Hazrat Ayyub (as) and Shaitan
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbu-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 bounties Allah had bestowed on […]
Month: April 2014
“O Yusuf take a look at the seventh layer beneath the earth”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen 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 reached up to the seventh […]
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 asked what that was. Archangel […]
“Wolf, garment and blood!”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen 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 them or mix with them. […]
“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 and says that “I have […]
Interprting the Dreams
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo 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 ‘Aziz appointed two people to […]
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 it, Yusuf asked the reason […]
Dua of Hazrat Yusuf (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt 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 Yusuf there was prosperity in […]