Joseph in prison
When Joseph was seventeen his mother passed away. The loss of mother was a good reason for Jacob to show more affection towards his beloved son, Joseph. The great care with which he treated Joseph caused his brothers to plan a conspiracy to separate Joseph from their father and consequently attract all his attention to himself. One day the brothers came to their father and said:
Brothers: "Dear father! So far you have not allowed us to take Joseph out for a walk in the desert let us take him out tomorrow and we promise to take good care of him just as you do."
Jacob who immediately got aware of his sons' dangerous plan and on the other hand didn't want to let them find out that he had realized their devilish plan started to reject them by making excuses. But the brothers said:
Brothers: "Don't you consider us trustworthy in taking care of Joseph though we always wish all the best for him?"
Jacob: "My dear sons you know that being apart from Joseph really makes me sad and depressed and I am also worried lest you forget his presence and he'll be a prey for wolves."
Then the brothers replied: "We've got the courage and boldness to accept the responsibility in case anything happens to him and we'll certainly be in a loss too. Now be sure such a thing will never happen."
One day morning, the brothers, while Joseph was accompanying them went out of the city of Canaan. While they were taking a walk, the signs of anger and vengeance appeared on their faces. After so long now it was the time to take their revenge on Joseph, so when they got to Canaan's well, they took off Joseph's clothes and throw him into the well while he had nothing on even the helpless cries and begging of Joseph couldn't settle the blazing fire of his brothers' rage and jealousy. After the dusk the brothers came home with crying eyes and with Joseph's shirt having some blood stains on it. They showed it to their father and said:
Brothers: "Dear father! What you once predicted came true and while we were busy playing we neglected Joseph and a wolf attacked, killed Joseph and look him away we could only take his bloody shirt."
Jacob, being well aware of his sons' devilish conspiracy know that God had predestined an inevitable fate for Joseph from which there was no way out, so he replied:
Jacob: "The blazing fire of jealousy and your vicious passion made you do an evil deed. The only thing I can do now is to be patient and seek the help of God."
In the loss of Joseph, Jacob being left alone in a world of grief and sadness, cried and cried until he finally went blind.
The wife of Aziz having been disappointed from tempting Joseph went to her husband and started to complain by saying:
Wife: "Joseph has ruined my reputation among the Egyptian ladies and made me notorious in the city. Now there are no more honors left for me in the eye of public. Thus if you want to get me back the lost honor and fame you shall imprison and make him scandalous, so as to remove this mark of unfaithfulness from my honor."
Although Joseph's innocence had already been practically proved to Aziz, he was greatly impressed by his wife's words and thus ordered to imprison the innocent Joseph. The day Joseph was put to jail; two young courtiers who were accused of planning a conspiracy against the king to poison him were also taken to prison. One day they came to Joseph and one of them said:
Prisoner 1: " I had a dream in which I was making grape wine for the king."
The other one also said:
Prisoner 2: " I also had a dream in which I saw there was some bread on my head and the birds were eating it. Now tell us what the interpretation of these dreams are for you seem to be among the virtuous and you are surely of the nobles."
Joseph, making the most of this chance, started to propagate his own religion in the prison and said:
Joseph: " I'll tell you the interpretation of your dreams and you shall know that God has taught me the science of interpreting dreams. I have turned away from those who reject God, refuse to trust in him and deny the Resurrection Day. I am following the religion of my ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob .We all hate to consider a partner for God. Now say which one is better, sundry lords or Allah the One, the Supreme? These gods that you worship are only names that you and your fathers have given them. There is no proof for their righteousness and they have never been approved by God. But as to the interpretation of your dreams I shall say that the first of you, who had a dream of making wine for the king, will soon be freed from the prison and will regain his previous position, as a wine maker. But the interpretation of the second dream is that he will soon be sentenced to death and hanged and the birds will feed themselves from his brain. These are the interpretation of your dreams."
Then Joseph called the man who was going to be relieved and said to him:
Joseph: "When you get back to the court tell the story of my innocence for the king, maybe he will order to relieve me from prison."
But the man after being relieved forgot Joseph and Joseph remained in prison for some more years.