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===Joseph’s Beauty and the Story of Zulaykha=== | ===Joseph’s Beauty and the Story of Zulaykha=== | ||
In the books on [[qisas al-Qur'an]] (Quranic stories), Joseph (a) is said to have been exceptionally handsome.<ref> | In the books on [[qisas al-Qur'an]] (Quranic stories), Joseph (a) is said to have been exceptionally handsome.<ref>See: Jaza'iri, ''al-Nūr al-mubīn fī qiṣaṣ al-anbīyāʾ wa l-mursalīn'', p. 217. Balāghī, ''Qiṣaṣ-i Qur'ān'', p. 98. Ṣuḥufī, ''Qiṣṣaha-yi Qur'ān'', p. 114,115.</ref> This special beauty caused [[Zulaykha]], the chieftain’s wife, to fall in love with him and ask him to have unlawful relationship with her. Joseph (a) refused Zulaykha’s request,<ref>Ṣuḥufī, ''Qiṣṣaha-yi Qur'ān'', p. 115,116. and Qurʾān, 12:23</ref> and the story spread among people. The women began to criticize Zulaykha for falling in love with her servant. So Zulaykha invited a group of these woman and gave them knives to peel fruit and then called Joseph (a) to enter. When he came in, the women were so much astonished at his beauty that they cut their hands.<ref>Ṣuḥufī, ''Qiṣṣaha-yi Qur'ān'', p. 117,118. and Qurʾān, 12:30,31</ref> | ||
After this, other women also asked Joseph (a) to have unlawful relationship with them, so Joseph (a) asked [[God]] to save him from sin and said in his prayer that imprisonment was dearer to him than committing [[sin]]. After some time, Joseph (a) was imprisoned by Zulaykha’s request.<ref>Jaza'iri, ''al-Nūr al-mubīn fī qiṣaṣ al-anbīyāʾ wa l-mursalīn'', p. 217. and Qurʾān, 12:33-35</ref> | After this, other women also asked Joseph (a) to have unlawful relationship with them, so Joseph (a) asked [[God]] to save him from sin and said in his prayer that imprisonment was dearer to him than committing [[sin]]. After some time, Joseph (a) was imprisoned by Zulaykha’s request.<ref>Jaza'iri, ''al-Nūr al-mubīn fī qiṣaṣ al-anbīyāʾ wa l-mursalīn'', p. 217. and Qurʾān, 12:33-35</ref> | ||