Yousuf (joseph)

IN THE NAME OF ALLAAH, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST KINDPROPHET YUSUF (JOSEPH)

The Vision

1. Makkah Surah

2. Revelation (Vision) from Allah

3. Seek help from a Knowledgeable person

4. Prophets’ visions are revelations

5. Discretion is required to fulfill our needs

6. Choosing Yousuf as a prophet like his ancestors


The Casting in the well, The Caravan and the Deal

7. The agreement to cast Yousuf in the well due to the interference of eldest brother, Robin. The hideout, the bargain and the miserable price

8. His age was 17 at that time

9. Allah did not neglect the servant (The caravan saved (Yousuf)


The jealousy, the plot and the wolf10.The danger of parents being overly emotional with

some children. Hence, envy & jealousy

11.Preferential treatment. Why?

12.There was much good awaiting Yousuf


The slavery begins with Al-Aziz great deal

13.People evaluate matters from different views depending on their backgrounds

14.The rejoice of the Aziz over Yousuf as a son& telling his wife to do likewise


The prophethood in the house of Al-aziz15.The adoption of Yousuf

16.Yousuf attaining his manhood in the house of Al-Aziz

17.Entrusting prophethood to Yousuf

18.The gift of the interpretation of dreams


The lady’s attempt to seduce Yousuf19.Being chaste when there is a strong call to sin

20.The strong desire of the woman and the chase

21.Yousuf did not meet generosity with betrayal


The appearnce of Al-Aziz and the witness

22.The appearnce of Al-aziz was from the grace of Allah

23. It showed a constant protection from Allah to Yousuf

24.Not rushing into making judgment

25.The wisdom of Al-Aziz

26.Deliberate matters to reach final verdict

27.A Muslim must not fear anything as he upholds the Truth

28.The wisdom of the witness


The ladies’ gossip and the spread of rumors

29.Women’s trait of searching for the secrets of houses

30.The spread of rumors among the aristocratic ladies

31.The mentality of the ladies in this environment


The banquet and the ladies attempts to seduce Yousuf, the supplication &

prison32.The unparallel handsomeness that led to the

ladies cut their hands

33.The collective desire of the ladies to seduce Yousuf

34.The arrogance of the lady to try the seduction again to prove who she was

35.Yousuf’s dua’ was answered by Allah, the Guardian


The prisoners’ dreams and Yousuf’s interpretation

36.Actions influence people

37.Taking advantage of opportunity to spread the Message of Tawheed( Monotheism)

38.The important of belief in the Hereafter and Monotheism

39.Trying to appeal to the mind by asking a question

40.The wisdom of Allah to make one prisoner forget to mention Yousuf


The vision of Al-Aziz and the butler seeking help from Yousuf

41.The power of knowledge in the interpretation of the vision

42.Yousuf’s refined manners in not blaming the butler


The refusal to have audience with Al-Aziz t i l l investigations are sought

43.The joy of freedom did not preoccupy his mind from seeking investigation and turning down the invitation of Al-Aziz

44.Yousuf referring to the women who cut their hands shows his high morality

45.Honor and dignity is the motto of a real Muslim


The appointment of Yousuf as the minister of the Storehouse (finanace)

46.The beginning of climbing in the ladder of position

47.Present credentials if a situation requires them and if people are ignorant of them


Yousuf’s brothers coming to ask for provision & the recognition of them

48.The severity of the famine in the lands surrounding Egypt

49. It is permissible sometimes to resort to trickery if it will lead to the truth


Yousuf asks his brothers to bring their half-brother, Benyamin (Benjamin)

50.Equality of treatment is manifested in Yousuf’s request to bring Benyamin

51.The wise management of Yousuf in distributing the measure of a camel’s load


Yaqoob’s (Jacob) init ial refusal to let Benjamin go with his brothers

52.Yaqoob refused to let Benjamin to go with his brothers till they swear a solemn oath in Allah’s name that they will bring him back

53.The Muslim is not stung twice on the same spot

54.The success of the brothers to convince Yaqoob


The advice of their father to enter from different gate

55.The eye is true

56.The tender heart of the father towards his sons no matter how much they have misbehaved

57.Tie your camel and trust in Allah


Yousuf’s plan to keep his brother with him

58.The offender should be punished to achieve justice

59.Allah made the brothers give the verdict for the thief ( enslaving the thief as a punishment)

60.To make sure that they will return to Egypt


The refusal of the oldest brother to go back home and the embarrassing encounter

with the father

61.The father can never forget his dear son

62.The sorrow and blindness of the father

63.Jacob’s full trust in Allah that his two sons would return

64.A true believer does not despair as it is a form of disbelief and suspicion in Allah

65.The revealed knowledge to Jacob to find his boys


The return to Egypt and the recognition of Yousuf

66.The confession of sins and repenting for them is a great virtue in Islam

67.The brothers knowledge of why their father preferred Yousuf over them


The miraculous shirt and the regaining of sight of the prophet

68. It is okay to ask a righteous person to make dua’a for you

69.Making Dua’a is recommended to be said at certain times


Family reunion, the realization of Yousuf’s vision and the sincere supplication

70.Respect to parents

71.Position, joy and status did not make Yousuf forget the Giver of all these bounties, Allah; He turns to Allah for prayers

72.Blaming Satan for what his brothers plotted against him, not his brothers

73.The great mercy of Allah in the story of Yousuf

Spiritual

Yousuf (joseph)