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            he set in motion. According to this plan, he concealed a goblet in his
            brother’s belongings. One of his men then called out to them in such
            a manner as to place them into a psychological state of guilt and

            alarm. On top of that, it was declared that the bowl belonged to the
            ruler and that whoever found it would be given a full camel-load as a
            reward. The impression was thus created that this was a major inci-

            dent, thereby preventing any suspicion that it was all a deliberate ploy.
                     Later still, he asked them what the punishment might be if
            the bowl were discovered to be in their possession. Under the law, the

            owner of the bag in which the bowl was found would be arrested and
            detained. Yet in order not to make it apparent that this was all a ploy,
            he did not look in his little brother’s belongings first, but began
            searching the others’ possessions.

                     When the bowl was found amongst their little brother’s
            possessions, the others immediately accepted the situation, accused
            him of being a thief, and repeated an earlier calumny regarding

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                     Yet his brothers actually knew full well that he would not
            steal, that he was an honest person. According to the moral standards
            set out in the Qur’an, believers must think well of one another and
            protect each other from slander. The fact that the brothers of Prophet
            Yusuf (as) did not defend their innocent younger brother and actually
            implicated the prophet himself, is an indication of their false and hyp-
            ocritical natures.
                     Prophet Yusuf (as) behaved with the greatest patience in the
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