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PROPHET YUSUF (AS)

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In fact, the effect of Prophet Yusuf’s words (as) on his
brothers was seen immediately. Given his power and magnificence
they were convinced that his were not empty words and decided to do

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The strategy adopted here by Prophet Yusuf (as) was most
ingenious. Had he not offered them a material advantage in this way,
had he not imposed a number of conditions, they might have acted re-
luctantly and they would not have produced their brother. Therefore,
Yusuf (as) did not leave matters entirely up to them, but prepared a
plan they had no hope of resisting.
Alongside all these intelligent measures, Prophet Yusuf (as)
took yet another step to guarantee matters. Before his brothers left
Egypt he placed the money he had received from them in return for
supplies secretly back among their loads. By giving them both the
supplies and the money that they had paid for them he provided them
with yet another material advantage. This incident is described in the
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