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The Battle Tactics Of The Dark Clan

by his brothers against Yusuf is related in the Qur'an:
When they declared, "Why! Yusuf and his brother
are dearer to our father than we are although we
constitute a powerful group. Our father is clearly
making a mistake. Kill Yusuf or expel him to some
land so that your father will look to you alone and
then you can be people who do right." (Qur'an, 12:
8-9)
The root of this envy towards Yusuf on the part of his broth-
ers was the thought that their father loved him more than them.

This made them concerned that they may lose some of their priv-
ileges and that their interests might be damaged. (This is the
same great fear felt by the clan members). Faced by this prospect
they made a plan of action according to their limited intellectual
capacity. For their plan to succeed they had to come across to

their father as trustworthy and dependable in order to get his
permission to take Yusuf with them. Then they would return and
say that despite having done everything they could to protect
Yusuf, a wolf had killed and taken him. To make it all the more
believable they didn't forget to add a piece of fabricated evi-
dence. The verses reveal:

That night they came back to their father in tears,
saying, "Father, we went out to run a race and left
Yusuf together with our things and then a wolf ap-
peared and ate him up but you are never going to be-
lieve us now, not even though we really tell the
truth." They then produced his shirt with false blood
on it. He said, "It is merely that your lower selves
have suggested something to you which you did; but
beauty lies in showing steadfastness. It is God
alone Who is my Help in face of the event that you
describe." (Qur'an, 12: 16-18)