Joseph AS
Yusuf(PBUH)
- And the drought did not only come to Egypt
- But even the countries surrounding Egypt
- And during that seven tough years;
- The price of food jumped up to double and triple
- And in Egypt the prices of food is still the same as they used to be before
- And that drought hit Palestine, and who's living in Palestine?
- His family. And how long has it been? Decades
- Allah SWT says: And Yusuf's brethren came and they entered on to him
- And he recognised them but they did not recognise him [12:58]
- Yusuf used to give ration per head
- So he would give every individual a camel loard
- Ten brothers; So he gave them ten camel loads
- And then he was talking to them; He told them: How many brothers are you? They said: We are eleven
- He said: Why didn't you bring the eleventh brother with you?
- They said: He's with his father; He said: OK,
- Next year you bring him with you and if you don't bring him with you
- I'm not going to give you anything
- They said: We shall try to get permission for him from his father
- And verily we shall do it [12:61]
- The brothers of Yusuf; They brought with them
- Some merchandise to do trade
- The merchandise that they brought was worthless
- Sayyidina Yusuf AS said: Give them back what they brought
- So that they will use it to come back next year [12:62]
- Without them knowing; Why did Sayyidina Yusuf do that?
- Yusuf was afraid that maybe they would go home
- And they would have nothing left to bring with them next year
- When they went back to their father
- They said: O our father; No more measure of grain will be given to us
- Unless we take our brother; So send our brother with us
- And we shall get our measure and truly we will guard him [12:63]
- Who was this brother? This was Binyamin
- The brother of Yusuf from the same mother
- Sayyidina Yaqub AS was protective of Binyamin just like he was with Yusuf
- And he would not trust his brothers to take care of him
- He said: Can I entrust him to you;
- Except as I entrusted his brother Yusuf to you a foretime?
- But Allah is the best to guard;
- And He is the most merciful of those who show mercy [12:64]
- And when they opened their bags they found their money had been
- Returned to them; They said: O our father; What more can we desire?
- This is our money; It has been returned to us
- So we shall get more food for our family
- And we shall guard our brother and add one more measure of a camels load
- This quantity is easy for the king to give [12:65]
- Now Yaqub is almost convinced but he said:
- I'm not going to send him with you unless you promise me;
- That you will not forsake him unless you are surrounded
- And there's no way for you to survive
- Don't come to me alive without Binyamin
- So they gave him the promise
- And when they had sworn their solemn oath;
- He said: Allah is the witness over that which you said [12:66]
- O my children; O my sons; Do not enter from one gate
- Enter from different gates; People will envy you
- So it doesn't become too obvious that you eleven are together
- When the eleven of them came; Yusuf saw his brother,
- His brother that he loved
- And they were close together when they were young
- And they were getting picked on by his other brothers
- When Yusuf AS saw; He got so passionate about his brother;
- Yusuf AS took Binyamin to the side without the brothers knowing
- And he told him: Binyamin; Do you know who's speaking to you?
- This is your brother Yusuf
- He embraced his brother and hugged him and he told him:
- Verily I am your brother so grieve not for what they used to do [12:69]
- And then Sayyidina Yusuf made a plan,
- Yusuf AS after he prepared and he gave each one of his brothers;
- Enough stock that each one of them can have
- He had a drinking cup
- That golden cup which belongs to who? To the king
- He told one of his employees to hide it in the camel of his brother Binyamin
- And then Yusuf AS ordered another employee of his;
- To call upon people and say: The cup or the golden cup of the king has been stolen; Who stole it?
- Who is the thief among you here and who was present? His brothers,
- So what did they say? By Allah; You know we did not come to cause conflict,
- We are honest people and we are not thiefs [12:73]
- Yusuf said: Then how about if you guys turn out to be liars?
- What's the punishment? [12:74] And the reason that Yusuf AS asked them;
- Yaqub's Shariah; Anyone that commits theft, their punishment is; Is to become a slave
- So Yusuf AS start to investigate and search
- And at the end when he reached to his brother's [Binyamin's] camel;
- He found the stolen property; It's your brother that stole
- He; This man Binyamin; He is the one that stole this property
- And what's his punishment? He's a slave; His brothers were shocked
- Him? He had a brother like him; He stole before
- Yusuf AS; When he was a young kid; He stole,
- But what did he steal? His grandfather from his mother
- Was worshipping an idol; So Yusuf AS stole the idol and broke it
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