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The Life Of Yusuf (as)

time before. When those who had slandered him admitted to their
guilt, his innocence was established, and he was granted the treas-
ury to administer. The verses reveal these events as follows:
The King said, “Bring him to me straight away! So I may
draw him very close to me.” When he had spoken with him,

he declared, “Today you are trusted, established in our
sight.” He said, “Entrust the country's stores to me. In truth I
am a knowing guardian.” And thus We established Yusuf in
the land so he could live in any place he pleased. We grant
Our grace to anyone We will and We do not allow to go to
waste the wage of any people who do good. But the wages of
the Hereafter are the best for people who believe and fear

their Lord. (Surah Yusuf, 54-57)
As these verses demonstrate, Allah rewards believers with a
good life, following the hardship, sufferings, and cruelty inflicted
on them at the hands of the unbelievers. This good can take the
form of authority or wealth here on Earth, as well as the gift of
Paradise in the Hereafter. Yusuf (as) found a reward following the
hardship he experienced, here on Earth, as he will in the Hereafter.
Allah says:
As for those who make Allah their friend, and His

Messenger and those who believe: it is the party of Allah
who are victorious! (Surat al-Ma’ida, 56)
Allah has written, “I will be victorious, I and and My
Messengers.”Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-
Mujadala, 21)
Yusuf’s (as) life is an example proving that Allah’s promise is al-
ways true. Yusuf (as) encountered first hardship and suffering, and

then betrayal and slander. However, he underwent a process of

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