5. The Prophet Yusuf a wonderful dream

5. The Prophet Yusuf
A wonderful dream
Yusuf was a young boy, both handsome and
intelligent. He had eleven brothers. His father Ya'qub loved
him more than any of his other sons.
One night Yusuf had a wonderful dream. He saw
eleven stars and the sun and the moon all bowing down
to him. He was quite amazed by the dream. What did it
mean? How could the stars, the sun and the moon bow
down to a man? Young Yusuf went to his father Ya'qub
and told him about his dream .
He said, 'Father, / saw eleven stars, the sun and the
moon in a dream. /saw them bowing down to me. '(12: 4)
Ya'qub was a Prophet and understood. He was
very happy about this dream. He said, 'Allah has blessed
you, Yusuf. Something great will happen to you . This
dream contains the good news that you will be given
knowledge and prophecy. Allah blessed your grandfather,
Ishaq, and He blessed your ancestor, Ibrahim. He will
bless you and He will bless the family of Ya'qub.'
Ya'qub was an old man who knew about human
nature. He knew how Satan can confuse and overcome
people.
He said: 'M y son, do not tell any of your brothers
about your dream. They will envy you and become your
enemies.'
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The brothers' envy
Yusuf had another brother by the same mother. His
name was Benyamin. Ya'qub loved them both very much.
He did not love anyone as much as he loved them.
The brothers were jealous of Yusuf and Benyamin
and were very bitter. They would say: 'Why does our
father love Yusuf and Benyamin more than us? Why does
he love them when they are young and weak? Why doesn't
he love us as much, when we are strong young men? This
is very strange indeed.'
Yusuf was young and innocent. He told his brothers
about his dream. The brothers got very angry indeed when
they heard about it, and became even more jealous.
One day the brothers got together and said: 'If we
kill Yusuf or drive him away to some distant land, then we
will have our father's love all to ourselves and he will love
only us.'
One of them said: 'No! Throw him into a well
beside the road. Then some travellers will take him.'
Finally, the brothers agreed to that plan.
A delegation to Ya'qub
Then, the ten brothers went to Ya'qub. Ya'qub was
very afraid for Yusuf. He knew that the brothers were
jealous of him and did not love him, so he would not allow
Yusuf to go away with them. Yusuf used to play with his
brother Benyamin but he did not go far away. The brothers
knew this, but they had decided to do something wicked.
They said: 'Father, why won't you allow Yusuf to
come with us? What are you afraid of? He is our dear, little
brother. We are the sons of the same father. Brothers
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always play together, so why don't we? Send him with us
tomorrowto frolic andplay. We willwatch overhim. '(12: 12)
Ya'qub was an old man, intelligent and wise, and
patient. He did not want Yusuf to go far away from him
because he was very much afraid for him. He told his sons,
'J fear that the wolf may eat him while you are neglecting
him. I (12: 13)
They said, 'Never! How can the wolf eat him while
we are there? How could it eat him when we are strong
young men?'
In the end Ya'qub gave Yusuf permission to go with
his brothers.
To the wilderness
The brothers were very happy when Ya'qub gave
Yusuf permission to go with them. They took Yusuf into
the wilderness and threw him into a well there. They
showed no mercy to little Yusuf. They showed no mercy
to their father Ya'qub either.
Yusuf was all alone in the deep, dark well. But Allah
. told him: 'Do not be sad. Do not be afraid. Allah is with
you. Something great will happen to you. Your brothers
will come before you and you will tell them what they did.'
After the brothers had thrown Yusuf into the well,
they got together and said: 'What shallwe tell our father?'
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father, a wolf did eat him.'" The brothers agreed: 'Yes,
we will tell him, "Father, the wolf ate him.'"
One of the brothers then asked: 'But what proof
will we have for that?' The others answered: 'Blood will

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The brothers caught a ram and killed it. Then they
took Yusuf's shirt and dipped it in the blood. They were
very pleased with themselves. They said: 'Now our father
will believe us.'
Before Ya'qub
They came weeping to their father in the evening.
They said: 'Father/ we went running races and left Yusuf
with our bags and the wolf ate him.' (12: 17)
They brought his shirt with false blood on it. (12:
18) They said: 'This is Yusuf's blood.'
Their father Ya'qub was a Prophet and an old man,
much wiser than his sons. Ya'qub knew that when a wolf
eats someone, it rips his clothes.
Yusuf's shirt was whole, it had only been dipped
in blood. So Ya'qub knew that it was not Yusuf's blood
and that the story about the wolf had been made up. He
told his sons: 'This is a story that you have made up.
Patience is good. / (12: 18) Ya'qub was sad indeed about
Yusuf, but he had plenty of patience.
Yusuf in the well
The brothers had returned home, leaving Yusuf in
the well. They had eaten and now slept in their beds.
Yusuf, all alone in the well had neither slept nor eaten.
The brothers forgot about Yusuf. But Yusuf did not sleep
and he did not forget anyone.
Ya'qub kept thinking about Yusuf and Yusuf kept
thinking about Ya'qub. It was a terrible time for Yusuf in
that deep well, out in the wilderness, hidden far down in
darkness.
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From the well to the palace
A group of people were travelling to Egypt through
that wilderness. They were thirsty and looking for water.
They saw the well and sent a man to it to bring them some
water.
The man came to the well and let down the bucket.
He pulled the bucket up and there was a boy in it! Surprised,
the man called out: 'Good news! Here is a boy!' (12: 18)
The people hid Yusuf among their merchandise
until they had travelled out of the area. When they got to
Egypt, they stood in the market shouting: 'W ho will buy
this boy? Who will buy this boy?'
The Aziz* of Egypt bought Yusuf for a few silver
coins. The merchants who sold him did not recognize the
worth of Yusuf. The Aziz took him to his palace and told
his wife: 'Treat Yusuf well. He is an intelligent boy.'
Faithfulness and trustworthiness
The wife of the Aziz was attracted to Yusuf. But
Yusuf refused her advances and said: 'No! I will not break
my master's trust. He has been good to me and he has
treated me well. I fear Allah.'
The wife of the Aziz became angry and complained
to her husband, but he knew that she was lying. He knew
that Yusuf was trustworthy. He told his wife: 'You are one
of those -who are in error. ' (12: 29)
Yusuf was well-known in Egypt for his good looks .
When anyone saw him, they would say, 'Thisis no mortal!
He can only be a noble angel!' (1 2 : 31)
*'Aziz' signified a mighty person, a king etc., and was the title given to those
who ruled Mi sr and Alexandria.
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The wife of the Aziz became very angry indeed
when Yusuf kept refusing her and she said to him: 'Then
you will go to prison!'
Yusuf said, II prefer prison. 1(12: 33)
A few days later, the Aziz decided it was better to
send Yusuf to prison. He knew that Yusuf was innocent,
but even so Yusuf went to prison .
The warning in the prison
The people in the prison knew that Yusuf was a
noble young man with great knowledge and a merciful
heart. They loved and respected him.
Two other prisoners told Yusuf about their dreams.
One of them said: II dreamed that I was pressing grapes.I
The other said: II dreamed that I was carrying bread on
my head and the birds were eating from it. 1(12: 36)
They asked Yusuf to tell them the meaning of their
dreams. Yusuf knew the meaning of dreams since he was
a Prophet.
In Yusuf's time, people worshipped things other
than Allah. They said: 'This is the lord of the earth. This is
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Yusuf would hear all that nonsense and weep for
the ignorance of the people. He wanted to call people to
the worship of Allah .
Allah wanted that to happen also in the prison. Did
not the people in prison deserve to be warned? Did not
they deserve mercy too? Are not the people in prison slaves
of Allah , are not they too sons of Adam?
Even in prison Yusuf was free and brave in spirit.
He was poor but generous and open-hearted. The Prophets
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proclaim the truth everywhere because the truth is a
blessing, and the Prophets are generous with blessings in
every time and place.
Yusuf's wisdom
Yusuf said to himself: 'Need has driven these two
men to me. The person who is in need is more open and
humble. The person who is in need hears and obeys. If I
teach these men something now, they will listen, and the
people of the prison will also listen.'
So Yusuf did not rush to answer their questions. He
said: 'I will tell you its interpretation before your food is
brought to you.' (12: 37)
The two men sat down and were calm. Then Yusuf
said to them : 'I know how to interpret dreams. That is part
of what my Lord has taught me. '
The men were content to wait and listened patiently.
Yusuf began his warning.
The warning of tawhid
Yusuf said: 'That is part ofwhat my Lord has taught
me. But Allah does not give His knowledge to everyone.
Allah does not give His knowledge to an idol-worshipper.
Do you know why my Lord has taught me? Because I have
left the path of idol-worship and Ihave followed the religion
of my fathers, Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya'qub . It is not proper
for us to associate anything with Allah. '
Yusuf said: 'This tawhid does not belong only to
us. It is for all people. That is part of Allah's bounty to us
andto mankind, butmostpeople are notthankful. '(12: 38)
Here Yusufstopped and askedthem: 'You say: "The
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Lord of the earth and the Lord of the sea and the Lord of
crops and the Lord of rain." We say: "Allah, the Lord of
the Universe."
'Which is better, many different gods or Allah, the
Onel the All-Powerful? (12: 39)
'Where is the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the sea,
the Lord of crops and the Lord of the rain? Show me what
they have created in the earth or do they have any share
in the heavens?
'Look at the earth and at the heaven. Look at man.
This is the creation of Allah. Show me what these others
have created.
'How can there be a Lord of the earth, a Lord of
the sea, a Lord of crops and a Lord of the rain? They are
only names you yourselves have named. you and your
fathers.
'Judgement belongs to Allah. The Kingdom belongs
to Allah. The earth belongs to Allah. The commandbelongs
to Allah.
'Worship Him alone.
'That is the right religion, but most people do not
know. I (12: 40)
The meaning of the dreams
When Yusuf finished warning them, he told them
the meaning of their dreams. He said, 'As for one of you,
he will pour wine for his lord. As for the other, he will be
crucified and the birds will eat from his head. I (12: 41)
Then he said to the first man: 'Mention me in the presence
of your lord. I (12: 42)
The two men left. The first became a wine-bearer
to the King. The other man was crucified. The wine-bearer
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forgot to mention Yusuf in the presence of the King, so
Yusuf remained in prison for several years.
The King's dream
The King of Egypt had a strange dream. He saw in
the dream seven fat cows eaten up by seven thin cows.
The King also saw seven green ears of corn, then seven
withered ears.
The King was puzzled by this strange dream and
asked his companions what it meant. But they only said:
'It is nothing. When someone is asleep, he sees many
things which are not real.'
But the wine-bearer said: 'Not so. I will tell you the
meaning of this dream.'
The wine-bearer then went to the prison and asked
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and generous, kind and understanding to Allah's creatures.
He not only explained the meaning of the dream, he also
explained what should be done about it. He said: 'You
should plant your crops for seven years and leave the grain
you harvest in the ear except for a little which you eat.
After that will come a drought of seven years. After that
help will come and the people will have plenty .'
The wine-bearer went to the King and told him the
meaning of his dream.
The King sends for Yusuf
When the King heard all that, he was very relieved
and happy. He asked: 'Who told you the meaning of the
dream?Who isthis noble man who has given usthisadvice
and shown us what to do?'
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The wine-bearer said: 'It is Yusuf the truthful. He is
the one who told me that I would be a wine-bearer to my
master, the King.'
The King wanted to meet Yusuf and sent for him.
He said: 'Bring him to me! I would attach him to myself. I
(12:54)
Yusuf asks for an inquiry into his case
The messenger came toYusuf and gave him the
King's summons. But Yusuf was not ready to leave prison
in that way. People would say: 'This is Yusuf! He was in
prison only the other day. He was unfaithful to the Aziz.'
Yusuf was proud and firm, intelligent and wise. Not
many people in his place could have been so. If they had
been, as Yusuf was, in prison for many years, and then a
messenger from the King had come to them and said: 'The
King has summoned you and is waiting for you,' they
would have rushed to leave the prison.
But Yusuf told the King's messenger: 'Before I leave
prison I want an inquiry into my case.'
The King ordered an investigation into Yusuf's case
and this proved that Yusuf was innocent. So Yusuf left
prison an innocent man. The King received him with
honour.
Yusuf the ruler in charge of Egypt's grain storehouses
Yusuf knew that some people were not trustworthy,
that they cheated a lot. In Egypt there were many
storehouses for grain, but there was no grain in them. They
were empty because the people who ran them were not
trustworthy, they did not fear Allah. Their dogs would eat
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while the common people had nothing. Their houses
would be smartly decorated while the common people
had nothing to wear.
The common people could never benefit from
Egypt'sgrain storehouses unless a guardian with knowledge
was put in charge of them. A guardian without knowledge
would not know how to run them wisely. Someone who
had knowledge but was not an honest guardian would
cheat the people and use the storehouses for his own
benefit.
Yusuf was an honest man and he had knowledge.
He did not want to see the authorities ignoring the people's
rights any more. He could not bear to see people starve.
Yusuf was not ashamed of the truth. He told the
King: 'Set me over the treasuries ofthe land. Iam a knowing
guardian. 1(12 : 55)
That is how Yusuf was put in charge of the grain
storehouses of Egypt. The common people were very
relieved and praised Allah.
Yusuf's brothers come
Just as Yusuf had foretold, there was indeed a
famine in Egypt and Palestine. The people of Palestine
heard that there was a merciful man in Egypt, a generous
and noble man, in charge of the storehouses of the land,
someone to whom people could go and get food. So
Ya'qub senthisolder sonsto Egyptwith money to buy food.
Benyamin stayed with his father because Ya'qub
loved him very much. He did not want to be farfrom him.
Ya'qub was afraid for him ashe had been afraid for Yusuf.
Yusuf's brothers set out to meet the noble man of
Egypt, not knowing that he w?s their own brother, Yusuf.
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They thought that Yusuf was dead. How could he not be
dead when they had thrown him into that deep, dark well,
way out in the wilderness.
Yusut's brothers came and went to him. He knew
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the well, how they had wanted to kill him. But Allah had
saved him. Yusuf did not say anything to them. He did
not disgrace them.
Yusuf and his brothers
Yusuf spoke to the brothers for a time and then
asked: 'Where are you from?'
'From Canaan,' they replied.
He asked: 'Who is your father?'
'Ya'qub, son of Ishaq, son of Ibrahim, peace and
blessings be upon them.'
He asked, 'Do you have another brother?'
'Yes,' they replied. 'We have a brother whose name
is Benyamin.'
He asked: 'Why didn't he come with you?'
'Because,' they explained, 'our father would not let
him. He does not like him to be far from him.'
Yusuf asked: 'Why won't he let him go? Is he a
very young child?'
'No, but he had a brother named Yusuf. He once
went with us and we went to run races and left Yusuf with
our bags. A wolf ate him.'
Yusuf laughed to himself, but he did not say
anything. He longed to see his brother Benyamin.
Allah had prepared another test for Ya'qub, the
father of all the brothers.
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Yusuf ordered that they be given food. Then he
told them, 'Bring me your brother from your father. (12:
59) If you do not bring him, you will not get any more food.'
Then Yusuf had their money secretly put back in
their bags.
Ya'qub and his sons
The ten brothers went back to their father and told
him the news. They said to him: 'Send our brother
Benvarnin with us. If you don't, we will not get any more
food from the Aziz.' They told Ya'qub, 'We will watch
over"him. '(12: 63)
Ya'qub said: 'Shall I entrust him to you other than
the way I entrusted to you before? (12: 64) Have you
forgotten the story of Yusuf? Will you watch over Benyamin
the way you watched over Yusuf? Allah isthe best watcher.
He is the most Merciful of the Merciful.' (12: 64)
The brothers then found their money in their bags
and told their father: 'The Aziz is a generous man. He has
given us our money back. He did not charge us anything!
Send Benya.min with us and we will also get his share.'
Ya'qub told them: 'I will not send him with you
until you make a pledge by Allah that you will bring him
back unless you are overcome.'
They made a pledge by Allah. Ya'qub said: 'Allah
is the Guardian over what we say.' (12: 66)
Then Ya'qub advised them: 'My sons, do not enter
by the same gate. Enter by separate gates. ' (12: 67)
Yusuf meets his brother Benyamin
When the brothers returned to Egypt to buy more
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food, they entered by separate gates as their father had
told them to do.
When Yusuf saw Benyamin, he was very happy
and had him stay in his house. Yusuf said to Benyamin: 'I
am your brother. I (12: 69) Benyamin was very happy to
meet his brother who he believed had died many years
before. Yusuf remembered his mother and father, his
home; his childhood returned to him in awakened
memories.
Yusuf wanted Benyamin to stay with him so that
he could see him and speak to him every day and ask him
about his home. But how could he make that happen
when Benyamin was going back to Canaan the next day,
when the brothers had made a pledge by Allah that they
would take him back with them? How could Yusuf keep
Benyamin with him for no reason? People would say, 'The
Aziz has detained a Canaanite for no reason. This is a great
injustice.'
But Yusuf was intelligent and clever.
He had a precious drinking cup placed secretly
inside Benyamin's bags. Then, when the brothers left the
next day, some of Yusuf's people went after them. Yusuf
himself followed a little later. When they caught up with
the brothers, they proclaimed: 'You are thieves!'
The brothers were surprised and asked: 'What are
you missing?'
They said: 'We are missingthe King's cup. Whoever
brings it will have a camel's load in return. I (12: 72)
The brothers said: 'By Alleh, you know that we
have not come to make trouble in the land. We are not
thieves. I (12: 73)
They said: 'What will its repayment be if you are
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The brothers said: 'Its repayment willbe the person
in whose saddle-bag it is found. That is how we repay
wrongdoers. I (12: 75)
The cup was found in Benyamin's saddle-bag. The
brothers were ashamed, but they were without shame
when they said: 'If Benyamin stole, a brother of his stole
before.' Yusuf, who had now reached the others, heard
this lie, but he was silent a.nd did not get angry. He was
noble and patient. The brothers appealed to him.
They said: '0 Aziz! He has an aged father who is
very old. Take one of us in his place. We see that you are
one of those who do good. I
He said: 'Allah forbid that we should take anyone
except the one in whose possession we found our goods.
If we did SOl we would be wrongdoers. I (12: 78-9)
So Benyamin stayed behind with Yusuf. The two
brothers were happy. Yusuf had been alone for a very long
time without seeing any of his family. Allah had sent
Benyamin to him. So why should not he keep his brother
with him so that he could see him and talk to him?
To Ya'qub
The brothers were confused. How could they go
back to their father without Benyamin? The brothers
thought about what they could tell their father. They had
made him suffer over Yusuf. Could they now make him
suffer over Benyamin?
The oldest of them refused to go back to Ya'qub.
He told his brothers: 'Go back to your father and saYI
"Father, your son stole. We only testify to what we know.
We are not guardians of the Unseen. III (12: 81)
When Ya'qub heard their story, he knew that Allah
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had had a hand in it, and he understood that Allah was
testing him. He had been made to sufferover Yusuf before,
now he was made to suffer over Benyamin. Allah would
not impose two afflictions on him. Allah would not make
him suffer over both Yusuf and Benyamin.
Allah had a hidden hand, and a hidden wisdom,
in it. In such ways He tests his slaves and then He makes
them happy and blesses them.
Also, the oldest son had stayed behind in Egypt,
refusing to return to Canaan. Would Ya'qub be made to
suffer over a third son when he had already been made
to suffer over two sons? It could not be so!
Finally, when Ya'qub was calm again, he said:
'Perhaps Allah will bring them all to me. Allah is the
All-Knowing! the All-Wise. I (12: 83)
The secret disclosed
Yet, Ya'qub was, after all, a human being, with a
soft, human heart in his breast. He did not have a piece
of stone there. So, when he remembered Yusuf, his sorrow
came flooding back again. He said: '0 my sorrow for
Yusutl' (12: 84)
His sons were annoyed and said: 'You will keep
on mentioning Yusuf until you die.'
Ya'qub said: 'I complain ofmy grief and sorrow to
Allah. I know from Allah what you do not know. 1(12: 86)
Ya'qub knew that despair is disbelief. He had great
hope in Allah. He sent his sons back to Egypt to look for
Benyamin and Yusuf and to try hard to bring them home.
Ya'qub forbade them to lose hope in Allah's mercy.
The brothers arrived in Egypt for the third time.
They went to Yusuf and complained to him about their
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poverty and affliction. They asked him to be charitable to
them.
Sorrow and love rose up in Yusuf. He could no
longer bear to listen to the sons of his own father, the sons
of Prophets, complaining about their poverty and affliction
to one of the kings! He thought: How long can I conceal
the truth from them when they are in need? How long can
I go without seeing my father? Then, he said to them: 'Do
you know what you did to Yusuf and his brother when
you were lgnorent?' (12: 89)
The brothers knew that this was a secret known
only to themselves and to Yusuf, so they knew that this
Aziz was Yusuf.
Glory be to Allah! Could Yusuf be alive? He had
not died in the well! Could Yusuf be the Aziz of Egypt, the
famous man in charge of the storehouses of the land, the
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to them was Yusuf, son of Ya'qub. They said: 'You are
Yusuf. I (12: 90)
He answered: 'I am Yusufand this Benyamin is my
brother. Allah has been good to us. Whoever fears Allah
and is petient, Allah will not let the wage ofthose who do
good go to waste. I
They said: 'By Allahl Allah has certainly preferred
you above us and we have been in error. I (12: 90-1)
Yusuf did not blame them for what they had done.
He said: 'May Allah forgive you. He is the Most Merciful
of the Merciful. I (12: 91)
Yusuf sends for Ya'qub
Yusuf longed to meet Ya'qub. How could he not
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long to see him when they had been apart for such a long
time? W,hy should he be patient now when the secret had
been disclosed? How could he enjoy food and drink when
his father was not enjoying food or drink or even sleep?
The secret was revealed, all was made known.
Allah wanted to delight Ya'qub.
When Yusuf heard that Ya'qub had gone blind
because of his great weeping and sorrow, he said: 'Take
this shirt of mine and throw it over my father's face. He
will recover his sight. Then bring me all of your family. I
(12:93)
Ya'qub with Yusuf
As the messenger, ahead of the others, was carrying
Yusuf's shirt back to Canaan, Ya'qub sensed Yusuf's scent
on the air. He said: 'I smell the scent of Yusuf I
Those around him said: 'By Allah, you are in your
old error. I (12: 95)
But Ya'qub had spoken the truth. When the bearer
of good news came, he placed (the shirt) over Ya'qub's
face and he saw once again. He said: 'Didn't I tell you
that I know from Allah what you do not know?' (12: 96)
Now the brothers understood.
They said: 'Our father, ask forgiveness for us lor
our wrong actions. We have been in error. I
He said: 'I will ask my Lord to forgive you. He is
AII-Forgiving, All-Merciful. I (12: 97-8)
Then Ya'qub journeyed to Egypt and Yusuf received
him. Their joy and happiness were great. It was a memor able and blessed day in Egypt.
Yusuf placed his parents on the throne. They all fell
down prostrate before Yusuf, who said: 'This is the
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interpretation ofmy dream oflong ago. My Lord has made
it true. (12: 100) I saw eleven stars/ the sun and the moon.
I saw them bowing down to me.' (12: 4)
Yusuf praised Allah greatly. He was very thankful
for what had happened.
Ya'qub and his family stayed in Egypt for a long
time. Ya'qub and his wife died in Egypt.
A good end
Although he was a ruler, with great power and
authority, this did not distract Yusuf from Allah. It did not
change him. He remembered Allah, worshipped Him and
feared Him. He gave judgement according to the judge ment of Allah. He carried out Allah's commands.
Yusuf did not want to die the death of a king. He
did not want to be gathered with the kings. He wanted to
die the death of a slave of Allah and to be gathered with
the righteous.
This was Yusuf's prayer:
My Lord, You have given me a kingdom and taught
me the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens
and the earth! You are my Guardian in this world and the
next world. Make me die a Muslim and join me with the
righteous. (12: 101)
Allah made him die a Muslim and joined him with
his fathers, Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya'qub, may Allah bless
them and the Prophet Muhammad and grantthem peace.
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