The Holy Quran, as a guidebook for mankind, encompasses all aspects of individual and social life. This characteristic of the Holy Quran is not limited to a specific land or a specific time, but is true across the History of human life and the all lands.
Therefore, when faced with emerging phenomena, referring to the Holy Quran and trying to understand and unravel their complexities by finding the meanings and themes related to the subject in the Holy Quran can lead to find effective insights and directions theoretically and in practice.
The issue of disinformation in mass and social media and the production and dissemination of fake news are among the most acute and pervasive issues in today's mediatized and networked world, requiring appropriate media, communication, and social confrontation.
This article focuses on the life story of Prophet Joseph (PBUH), which narrates Quranic-historical examples of disinformation. Three groups of verses from Surah Yusuf in which fake news is seen (the story of Prophet Joseph being eaten by wolves, Zulaykha's lie that Prophet Joseph assaulted her, and the fake story of Benjamin stealing the precious Egyptian cup) are used as a basis to identify the method of creating fake news by finding the commonalities of these stories.