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Prophet Yusuf's Childhood (as)
The shirt over which
Prophet Yusuf's
brothers poured false
blood and then
showed to their fa-
ther depicted in his-
torical paintings.
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By telling his sons that their lower selves had deceived them
and led them to take such actions, Prophet Ya’qub (as) was drawing
attention to the fact that people can indeed do very terrible things if
they follow the inclinations of their desires, that bodily appetites are
deceptive and that all such evils stem from people’s following those
appetites. This is another fact that believers need to consider very
deeply. Earthly desires lead people to evil, and everyone needs to be
cautious and on guard at all times, listening to the voice of his con-
science and not that of his lower self. Furthermore, another piece of
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