Part 5

Allaah says in the ninetyseventh verse: ﻲﺒ ﺭ ﻟﹶﻜﹸﻡﺘﹶﻐﹾﻔِﺭﻑﹶ ﺃَﺴﻭﻗﹶﺎلَ ﺴ which means: "He said, 'I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord.'" [Yoosuf: 97] Some scholars have said that he delayed his supplication until the last third of the night to have a better chance of it being accepted. l A Muslim is obliged to be dutiful to his parents. Yoosuf, peace be upon him, honoured his parents and embraced them, as in the ninety-ninth verse: ﻪﻴﻭﻪِ ﺃَﺒﻯ ﺇِﻟﹶﻴﻑﹶ ﺁﻭﻭﺴﻠﹶﻰ ﻴﺨﹶﻠﹸﻭﺍ ﻋﺎ ﺩﻓﹶﻠﹶﻤ which means: "And when they entered upon Yoosuf, he took his parents to himself [i.e. embraced them]." [Yoosuf: 99] l A Muslim should comfort the fearful, as Yoosuf, peace be upon him, did with his parents. Allaah says in verses ninety-nine and one-hundred: ِﺵﺭﻠﹶﻰ ﺍﻟﹾﻌﻪِ ﻋﻴﻭ ﺃَﺒﻓﹶﻊﺭ ﻭ ﺁﻤِﻨِﻴﻥ ﺍﻟﻠﱠﻪ ﺸﹶﺎﺀ ﺇِﻥﺭﺨﹸﻠﹸﻭﺍ ﻤِﺼﺍﺩ which means: "'Enter Egypt, Allaah willing, safe [and secure].' And he raised his parents upon the throne." [Yoosuf: 99-100] This is exactly what a fearful person would be seeking, and raising them upon the throne was as an additional way of honouring them. l The interpretation of a dream can come true many years from the time it was seen. l One should acknowledge the favours upon him from Allaah. Allaah says in the onehundredth verse: ِﻭﺩ ﺍﻟﹾﺒ ﻤِﻥ ﺒِﻜﹸﻡﺎﺀﺠﻥِ ﻭﺠ ﺍﻟﺴﻨِﻲ ﻤِﻥﺝ ﺒِﻲ ﺇِﺫﹾ ﺃَﺨﹾﺭﻥﺴ ﺃَﺤﻗﹶﺩﻭ which means: " …He [i.e., Allaah] was certainly good to me [i.e., Yoosuf] when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from Bedouin life... " [Yoosuf: 100] l One should not try to embarrass others or hurt their feelings, and that is why Prophet Yoosuf, peace be upon him, did not blame his brothers, which reflects his lofty manners, instead he said, as Allaah says in the one-hundredth verse: ﺘِﻲ ﺇِﺨﹾﻭﻥﻴﺒﻨِﻲ ﻭﻴ ﺒﻁﹶﺎﻥﻍﹶ ﺍﻟﺸﱠﻴ ﻨﹶﺯﺩِ ﺃَﻥﻌ ﺒﻤِﻥ which means: " …After Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers… " [Yoosuf: 100] l The mercy of Allaah is great; He did not cause Yoosuf, peace be upon him, to die whilst in the well, nor remain imprisoned. l Allaah can unite people after they lose hope of even meeting again. l After Allaah perfects His favours upon a believer, he (i.e., a believer) should supplicate that Allaah causes him to die in the state of Islaam. After Yoosuf, peace be upon him, had achieved everything he sought in terms of might, power, wealth and reunion with his family, he said, as Allaah says in the one-hundred and first verse: ﻓﱠﻨِﻲﺓِ ﺘﹶﻭﺍﻟﹾﺂﺨِﺭﺎ ﻭﻨﹾﻴﻲ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺩﻟِﻴﻭﺍﻟﹾﺄَﺭﺽِ ﺃَﻨﹾﺕﹶ ﺍﺕِ ﻭﺎﻭﻤ ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺩِﻴﺙِ ﻓﹶﺎﻁِﺭ ﺘﹶﺄْﻭِﻴلِ ﺍﻟﹾﺄَﺤﺘﹶﻨِﻲ ﻤِﻥﻠﱠﻤﻋﻠﹾﻙِ ﻭ ﺍﻟﹾﻤﺘﹶﻨِﻲ ﻤِﻥ ﺁﺘﹶﻴ ﻗﹶﺩﺏﺭ ﺎﻟِﺤِﻴﻥﺃَﻟﹾﺤِﻘﹾﻨِﻲ ﺒِﺎﻟﺼﻠِﻤﺎﹰ ﻭﺴﻤ which means: "'My Lord, You have given me [something] of dominion and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter.