Page 59 - The Prophet Yusuf (as)

Prophet Yusuf's New Life (as)

THE INNOCENT YUSUF (AS) IS

THROWN INTO A DUNGEON
As we have already seen, the wife of Aziz admitted in front

of the women of the city that it was she who had had designs on
Prophet Yusuf (as) and that he had rejected her. Aziz was of the same
opinion, reminding his wife that she was a sinner who needed to beg

Allah for forgiveness. In other words, everyone who witnessed or
heard about these events knew that Prophet Yusuf (as) was innocent
and a victim of the woman’s scheming ways. Despite that however,
they came to a decision devoid of all conscience and threw Prophet

Yusuf (as) into a dungeon:

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The most important point here is that they were able to
throw a completely innocent person into prison. What emerges from
this is that the system that prevailed in that society at that time was
not one of justice, but one in which might was regarded as right.
Moreover, the fact that they were able to imprison someone who was
entirely guiltless and whom the evidence showed to be completely in-
nocent, demonstrates that theirs was a legal system that they were
able to manipulate at will in their own interests.
This is part of the immutable pattern of Allah ; unbelievers,
especially those who reject His messengers, always seek to imprison
and place obstacles in the way of believers. The same thing happened
in the time of our Prophet, Muhammad (saas). Allah describes this
truth in these terms:
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