Page 12 - The Prophet Yusuf (as)

PROPHET YUSUF (AS)

Muslims have faced similar difficulties in all ages, that they have been
subjected to unfounded allegations by people who do not share their

religion and that they have experienced a great many situations in
which they have needed to exhibit patience and resignation before the
will of Allah. We are told that at an early age Prophet Yusuf (as) was
thrown down a well by his brothers and left to die, that he was later

sold into slavery and spent long years in prison as a result of false ac-
cusations, and that he was tested with a number of difficulties. So
when believers look at his life they find a great many similarities with

their own lives. It is the immutable design of Allah that believers over
the ages have faced similar situations. Allah makes this clear in a num-
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In addition to this, after all the traps that had been set for
him; the way he was thrown into a well, slandered, unjustly impris-
oned and left there for years, Allah eventually made Yusuf (as) head of
the Treasury. He gave him power, rank and wealth. The unalterable
pattern of Allah applies here, just as it does in every other field. Allah
promises in several verses that the faithful will be delivered after all
their tribulations:
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