Hazrat Ayyub (as) and Shaitan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Abu-Basir asked Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq the reason for Ayyub being inflicted with such severe calamities. Imam replied that it was due to the excess of […]
Month: April 2014
“O Yusuf take a look at the seventh layer beneath the earth”
Reading Time: < 1 minute When Yusuf asked his cell-mate to lobby for him with the king, Archangel Gabriel descended near him and kicked the ground. A fissure developed that […]
it was the light of Prophethood.
Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim narrates that Archangel Gabriel told Yusuf to extend his hand. When he did so, a light escaped from between his fingers. Yusuf […]
“Wolf, garment and blood!”
Reading Time: < 1 minute When the sons of Ya‘qub set out for Egypt, Benjamin accompanied them but did not join them during meals. He also did not talk to […]
“You Alone are my Lord.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq said that Archangel Gabriel descended to Yusuf when he was in the prison. He told him that the Almighty sends His salaams […]
Interprting the Dreams
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two young slaves of the king were also convicted with Yusuf. One of them was a baker and one a water-carrier. Another tradition says that […]
Hazrat Ysuf (as) and Zulekha
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq when Zulaykha decided to have sexual relations with Yusuf, there was an idol in the room. When she put a curtain on […]
Dua of Hazrat Yusuf (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is quoted from the tafsir of Abu Hamza Thumali that the man who purchased Yusuf was Malik bin Za’ra. From the time he purchased […]