The Story Of Hazrat Yousuf (AS)
The Story of Prophet Yusuf (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) was the beloved son of Prophet Yaqub (Jacob) who also had 11 other sons. Binyamin, who was the youngest, was from the same mother as Yusuf, while the rest were older half-brothers. Yusuf, still a young boy, awoke one glorious morning delighted by a pleasant dream he just had. He ran to his father in excitement and said, “ “O my father, indeed I have seen eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me.” Yaqub (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was overjoyed at the realization that his dear son was indeed chosen by Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) to be bestowed with Prophethood. However, Yaqub (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was concerned about his older sons’ possible reaction to this narration, for even though he treated them equally, they harbored jealousy towards Yusuf (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ). He, therefore, warned Yusuf (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) against relating his dream to his brothers lest the...