Yūsufthe Prophet Joseph, whose story is told in the Qurʾān (Sūrah 12) and who is often invoked in verse as the epitome of young male beauty and virtue.
zaqqūm treea tree mentioned in the Qurʾān as growing in hell and bearing exceedingly bitter fruit.
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