Yusuf V.58-87

 

Family Reunion

And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, “Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me].” [Yusuf:69]
Yusuf (as) meets his brother after so many years. They have not had contact for a very long time and the first thing he says to him is not to despair. There are many things we can learn from the way that Yusuf (as) speaks. Firstly we should not start saying things like “I know they are so bad and they always hurt us but..” instead of making the reunion happy it would have turned into complaining central. We can see that Yusuf (as) did not want Benjamin to have any bad feelings towards his brothers but also wanted him to know that there was no need to despair.

 

Persistent Patience

[Jacob] said, “Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allāh will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.” [Yusuf:83]
With Yusuf (as) now in one of the highest positions in Egypt his brothers come to him to get provisions for their family as their was a famine. When he asked his brothers to bring Benjamin, his younger brother, they bring him only after having promised their father to bring him back. At this point they do not know this is the same brother that they threw in the well. When Yusuf (as) devises a plan to keep Benjamin the brothers have to tell their father. At this point the eldest brother decides he will not go home as they already disappointed their father with taking care of Yusuf (as). Upon learning that now three of his sons are missing instead of wailing and cursing and shouting Jacob (as) says he will be patient. Even in this situation he has patience and does not blow up. This really made me so surprised, I have never been in this bad of a situation but yet I always lose my patience. We should take a lesson from the way that Jacob (as) behaves.

 

Key To A Beautiful Patience

Medihah Hussain (Group Ruqayyah)


They said, “By Allāh, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish.”
He said, “I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh that which you do not know. [Yusuf: 85-86]
In these two verses we learn the secret to having a beautiful patience as Jacon (as) did. It includes complaining and distressing only to Allah (swt). For us this is a backwards concept because we complain to everyone except Allah and then say that we are being patient. We should reevaluate what we think patience is!

Yusuf V.36-57

 

Da’wah Tip

He said, “You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers. [Yusuf:37]
From this we learn that when someone asks a question we should answer them but first we should tell them something important. Yusuf (as) chose this time to tell them about tawheed- the central point of Islam. When someone asks you a question they are more likely to listen to what you tell them so use your time and efforts wisely.

 

Allah Answers

Student of Al Huda

And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, “Mention me before your master.” But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several years. [Yusuf:42]
Yusuf (as) was a prophet and from this verse we can see that even prophets were human. When one of the prisoners was to go free he asked to be mentioned so that his master would free him. However, at this critical time he did not think of turning to Allah (swt) and asking Him to help. How many times do we do this in our everyday lives? We can see due to shaitan making Yusuf (as) forget to mention Allah he had to stay in prison for a longer time. We should make sure we first turn to Allah (swt) and then to anyone else.

 Show of Character

Saba Naz (Group Fatima)

[He said], “Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you].” [Yusuf:46]
One of the lessons that can be picked out from the conversation between Yusuf (as) and the former prisoner is that the truthfulness of Yusuf (as) can be seen in his character as he is addressed as “man of truth”. This shows us that what we show to others is our actual character. Another thing we learn is that at this time when the former prisoner comes Yusuf (as) did not start shouting and questioning why he did not mention him to his master or that is it all his fault he is still in prison. Instead, he interprets the dream for him and also gives solutions. Again this tells us that if we want to spread the message we have to provide people will resolutions to their problems.