him, Allah Almighty (God Almighty).
One of the beauties in this story is the love relationship between Joseph and Zuleikha (her name is not mentioned however in the story).
"With passion did she desire him, and he would have desired her, except that he saw the evidence from his Lord"
"Now is the truth manifest (....) no evil do we know against him (...) he is indeed of those who are ever true and virtous"
God leaves it like this, leaving place for us to think, rather to know that God will unite them, undoubtedly. There did come a time (this is not in the Qur'an), when they married. After that, on one occasion, Joseph called Zuleikha to him, and she was his wife, but she objected. SHe said she love him before she acquired the knowledge of God; but now that she has knowledge of God, what can she possibly have to do with Joseph. Joseph then informed her that there was still greater spiritual benefit in being with him.
Strong friendship with God Almighty, and love and intimacy with Him is also one of the beauties of this Surah.
"For he was one of our servants, sincere and purified"
"When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge; thus do We reward those who do right."
"Thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land, to take possession therein as, when, or where he pleased. We bestow of our Mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, to be lost, the reward of those who do good."
"I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah (God), and I know from Allah that which ye know not"
"He cast the shirt over his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not say to you, I know from Allah that which ye know not?"
"O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events, O Thou Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Take my soul as one submitting to Thy will (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous."
But before all of this, at the beginning of this chapter God tells Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) that He loves him more than anyone else, that He loves him very greatly, that He loves him like no other.
"We relate to thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an"