LECTURE 18: PROPHET YUSUF (a.s) ASSISTS HIS BROTHERS
Once Prophet Yusuf (a.s) was appointed as Minister of Finance and became established in this position, seven years of rain and good times came and passed very quickly.
Once Prophet Yusuf (a.s) was appointed as Minister of Finance and became established in this position, seven years of rain and good times came and passed very quickly.
After Prophet Yusuf (a.s) was exonerated of having committed any crime, the king ordered that he should be released from prison.
After Prophet Yusuf (a.s) interpreted the king’s dream in a unique manner, a messenger was sent to Prophet Yusuf (a.s) asking him to come out of prison as the king wanted him close to him.
While Prophet Yusuf (a.s) spent an extended stay in prison, time passed and his interpretation of the dreams of his two prison inmates came true.
After having given the prison inmates a comprehensive lesson in Tauheed, Prophet Yusuf (a.s) interpreted their dreams for them.
After all the efforts of the women to pressurize him to commit sin, everyone realized that they will not be successful.
After the wife of the Governor was found to be guilty of wanting to seduce Yusuf (a.s), the attempts to keep this matter private were unsuccessful and the story of this incident leaked from the palace.
After Prophet Yusuf (a.s) had successfully resisted the invitation to commit sin with the wife of the Governor, the story continues about how they were caught out and its ramifications. This is captured in Verses 25 to 29.
After becoming established in the house of the Governor of Egypt, Yusuf (a.s) matured into a young man, at which point the Quran says that he was taught some knowledge. Thus verse 22 says:
After having spent approximately 3 days alone in the well in the darkness of the desert, the next stage of Yusuf (a.s)’s experience starts when a caravan of travellers stop at the well to replenish their water supplies.