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These factors contribute to one's alertness, attentiveness, and
productivity. Such facts reveal the wisdom conveyed by: "He
appointed the night for you so that you could rest in it."

Keeping Important Information
from Ill-intentioned People
The Qur'an stresses the importance of not sharing important
information with ill-intentioned people, who like to use such in-
formation to deflect anything good from believers. Therefore, if
such people learn that something good will happen to those
who they do not like, their jealousy will sorely tempt them to
keep this good from reaching that person.
The Qur'an informs us of the brothers of the Prophet Yusuf
(as), who were such people. Due to their jealousy toward the
Prophet Yusuf (as) because of their father's (the Prophet Ya'qub
(as)) love for him, they harbored a deep hatred for him. The
Prophet Ya'qub (as), who was aware of these evil feelings, ad-
vised Yusuf not to share his dream with them, for he under-
stood that this dream, which informed him that Yusuf was a
chosen servant of Allah and blessed with many favors, might
infuriate them even further. The verses read:
When Yusuf told his father: "Father! I saw eleven bright stars,
and the sun and moon as well. I saw them all prostrate in front
of me," he replied: "My son, don't tell your brothers your dream,
lest they devise some scheme to injure you. Satan is a clear
enemy to man. Accordingly, your Lord will pick you out and
teach you the true meaning of events and perfectly fulfill His
blessing upon you as well as upon the family of Ya'qub, as He
fulfilled it perfectly before upon your forebears, Ibrahim and
Ishaq. Most certainly your Lord is Knowing, Wise." (Surah
Yusuf: 4-6)