Category: Stories of The Prophets

Never Ever Give Up Hope: Now the brothers has a serious problem. How could they face their father, who had taken solemn pledge from them to bring Binyamin back? They pleaded Yusuf (a.s) to free Binyamin. “Noble prince, this boy...

Binyamin’s journey to Egypt A year later, when it was time to return to Egypt to obtain grain for the following year, Yaqub’s sons came to their old father. “Oh father!” they pleaded. “Unless we take Binyamin with us, all...

Famine Ancient Egypt: Seven Year Famine Egypt: Yusuf (a.s) set about his important duties. As second in command to the king, and with the blessings of Almighty Allah, Yusuf (a.s) traveled the length and breadth of Egypt. In every city...

The Hyksos Kings: The story of the Prophet Yusuf (a.s) most likely took place during the rule of one or the six Hyksos kings who ruled Egypt from about 1500 to 1580 B.C., after invading the country from the east...

Dreams Interpretations There were two prisoners who entered the prison at the same time as Yusuf (a.s). Both were servants in the royal court who had displeased the king. One of them was the king’s cupbearer. His job was to...

Ancient Egypt Economic Life One of the world’s earliest civilizations was born, about 5000 years ago, in ancient Egypt. Egyptian civilization owes its existence to the life-giving presence of a mighty river – the Nile. The Nile’s annual flooding deposited a...

Prison will be better – Why prison good: News of the incident spread throughout the town, and the womenfolk in particular began to gossip about it. They felt that Zuleika was clearly in the wrong. The Aziz’s wife invited the...