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From here on, the term “School of Yusuf” will be used instead of
“prison,” because, as we have previously stated, imprisonment, for
believers, is not a punishment but a form of education. Prisons are
“universities” for spiritual development. Those devoid of faith are
unable to understand why believers do not consider prison as pun-
ishment. It is still more difficult for them to understand why believ-
ers are even at the rewards they are to receive in the Hereafter for
their being submitted to such circumstances. Believers obviously do
not wish to be imprisoned, or try to be so, but if they were to be, they
would be confident of it as an opportunity for spiritual develop-
ment. They see Allah’s wisdom, goodness and beauty inherent in
every event, big or small He creates.
The reason they regard prison as a School of Yusuf, for seeking
Allah’s good pleasure, is that they know there to be good in every-
thing Allah ordains. They know that whatever Allah wills for them,
it is in their best interest. At first glance, one would easily suppose
that there are a series of technical causes for which a believer is im-
prisoned, though the truth is altogether different, when events are
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