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The Life Of Yusuf (as)

Accordingly your Lord will pick you out and teach you the
true meaning of events and perfectly fulfill His blessing on
you as well as on the family of Ya‘qub as He fulfilled it per-
fectly before upon your forebears, Ibrahim and Ishaq. Most
certainly your Lord is Knowing, Wise. (Surah Yusuf, 6)

The Qur’an reveals that his brothers felt a certain animosity to-
wards him. They were envious of him because of his good character,
sincerity and faith. Ya‘qub (as) was aware of this, and he warned
Yusuf (as) against his brothers in the following way:
He said, “My son, don’t tell your brothers your dream lest
they devise some scheme to injure you, Satan is a clear-cut
enemy to man.” (Surah Yusuf, 5)

Because of their intense jealousy, Yusuf’s (as) brothers decided to
kill him. Out of their attempts to fulfill their plan, there is much to
be learned. They regarded themselves as accomplices in the same
aim, in other words, formed an alliance. They then carefully consid-
ered the details of their plot against Yusuf (as), and proceeded to
carry it out. The Qur’an reveals the discussion held amongst them:
In Yusuf and his brothers there are Signs for every one of
those who wants to ask. 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.” One of them said, “Do not take Yusuf’s life
but throw him to the bottom of the well, so that some travel-
ers may discover him, if this is something that you have to
do.” (Surah Yusuf, 7-10)

As stated at the beginning of the verse, there are lessons to be

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