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The Battle Tactics Of The Dark Clan

Another of the clan members' qualities is the skill to fab-
ricate evidence. Yusuf's brothers brought back his blood-
stained shirt in support of their lies about the wolf killing him
in the belief that this would make them more convincing.
This, however, is one of the clan's biggest errors. They believe
the fabrication of evidence to be effective as support for their
lies and deceit. They become so absorbed in this role-play
that after a little while they themselves start to believe their

own lies. Even so, the truth cannot be altered, not with lies or
with fake evidence in support of them. The truth must
emerge.
The Muslims, on the other hand, as always in the face of
these traps, put their trust in God. Yusuf in the face of the set-
up against him, trusted in our Lord and God revealed to him:

… You will inform them of this deed they perpe-
trate at a time when they are totally unaware.
(Qur'an, 12: 15)

He escaped the well his brothers had thrown him into
with the help of a passing convoy of traders and eventually
settled in the household of an Egyptian governor.
Another example of the dark clan's methods in the nar-
rative of Yusuf is the trap set for him by the wife of the gover-
nor. It is an example of how the clan members can ruthlessly
slander others in order to save themselves and how they are

protected and minded by their supporters. The governor's
wife was struck by Yusuf's handsomeness and offered herself
to him, an ugly offer indeed. Yusuf refused but she became
angry and slandered him. The verse says:
The woman whose house it was solicited him. She
barred the doors and said, "Come over here!" He
said, "God is my refuge! He is My lord and has