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Education In The School Of Yusuf

behind bars is a circumstance that requires patience from believers.
However, each time the Muslim looks at the bars, he thinks of the
reward he can expect, and is assured. Also, he will bear patiently his
separation from his brothers, whether it lasts for days, months and
even years. Every time he thinks of his brothers, he will consider

Paradise. As he can hope to be with them for eternity in the
Hereafter, thinking of his circumstances will comfort and motivate
him.
No one can know what the next moment holds. This knowledge
rests only with Allah, Who in many verses of the Qur’an reveals that
the believers’ final outcome is a happy one, as, for instance, “The
Last will be better for you than the First. Your Lord will soon give

to you and you will be satisfied.” (Surat ad-Duha, 4-5). A believer
knows this to be true, and thus awaits patiently and submissively
the day when he will be granted his reward.
However, there can be that which will happen that will delay his
release from prison. For a non-religious person, this is considered
“bad luck” or “misfortune,” whereas, for a believer, who knows
that it is a part of Allah’s greater plan, it is something that is or-
dained with wisdom, and for to a purpose he is not aware of. For
this reason, he does not despair or panic. He acquiesces with pa-

tience, as one submitting to Allah, to that which has been fated for
him. What the matter will be beneficial for him, or how and when it
will be, is decided by Allah, and he knows that what our Lord wills
is best. He relents in submission to everything that happens, as re-
quired in the following verse: “… It may be that you hate some-
thing when it is good for you and it may be that you love
something when it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not

know.” (Surat al-Baqara, 216)

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