al-Aziz (Potiphar of Egypt)

Al-Aziz adalah ketua minister atau treasurer dari Mesir selama time dari Prophet Yusuf AS. Ia adalah identified di tradisi Islam as holding title al-Aziz (meaning ' mighty one' atau ' minister'), dan klasik sources including Ibn Kathir name him Qitfir ibn Rahib. He corresponds ke Potiphar di Biblical account. When slave traders yang pulled Yusuf AS dari well brought him ke Mesir dan sold him, al-Aziz purchased him. The Al-Al-Qur' records his purchase dan his instructions ke istrinya: 'Make his stay comfortable. Perhaps he akan benefit us atau we akan adopt him as son' (Surah Yusuf 12:21). Al-Aziz recognized something extraordinary di young Yusuf. His household prospered dengan Yusuf's presence. The central trial dari Yusuf's time di al-Aziz's house adalah attempt oleh al-Aziz's wife Zulaykha ke seduce him, dan Yusuf's flight dan her false accusation. When al-Aziz came upon scene — istrinya blaming Yusuf, Yusuf protesting innocence — it adalah al-Aziz's own cousin yang solved case dengan logic dari torn shirt. Al-Aziz acilmu pengetahuand truth: 'Indeed, it adalah dari women's plan. Indeed, your plan adalah great.' He asked Yusuf ke keep quiet sekitar incident. When women dari city later gossiped sekitar Zulaykha, al-Aziz attended dinner she arranged as demonstration. After Yusuf adalah imprisoned (di Zulaykha's insistence), al-Aziz fades dari narrative. Ia adalah figure dari measured justice — tidak villain but man whose weakness di handling istrinya's infatuation led ke innocent man's imprisonment. He serves as backdrop against yang Yusuf's extraordinary character shines.