The Story of Prophet Joseph

Ibn al-Jawzi, Bustān al-Wāʿiẓīn wa-Riyāḍ al-Sāmiʿīn. Sīrah. Advanced.

The English is machine-translated. The audio uses AI voices.

الحمد لله الذي يختار من يشاء ويجتبي،

Praise be to Allah, who chooses whom He wills and elects.

فمن المختارين يوسف النبي صاح الهوى يا زليخا راودي والعبي،

Among the chosen is the prophet Joseph. Desire called out, 'O Zuleikha, entice and play!'

فقاوم الشهوة مقاومة الفطن لا الغبي،

He resisted desire with the wisdom of the intelligent, not the ignorant.

فصوتت ميزان شهوات زليخا بذلك الصبي،

The scales of Zuleikha's desires tipped because of that boy.

Run, for your light has extinguished my flame.

وكان القميص أصدق شاهد أعلى الأمر المختبي

And the shirt was the most truthful witness to the hidden matter.

اَذهَبُوا بِقَميصِي هَذا فألقُوهُ عَلى وَجهِ أبِي

Take this shirt of mine and cast it over my father's face.

أحمد إذا ظفرني بالمعاني قبل طلبي

I thank You if You grant me understanding before my request.

وأصلي على رسوله الأمي العربي،

And I send blessings upon His messenger, the unlettered Arab.

And upon his companion, my father Abu Bakr.

وعلى عمر مخرج الرسول من دار الخيزران وقد طال ما خبي،

And upon Umar, who led the Prophet out from the house of Al-Khazeran, and indeed what was hidden lasted long.

وعلى عثمان الذي بابنتي رسول الله حبي،

And upon Uthman, who is my beloved by the two daughters of the Messenger of Allah.

وعلى علي الذي من زمن الطفولية في الإسلام ربي،

And upon Ali, who was nurtured in Islam since childhood.

وعلى عمه الذي قال فيه الرسول عمي وصنو أبي،

And upon his uncle, of whom the Prophet said: 'He is my uncle and like my father.'

جد سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الواجبة ومخالفه جاهلي في مذهبي

The ancestor of our master and lord, the Imam whose obedience is obligatory, and whoever opposes him is ignorant in my view.

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