So the other day the name 'Joseph' kept ringing in my head while I was asleep...
I only had time to read through the Quran yesterday on Prophet Yusuf(arabic for Joseph)
and I AM SHOCKED!!! THIS CANNOT BE COINCIDENCE!!!
It is a beautiful story of how he was put into very difficult situations
eg. bro abandoning him at the well and he actually trusted them
accused of his employer's wife seducing him and commit sin.
He eventually went to jail but was positive abt it.
He turned to Allah.
Everything ‘wrong’ that was happening in his life, was because of their evil plots; it was all actually a part of a preordained plan decreed by Allah, through which He intended to teach Yusuf how to ‘interpret matters (stories and events)’.
Instead of developing a ‘victim’ mentality: questioning/complaining about what Allah had decreed for him, spiraling down a self-destructive path of self-pity, and blaming/badmouthing his antagonists for the things that they had done to him, he instead started propagating beneficial knowledge to the inmates around him.
Whenever you hit rock-bottom in life as a result of the evil actions of your haters and antagonists, who take advantage of your righteousness to deliberately defame you, slander you, threaten you, and less commonly, to throw you out on to the street - don’t give up on life, and stay positive, the way Prophet Yusuf did. Believe without a doubt that whatever bad happens to you in life, is in some unbeknownst way, extremely good for you.
It might take time (even years) but retribution will come, and remember that Allah is always in control over your affairs. No one can harm you more than what is decreed for you.
And know that whatever outward “harm” or pain is decreed for you, surely some long-lasting and beneficial good will come out of it; one that will raise you in honor and rank, in both this world and the next.
when you are dealing with people who can deliberately lie even to their parent in order to permanently ‘get rid of’ a sibling, - you need to be discreet and subtle in not letting them know about your personal success and achievements.
This is the final and most beautiful lesson to be learned from chapter Yusuf in dealing with difficult people: forgive them when they ask for pardon/admit their mistake, do not take revenge, and thenceforth dwell cordially with them.
Very few of us have family members plotting to kill us off. If Prophet Yusuf could forgive his brothers for ‘ruining’ his youth (apparently) and separating him from his parents for so many years, we can also try to forgive those who wrong us on a much lesser level, especially if they ask for pardon and change their behavior
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I just cannot~~~ 100% relevance!!! awedddddddddd
Handover been crazyyyyy :(
Still tryna get the hang of it!
