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who then summoned him to his presence. However, the
Prophet Joseph (as) demands that his case be investigated
and his name be cleared before he agrees. This is related in
the verse as follows:
The king said: “Bring him to me straight away!” But
when the envoy came to him, he said: “Go back to your
master and ask him what happened about the women
who cut their hands. My Lord has knowledge of their
cunning guile.” (Surah Yusuf, 50)
The king called the women witness to this affair to his
presence, including the governor's wife, and all of them con-
cede the Prophet Joseph’s (as) innocence. Finally, his name
has been cleared. As related in the verse:
He [the King] asked: “What was this past affair of yours
when you solicited Joseph?” Then they said: “Allah for-
bid! We know no bad of him.” The governor’s wife then
said: “The truth has now emerged. Indeed, I tried to
seduce him then and he has simply told the honest
truth.” (Surah Yusuf, 51)
His innocence now proven beyond any doubt, the
Prophet Joseph (as) replied, as related in the Qur'an:
“In this way he [the governor] may know, at last, that I
did not dishonor him behind his back and that Allah
most surely does not guide the deviousness of the dis-
honorable.” (Surah Yusuf, 52)
The fact that the Prophet Joseph (as) preferred to remain
in a dungeon for years rather than commit a forbidden act,
and that he remained steadfast and patient in the face of slan-
der and accusations of adultery, is a model of exemplary and