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been good to me with where I live. Those who do
wrong will surely not succeed." (Qur'an, 12: 23)
When the governor found out about the incident, his
wife lied and slandered Yusuf:

They raced to the door. She tore his shirt at the
back. They met her husband by the door. She
said, "How should a man whose intention was to
harm your family be punished for what he did ex-
cept with prison or painful punishment?"
(Qur'an, 12: 25)

The trap set for Yusuf by this woman had other conse-
quences too. When the word about this incident spread, she
made certain that Yusuf was imprisoned in order to safe-
guard her own interests. Despite the evidence proving

Yusuf's innocence and her guilt, the ruling elite (in other
words the dark clan of that era) sent him to prison. The rele-
vant verses say:
He said, "It was she who tried to seduce me." A
witness from her people then declared, "If his
shirt is torn in front, she speaks the truth and he
has clearly told a shameless lie. If his shirt is
torn at the back, then she has lied and he has
clearly told the simple truth." He saw the shirt
torn at the back and said, "The source of this is
women's deviousness. Without a doubt your guile
is very great." (Qur'an, 12: 26-28)
Then, after they had seen the Signs, they
thought that they should still imprison him for a
time. (Qur'an, 12: 35)

In these verses, it is noticeable that in relation to the clan
there was a serious defect in the justice system. Even though