Kill Joseph or cast him out to some ˹distant˺ land so that our father’s attention will be only ours, then after that you may ˹repent and˺ become righteous people!”
"Kill Yusuf or cast him out to some (other) land, so that the favour of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk.
There will always be many “Yusufs” around us in the form of people, wealth, beauty, status, power, love, success etc. If we focus constantly towards the blessings given to others, our hearts will remain disturbed and restless.
Shaytan has always tried to plant this trait within human beings, e...
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 12:25, 12:9, 7:16-17
When I read this ayah (12:25), I imagine two people running towards a door. Isn't it interesting that in the same room, one person is running towards sin and another person is running away from it? One is striving to keep the door of escape closed, another is striving to open that door and escape.
This ayah also makes me think about how the shaytan and the nafs are always running after us. Yusuf's (a) example teaches us that we must run away f...
This is the scenario of a subcontinental household.
Mother in law vs daughter in law
Mothers life evolves around the son. When son got married and start spending time with wife, mother becomes insecure. Oh my god, I have lost my son because of this girl!! Gradually rage gathered in the heart of the mother. Start finding fault in daughter in law. She find the girl as an obstacle between her son’s attention. Often she thinks to ...
The worst of Sin is to start justifying your sins in order to satisfy yourself. It’s actually fooling your oneself because you can never fool Allah with those silly justifications. In the story of Yusuf, when the brothers discuss how to get rid of Yusuf. They don’t mention their hatred of him as their motive, They started blaming Yaqoob(A.S) for their envy, justifying their crime against Yusuf.
In our lives, Shaytan comes to us as a sincere advi...