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Prophet Yusuf reunitedwith his family

As their caravan was leaving Egypt, Ya'qub (alayhis salam), still at
home, smelled the perfume of Prophet Yusuf(alayhis salam), but his
household said he was getting senile. When the caravan arrived home
with the shirt, Ya'qub's (alayhis salam) sight was restored. Then the
entire family moved to Egypt. Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) raised his
parents up on the throne to sit with him and they all bowed down in
obedience to him. In this way, Prophet Yusuf's (alayhis salam)
childhoodvision of the eleven planets and the sun and the moon
prostrating themselves before him came true. This is how the
Israelites came to settle in Egypt and lived there for many
generations. The entire story of Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) can be
found in Surah 12 of the Qur'an.

Prophet Yusuf

Prophet Yusuf meets his brothers
As Prophet Yusuf(alayhis salam) had predicted, seven years of famine
followed seven years of good harvest, but the storehouses of Egypt
were full because ofProphet Yusuf's skillful management. People from
all over flocked to Egypt to buy grain duringthe famine. Among them
wereProphet Yusuf's (alayhis salam) brothers.
Prophet Yusuf(alayhis salam) knew his brothers at once but they did
not recognize him. He gave them the grain which they had come to buy
butwarned them that they would get no more unless they brought a
brother of theirs to him from their father. They agreed that they
would try to convince their father to let them take their younger
brother with them the next time they came. Then Prophet Yusuf (alayhis
salam) had his servants put their money which they had used to
purchase the grain back into the saddlebags of their camels so that
they would find it when they returned home and would be sure to return
for more grain when they saw how generouslyProphet Yusuf (alayhis
salam) had treated them.
Ya'qub (alayhis salam), who still felt deeply the loss of his son
Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam), wasreluctant to let the brothers take
his other young son. He made them pledge in the name of Allahthat they
would bring him back home unless they were made physically powerless
to do so. He also cautioned them to enter the city in Egypt by
different gates, perhaps so they wouldn'tlook like a gang of
troublemakers. However, he knew that their fate depended on Allah's
will and no precautions couldgo against what was willed by Allah.
When the brothers had returned to Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) for
more provisions, ProphetYusuf (alayhis salam) lodged his younger
brother with himself, andrevealed his identity to him. But he had to
think of a way in which to keep his younger brotherwith him when the
others returned home. Allah inspired him with the following plan.
When the brothers' camels had been loaded with grain, Prophet
Yusuf(alayhis salam) had a cup placed in his younger brother's
saddlebag. Then a cry was raised that someone had stolen the king's
cup. The brothers denied that theyhad stolen anything. When asked what
should happen if it were to prove otherwise, they said that they would
hand over the person in whose possession the cup was found. A search
of the saddlebags revealed the cup in the younger brother's bag. Then
the big brothers said that it wasn't really surprising, because the
boy's brother (i.e. Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam)) had also been a
thief. But still Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) did not reveal his
identity to them. The brothers askedthat one of them be allowed to
stay in the younger brother's place, so that their father would not
grieve, but Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) replied that it would be
unjust to keep back anyone except him in whose possession the cup had
been.
The brothers returned to their father with the story of the theft, and
his eyes turned white with grief from suppressing his sorrow. He sent
them away to search for Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) and his brother,
so they returned to Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salam) and asked for more
grain, although they had but little money left. Then Prophet Yusuf
(alayhis salam) revealed his identity to them and forgave them and
asked Allah's forgiveness for all the wrong they had doneto him and
his brother. Then he gave them his shirt to place over his father's
face to recover his sight. He told them to go home and return to Egypt
with all of their families.

Prophet Musa

The story continues, some time after Prophet Musahad completed his
contract with his father-in-law. He was traveling somewhere with his
family when he saw a fire in the distance. He went to explore in the
hope that he might get information or be able tobring back a firebrand
for his family to use.
When Prophet Musa approached the bush that was burning, he heard a
voice coming from it. The voice commanded Prophet Musa to remove his
shoesbecause he was in a sacred valley. The voice identified itself as
Allah, and reminded Prophet Musa to serve Him and to keep up his
prayers. The voice told Prophet Musa that Allah had made him one of
the chosen ones.
Allah then ordered Prophet Musa to throw down his staff, which he used
as a walking stick and to beat down branches for his flocks. When the
staff was flung down, it turned into a serpent. Allah instructed
Prophet Musa to pick the serpent up, and it again turned into a stick.
The voice commanded Prophet Musa to thrust his hand under his armpit,
and when he removed it the hand was glowing white, yet it did not hurt
Prophet Musa . Allah informed Prophet Musa that these two signs, the
staff and the hand, would be signs for the Pharoah, to show that
Prophet Musa had truly been sent from Allah. Allah wanted Prophet Musa
to go to the Pharoah because the Pharoah and his people had strayed
far from the acceptable ways of Allah. He also wanted Prophet Musa to
lead the children of Israel away from the Pharoah's influence.
Prophet Musa pointed out that he had killed an Egyptian and that he
himself would be killed ifhe returned to Egypt. He was also unsure of
his ability to communicate with the Pharoah. He wasnot a good speaker
and asked for the help of his brother, Harun , who wasmuch more
eloquent. Allah reassured Prophet Musa on both counts. He promised
that Prophet Musa would come to no harm at the hands of the Egyptians.
And He agreedboth to aid Prophet Musain addressing the Pharoah and to
send along Harun to help out.
In this manner Prophet Musa was called to prophethood, and set outto
free the people of Israel from their bondageunder the people of Egypt.
Insha Allah in the next issue we shall tell of his meetings with the
Pharoah.
You can read about this part of the story of Musain the Quran 20:9-36,
42-48; 26:10-17; and 28:29-35.

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