Th e Most Beautifulest of the Beautiful - Joseph

Th e Most Beautifulest of the Beautiful - Joseph

Jacob is Prophet Abraham’s grandson and a prophet sent to the people of Canon. He had 12 sons. Joseph was the 11th and Benjamin was the youngest of them all. Joseph was the most beautifulest child in the world. His father Jacob spent a lot of time with him because he lost his mother at a very young age. He was adored by all as he was such a loveable child. However, his step-brothers were jealous of the attention their father gave him.

One night Joseph saw a very interesting dream. In this dream 11 stars, the sun and the moon were all prostrating to him. He explained his dream to his father who was deeply aff ected by this beautiful dream and started to cry.

 He held his son tightly as he knew that his son would be a prophet in the future. His father frequently reminded him not to tell his brothers of his dream because he was fearful of the harm that would come to Joseph from them. He never left Joseph in anyone’s care as a result of these fears. Joseph’s brothers learnt of his dream aft er some time had passed. Th is increased their jealousy even more.

 Th ey secretly planned amongst themselves to get rid of Joseph once and for all. Th ey asked their father’s permission to go to the forest. Prophet Jacob did not give permission for Joseph to go to the forest with them. However, his sons insisted and said, “Dad there’s so many of us- do you think we’re not going to be able to protect Joseph? Please give us permission to all go together.” Jacop felt helpless and gave Joseph permission to go with his brothers.

Th ey all set off together. Th ey were quite some distance away from home and not a soul was in sight. Th ey could now get rid of Joseph. His brothers mercilessly threw him into a well. Joseph escaped from drowning by holding onto a rock on the side of the well. In the meantime the brothers thought about how they could lie their way out of the situation. In the end they decided to wipe the blood of an animal they had hunted in the forest on Joseph’s shirt. Th ey came home crying with the bloodied shirt in their hands.

 Th ey said, “Dad, Joseph was attacked by a wolf while we were engrosed in play. We tried with all our might but we couldn’t save him. We could only fi nd his bloodied shirt.” When Prophet Joseph noticed that there was not a single tear in the shirt he realised that harm had come to Joseph from his brothers. He was so upset that he told them to leave his sight without even looking at them. He felt deep pain as his eyes welled with tears. Joseph waited helplessly in the well until he was saved by a caravan of travellers on their way to Egypt. Once they reached Egypt the people of the caravan sold him as a servant to the house of the vizier of Egypt. When Joseph grew up and became a young man the vizier’s wife became profoundly aff ected by his beauty and fell in love with him.

 She made immoral off ers to him when no-one was around. Joseph did not accept these disgusting off ers because he was a vey clean and highly moral person. When she couldn’t get what she wanted from him she complained about Joseph to her husband and had him unjustly imprisoned. Joseph was imprisoned for many years. Allah taught Joseph how to interpret dreams. He correctly interpreted the dreams of the inmates. Allah gave him the duty of prophethood so that he could call people to the right path.

One night the ruler of Egypt saw 7 thin cows eat 7 fl eshy ones. Th ere were 7 green ears of grain next to 7 dry ones. Noone was able to interpret this dream in Egypt. A person who had become acquainted with Joseph while in prison told the ruler of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams. Th ey immediately took him out of jail for him to interpret the dream. Prophet Joseph said that it indicated a huge drought in the future and that the necessary precautions needed to be taken.

Th e ruler decided to make Joseph the head of treasury as diffi cult times were ahead of Egypt. Prophet Joseph stored a portion of the harvest in the 7 years of abundance they experienced. Drought set in 7 years later. People started pouring in from neighbouring countries to buy crop from Egypt. His brothers left their youngest brother Benjamin with their father and came to buy food from Egypt. Th ey did not recognise Joseph but he recognised his brothers. He told them to bring their youngest brother otherwise he would not give them anything to eat in their next visit. He also gave them back the money they had given him for their purchase.

 His brothers brought Benjamin with them in their next visit to Egypt. Prophet Joseph explained to Benjamin all that had happened to him and they hugged each other with joy. He made plans for Benjamin to be left in Egypt. He had someone put in the ruler’s valuable belongings into Benjamin’s bag as his brothers were leaving the city. Th ey were stopped in their journey and searched by guards the next day.

 Th e ruler’s missing items were found in Benjamin’s bag. Th ey captured him and the eff orts of his brothers to save him were left in vain. Th ey had no choice but to leave Benjamin behind. Th ey explained all that had happened to their father when they returned home.

As if it wasn’t enough that Jacob had been separated from Joseph, he was now separated from Benjamin as well. He lost his eyesight from the pain of crying for them. Even so he never lost hope as he said, “It is now up to me to show patience. I know that Allah will one day return my children to me. He is All-knowing.” Aft er some time had passed his brothers went to Egypt to bring Benjamin back.

 Th ey went up to Prophet Joseph and asked if he could forgive and free their brother Benjamin. Joseph responded by asking, “What did you do to your brother Joseph?” Fear overcame them, however Joseph forgave his brothers despite what they had done to him. He said, “Take my shirt to my father, he will recognise me by my fragrance,” and he bade them goodbye. Prophet Jacob pressed Joseph’s shirt to his chest and longingly sniff ed it. He wiped the shirt on his eyes and face. It was at that moment that Almighty Allah rewarded him for his patience by giving back his vision. Th ey all went to Egypt together. Joseph said, “My dear father, my Lord has made that dream that I had seen some time ago come true.

Th anks be to Allah.” Prophet Joseph justly governed the people of Egypt for many years. He was a prophet as well as a guide to them. He always called people to do good things. Jacob and Joseph are both our prophets. Th eir lives are best explained in the Qur’an.