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A. L. R. These (letters) are proofs of this profound scripture.
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We have revealed it an Arabic Quran, that you may understand.
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We narrate to you the most accurate history through the revelation of this Quran. Before this, you were totally unaware.
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Recall that Joseph said to his father, O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them prostrating before me.
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He said, My son, do not tell your brothers about your dream, lest they plot and scheme against you. Surely, the devil is man's worst enemy.
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Your Lord has thus blessed you, and has given you good news through your dream. He has perfected His blessings upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He did for your ancestors Abraham and Isaac before that. Your Lord is Omniscient, Most Wise.
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In Joseph and his brothers there are lessons for the seekers.
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They said, Joseph and his brother are favored by our father, and we are in the majority. Indeed, our father is far astray.
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Let us kill Joseph, or banish him, that you may get some attention from your father. Afterwards, you can be righteous people.
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One of them said, Do not kill Joseph; let us throw him into the abyss of the well. Perhaps some caravan can pick him up, if this is what you decide to do.
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They said, Our father, why do you not trust us with Joseph? We will take good care of him.
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Send him with us tomorrow to run and play. We will protect him.
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He said, I worry lest you go away with him, then the wolf may devour him while you are not watching him.
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They said, Indeed, if the wolf devours him, with so many of us around, then we are really losers.
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When they went away with him, and unanimously decided to throw him into the abyss of the well, we inspired him: Some day, you will tell them about all this, while they have no idea.
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They came back to their father in the evening, weeping.
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They said, Our father, we went racing with each other, leaving Joseph with our equipment, and the wolf devoured him. You will never believe us, even if we were telling the truth.
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They produced his shirt with fake blood on it. He said, Indeed, you have conspired with each other to commit a certain scheme. All I can do is resort to a quiet patience. May GOD help me in the face of your conspiracy.
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A caravan passed by, and soon sent their waterer. He let down his bucket, then said, How lucky! There is a boy here! They took him along as merchandise, and GOD was fully aware of what they did.
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They sold him for a cheap price? a few Dirhams?for they did not have any need for him.
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The one who bought him in Egypt said to his wife, Take good care of him. Maybe he can help us, or maybe we can adopt him. We thus established Joseph on earth, and we taught him the interpretation of dreams. GOD's command is always done, but most people do not know.
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When he reached maturity, we endowed him with wisdom and knowledge. We thus reward the righteous.
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The lady of the house where he lived tried to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, I am all yours. He said, May GOD protect me. He is my Lord, who gave me a good home. The transgressors never succeed.
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She almost succumbed to him, and he almost succumbed to her, if it were not that he saw a proof from his Lord. We thus diverted evil and sin away from him, for he was one of our devoted servants.
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The two of them raced towards the door, and, in the process, she tore his garment from the back. They found her husband at the door. She said, What should be the punishment for one who wanted to molest your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?
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He said, She is the one who tried to seduce me. A witness from her family suggested: If his garment is torn from the front, then she is telling the truth and he is a liar.
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And if his garment is torn from the back, then she lied, and he is telling the truth.
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When her husband saw that his garment was torn from the back, he said, This is a woman's scheme. Indeed, your scheming is formidable.
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Joseph, disregard this incident. As for you (my wife), you should seek forgiveness for your sin. You have committed an error.
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Some women in the city gossiped: The governor's wife is trying to seduce her servant. She is deeply in love with him. We see that she has gone astray.
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