Zuleikha was
completely mesmerized by Yusuf’s beauty that she thought to have an illegal
association with him. At one occasion she was able to trap in a room so that
she could be alone with him. Yusuf on realizing the woman’s evil intentions
tried to run but she attacked him from behind and was able to grab his shirt
from behind. The shirt got torn. At the door Yusuf bumped into Aziz himself. Realizing
the stickiness of the situation Zuleikha blamed Yusuf that he was trying to lay
hand on her. Yusuf pleaded his case. A witness
from her own household testified, "If his shirt is torn from the front,
then she speaks the truth and he is of the liars. And if his shirt is torn from
behind, then she lies and he is of the truthful ones.” Aziz was ashamed
of his wife and asked her to stay away from him. He requested Yusuf to forget
the incident too. However the story of the scandal got out of the
palace, and spread far and wide. Women of other nobles maliciously
gossiped about this happening.
Zuleikha
arranged a party and invited the women of nobility to her palace. As
they were busy cutting and eating fruits, she summoned Yusuf into her
audience. As he arrived in their presence, the women got totally
stunned by his beauty, and many cut their fingers instead of the fruits in
their hands and exclaimed.”This is not a human being, he must be an angel”. They
were now convinced over what they had heard about Yusuf and his beauty. Yusuf
prayed to Allah to save him from the wickedness of the queen and other women of
Egypt. Zuleikha was furious with Yusuf because
he had caused her to be ridiculed. In her anger and frustration, she caused him
to be imprisoned on false charges of assault.
Yusuf was thrown into prison. The prisoners noted his purity of
character and good conduct and elected his as the deputy in managing the
affairs of the prison. On the day Yusuf came into prison, two other prisoners
were also imprisoned. One was a wine server and other was a cook, both had been
accused of poisoning the kind. One day they came to him and told of their weird
dreams. They requested him to interpret the dreams. Prophet Yusuf (AS) not only
interpreted the dreams but also preached them the religion of Allah Almighty.
Finally he said, "O my prison-mates! The man who dreamt that he was
crushing grapes will soon be released from here and will go back to his
previous post. The second one, who carried the bread on his head in the dream,
will be executed and the birds will start to eat his brain." Prophet Yusuf
(AS) thought of getting himself released from prison through the wine-server,
and told him to remind the king of his innocence when he saw him. The dreams of
both men came true just as he had foretold. One of the captives was released
while the other was hanged. Unfortunately, the wine-server forgot all that
Prophet Yusuf (AS) had told him to convey to the king.
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