10-28-2006, 11:04 AM
Praise be to Allah, a praise which is adequate to Your graces and favors, prayer and peace on the best Messenger to the worlds our Prophet Mohamed, his household, companions and whoever followed them until the day after. “They said: Glory to thee: of knowledge We have none, save what it is thou who art perfect in knowledge and wisdom.” “of knowledge it is only a little that is communicated to you, (O men)”.
Sobhan Allah the more you read Suratu Yusuf, the more lessons are revealed to you Sobhan Allah. But then one really stands there just stunned with the implied messages in only one word.
1. "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and verily, we will take care of him." (Quran 12:12)
2. "So, when they took him away, they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well, and We inspired in him:"Indeed, you shall (one day) inform them of this their affair, when they know (you) not." (Quran 12:15)
3. "And there came a caravan of travellers; they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket (into the well). He said: "What good news! Here is a boy." So they hid him as merchandise (a slave). And Allah was the All-Knower of what they did." (Quran 12:19)
4. "They said: "Are you indeed Yoosuf (Joseph)?" He said: "I am Yoosuf (Joseph), and this is my brother (Benjamin). Allah has indeed been gracious to us. Verily, he who fears Allah with obedience to Him (by abstaining from sins and evil deeds, and by performing righteous good deeds), and is patient, then surely, Allah makes not the reward of the Muhsinoon (good-doers) to be lost." (Quran 12:90)
Reviewing the Ayahs one after the other, we come up with the following:
1. That the place where they went to is a close by area to where they lived.
2. They did throw him into the well, yet he didn’t resist or fight them back, he completely surrendered to, no not to their decision, but rather to Allah's Decree Who Comforted his heart and Took his fear away by "We inspired in him:"Indeed, you shall (one day) inform them of this their affair, when they know (you) not.". This clearly indicate that he knew ahead that he is not destined to go back to his father right now.
3. Because he totally submitted to Allah, when they took him out of the well and even made into a slave, he couldv'e of course told them who he is and informed them about his father and house to be taken back. But instead again just remained silent and submissive.
4. All this is to establish the fact that he is fearing Allah and adopting patience just as explained at the last Ayahs. He said" Verily, he who fears Allah with obedience to Him' this is what he did, and he started at a very early age. He is just explaining that the position he attained and being again with his brother is the fruit of fearing Allah and being obedient to Him.
Therefore we can say that his attitude is a gradual logical development and well explained at this Ayah 12:90. It is the adoption of Taqwa and Sabr.