Page 181 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

A D N A N O K TA R ( H A R U N Y A H Y A )

In the Qur'an we are told that 'it was actually the wife of the vizier who
wanted to get closer to the Prophet Joseph (pbuh)' and when Joseph (pbuh)
refused her 'she lied and slandered him':
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
been good to me with where I live. Those who do wrong will surely not suc-
ceed." (Surah Yusuf, 23)

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 except with prison or painful pun-
ishment?" (Surah Yusuf, 25)
The vizier's wife openly lied saying 'How should a man whose intention was

to harm your family be punished for what he did except with prison or painful
punishment?'. She slandered the Prophet Joseph (pbuh) and caused him to stay in

dungeon undeservedly. With the verse; "… [Her husband] said: 'The source of

this is women's deviousness. Without a doubt your guile is very great.'" (Surah

Yusuf, 28), it is explained that the vizier understood that the Prophet Joseph (pbuh)

was innocent and he was slandered by a 'great guile'. Indeed, in another verse we

are told that the Prophet Joseph (pbuh) was kept in dungeon undeservedly, even

though it was clearly understood that he was innocent: "Then, after they had seen

the signs [of his chastity], they thought that they should still imprison him for a

time" (Surah Yusuf, 35).

This incident told in the Qur'an reveals the scale of the slanders and ploys of

the people who do not have fear of God. In this incident, the Prophet Joseph's

(pbuh) chastity was targeted. In fact subjects that hypocrites accuse Muslims of in

their slanders are quite various. Especially when it comes to messengers of God or
Muslims' leaders, hypocrites -with their weak intelligence- target their 'leading
positions' and try to give the impression that these individuals are 'incapable'
and 'inadequate' -Surely these sacred personages are beyond all these.. The pagans
of the time were trying to accuse our Prophet (pbuh) of such things as 'insanity',
'falsity', 'foolishness', 'soothsaying', 'poesy' while hypocrites among Muslims
aimed to cause Muslims suspect and lose their trust in the Prophet (pbuh) with
detailed ruses, lies and slanders.
Today, hypocrites use the very same tactics in their sneaky struggle against
spiritual leaders of the Muslims societies. Hypocrites are perfectly aware 'how in-

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