Good Deed: #212 Cut out Temptations – Practise Surah Yusuf
Surah 12. Yusuf (Joseph)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. Alif.Laam.Raa. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.
2. We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an, in order that ye may learn wisdom.
3. We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur’an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not.
4. Behold! Joseph said to his father: “O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!”
5. Said (the father): “My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to thy brothers, lest they concoct a plot against thee: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy!
6. “Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation of stories (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the posterity of Jacob – even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaac aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.”
7. Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth).
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Action Plan
Novelists comment on surat Yusuf saying that it includes all the craft and components of fiction: suspense, description, coherence, and symbolism. For example, the story commences with a dream that Prophet Yusuf (AS) had and ends with the explanation of that same dream. The shirt of Prophet Yusuf (AS), which is used as a means of exonerating his brothers, is later used as evidence of their betrayal. This shirt is later used as a means of exonerating Yusuf himself from the false accusation of molesting the wife of Al-Aziz. Moreover, one of the wonders of this story is that its meanings and events are vividly dramatized for the reader, as if he is actually seeing and hearing them. Also, it is one of the most fascinating and striking stories you will ever read. The aim of surat Yusuf is to educate us that Allah’s (SWT) manipulation of things is different from the limited perception of humans. It is as if it is telling us, “have faith in what Allah (SWT) plans, and be patient and do not give up.”
Learn from Prophet Yusuf (AS) these things:
1. be successful in your professional life and excel in this life and hereafter through knowledge and hard work;
2. to resist temptations
3. abstain from temptations so that you can win the Jannah (Paradise).
4. Be Patient
5. Have faith
8. Forgive
9. Persevere
10. Cure Envy and Jealousy- Hasad
11. Control and fight your desires
12. Fight Shaytaan
14. Be tolerant
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