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==The Alleged Minor Misdeed of Joseph== | ==The Alleged Minor Misdeed of Joseph== | ||
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According to [[Qur'an 12]]:42, when Joseph (a) interpreted the dream of one of his inmates in prison to mean that he would be freed, he told him to remember him before his master. However, [[Satan]] “made him forget the remembrance of his master” (Qur'an 12:42), so Joseph (a) remained in prison for several years. There is disagreement among the commentators here; some believe that what is meant is that Satan made Joseph (a) forget God, but others maintain that the verse means that Satan made the inmate forget telling his master about Joseph (a). [['Allama Tabataba'i]] holds that the first view contradicts Qur'anic teachings, which indicate that, on the one hand, Joseph (a) was one of the purified servants of God, and, on the other hand, that Satan does not have any influence over such servants of God. | According to [[Qur'an 12]]:42, when Joseph (a) interpreted the dream of one of his inmates in prison to mean that he would be freed, he told him to remember him before his master. However, [[Satan]] “made him forget the remembrance of his master” (Qur'an 12:42), so Joseph (a) remained in prison for several years. There is disagreement among the commentators here; some believe that what is meant is that Satan made Joseph (a) forget God, but others maintain that the verse means that Satan made the inmate forget telling his master about Joseph (a). [['Allama Tabataba'i]] holds that the first view contradicts Qur'anic teachings, which indicate that, on the one hand, Joseph (a) was one of the purified servants of God, and, on the other hand, that Satan does not have any influence over such servants of God.<ref>Ṭabātabā'i, ''al-Mizān'', vol. 11, p. 181.</ref> | ||
At any rates, the commentators who prefer the first view maintain that what Joseph (a) did was failing to do that which was better ([[Tark al-Awla]]) and not a sin. | At any rates, the commentators who prefer the first view maintain that what Joseph (a) did was failing to do that which was better ([[Tark al-Awla]]) and not a sin.<ref> Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 9, p. 414.</ref> | ||
==Differences between the Quranic and Biblical Accounts== | ==Differences between the Quranic and Biblical Accounts== | ||