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TThe Intricacies of the Evil's Alliance

In the case of the Prophet Joseph (as), for instance, both
his brothers and the wife of the master who adopted him
plotted against him. However, there is a time, in absolutely
certainty, when this plotting and slandering against believers
will be punished. The slander made against Joseph by his
brothers was the following:

They said, 'If he steals now, his brother stole before.'
But Joseph kept it to himself and still did not disclose it
to them, saying, 'The plight that you are in is worse than
that. God knows best the matter you describe.' (Surah
Yusuf: 77)
Those who raised false charges of adultery against Mary,
and the honourable wife of our Prophet, and the ones who
blamed other prophets with perversion and sorcery, all
shared the same attitude. They knew without a doubt that
the blessed people, who exhibited moral perfection
throughout their lives, were far too virtuous and noble to
commit any of these supposed misdeeds. However, only to
degrade these noble people in the eyes of the public, and to
shatter the trust and commitment people placed in these true

believers, they resorted to such lowly forms of slander. Some
of the words disbelievers uttered according to this rationale
are mentioned in the Qur'an as follows:
They are surprised that a warner should come to them
from among themselves. The disbelievers say, 'This is a
lying magician. Has he turned all the gods into One
God? That is truly astonishing!' Their leaders went off
saying, 'Carry on as you are! Hold fast to your gods.
This is clearly something planned. We have not heard of
this in the old religion. This is merely something