Jacob, the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) the
father of Joseph, (P.B.U.H.) has got many children, amongst them
11 sons before Raheal who is the mother of Joseph and Penjamin
(P.B.U.T.). They all have been living with their father Jacob
(P.B.U.H.) under one ceiling in a region called Kan'an
(Palestine).
The story starts with a night
dream seen by his little son Joseph who related it to his father:
"O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun
and the moon; I saw themselves prostrating to me." (Joseph:
4)
On hearing the story of the dream,
the father warned him of telling his story to his brothers lest
they make a plot to kill him or do a mischief to him. Jacob knew
very well the interpretation of this dream that is that Joseph
would be a Prophet but he knew that Allah would rescue him and
empower him to rule over the land and all his brothers will enter
into his obedience admitting his favor to them and asking him for
forgiving their sin towards him.
Jacob's sons have dropped their
little brother Joseph down into the well out of their envy
because their father gave all his attention to their little
brother Joseph, but Allah the Almighty, directed a caravan that
was leaving for Egypt, let them pass that way and rescued him and
took him with them to Egypt and there they sold him in the slave
market but the one who bought him had been an authoritative man
and very close to Pharaoh.
This man gave the little boy to
his wife as a gift but the man who bought him was an
authoritative man and very close to Pharaoh who in turn gave him
to his impotent wife Zuleikha and thus he lived with them and
grew up there under their care.
When he became mature and got to
be a handsome young boy she madly fell in love with him who is
still in her house and she offered herself to him but he rejected
her offer and stood firm in his decision.
While they were struggling each
other Zuleikha's husband saw them together. She complained to him
saying that it was he who wanted to do her the illegal act and
for this same cause, he was jailed and there he forgot him for
seven years.
After that, Allah, the Almighty,
helped Joseph get out of his prison to become one of the close
companions of Pharaoh who later on made him his minister in his
royal court.
The course of events of this story
goes along till the State was severely hit by famine because of a
deadly drought but by virtue of Joseph's wise administration
Egypt was delivered safe from this crucial crisis.
Not only this, Egypt did not only
rescue its people from famine but also helped the neighboring
peoples by supplying them with what they required of wheat and
this made the people of Kan'an who were tremendously hit by the
famine go to Egypt in search of food.
Amongst them were the brothers of
Joseph who once had dropped him in the well. He recognized them
but they could not. His paternal and maternal brother Penjamin
was with them. Joseph seized the opportunity of presence of
Penjamin and, cunningly, kept his brother with him.
Then he introduced himself to them
and sent for his father Jacob (P.B.U.H.) so, his both parents-the
father, the mother and the brothers have gathered together in his
office and all at once prostrated to Allah in front of him so
that the story of the dream that he had seen in his childhood had
come true on the ground of reality.
Sun -
22 Jamadilawal 1446H -
