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WHAT THE QUR'AN SAYS ABOUT LIARS AND THEIR METHODS
came her accomplices and did nothing to rescue Yusuf (as).
Allah reveals this situation in the following verses:
Some city women said: "The governor's wife solicited
her slave. He's fired her heart with love. We see that
she's the one to blame." But when she heard of their
malicious talk, she sent for them, made a sumptuous
meal, and then gave a knife to each of them. She said
[to Yusuf]: "Go out to them." When they saw him,
they were amazed by him and cut their hands. They
exclaimed: "Allah preserve us! This is no man. What
can this be but a noble angel here!" She said, "You
see! It's him you blamed me for. I tried seducing him,
but he refused. If he does not do what I order him [to
do], he will be put in prison and brought low." (Surah
Yusuf, 12:30-32)
In societies that do not follow the Qur'an's morality, peo-
ple who know that slanders, lies, and gossip are untrue remain
silent to avoid harming their own interests. Following the idea
of "a thousand blessings on a lie that does not harm me," they
do nothing at all in the name of justice. The verses above are a
clear example of this.
However, never forget that Allah is always on the side of
honest and truthful people. Yusuf (as) was thrown to prison as
a result of slander, but later on his truthfulness was realized
and Allah blessed him by "setting him over the treasuries of
the land" (Surah Yusuf, 12:55).

Yusuf's (as) brothers slander him
Yusuf's (as) brothers also slandered him. When they met
him many years later, they did not recognize him and so de-
scribed their "deceased" brother Yusuf (as) as a thief behind his

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