Monthly Archive: February, 2017

While his dear father sorrowed for him, Yusuf (a.s) lay at the bottom of the dark well, terrified because there was no way to get out. In the meantime, a caravan coming down from Syria and heading for Egypt was...

The evil brothers were busy now making another plan to fool their father. They killed a young goat and smeared Yusuf’s shirt with its blood. They waited until nightfall, before going back home to show that they had made an...

The next morning, as Yaqub(a.s) saw his children off, he prayed for their safety and well-being, especially for his beloved son Yusuf(a.s).  Yaqub(a.s) was a prophet with incredible patience. He believed that Allah would be with his children all the...

Finally the brother’s resentment reached the boiling point, and they went off to the hills where nobody could hear of see them. There they suggested something really outrageous. They said to each other : “Yusuf and his younger brother are...

One day Yusuf (a.s) had an unusual dream. In the dream eleven stars and the sun and the moon all bowed down to him. When he woke up, he hurried to tell his father about this strange dream. Yaqub (a.s)...