Page 55 - The Prophet Yusuf (as)

Prophet Yusuf's New Life (as)

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Aziz realised that Prophet Yusuf (as) was innocent and said
that this was all a trick of his wife’s. His words, as related in the above
verses, are evidence that Aziz had more conscience than his wife. Yet
the incident did not end there. The subsequent developments are re-
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As we see, the incident spread among the women of the city.
The way that attention is drawn to the women in the verse may be in-
tended to show how ignorant people s lack of moral virtues goes hand
in hand with either a gossiping or mischief-making nature. (Allah
knows best, of course.)
The women in the city then began to speak against the
vizier’s wife, condemning her actions. They realised that the guilty
party was not Prophet Yusuf (as) but Aziz’s wife, who was made un-
easy by the criticism of her. In fact, people who ignore the good plea-
sure of Allah and aim to please other people instead, are the most
fearful of being belittled in the public eye and spoiling their image.
One of the things these people, who have no fear of Allah are actually
most afraid of, is that the things they do in secret are discovered by
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