من يوسف
ماذا يحدث لو أخطأتَ أنت، وتركتَ غيرك يُعاقَب مكانك؟ في قصة اليوم شابٌّ بريء دخل السجن سنين بسبب كلمة قالتها امرأة. ثم جاء يومٌ وقفت فيه أمام الناس وقالت الحقّ.
بيع يوسف عليه السلام في مصر، فاشتراه العزيز — وهو رجل من كبار القوم — وقال لامرأته: ﴿أَكْرِمِي مَثْوَاهُ عَسَىٰ أَن يَنفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا﴾. فنشأ يوسف في بيتهم، وكبر فيه. ولم يذكر القرآن اسم هذه المرأة؛ ذكرها بـ«امرأة العزيز»، وما يُقال في تسميتها لا يثبت منه شيء.
ثم راودته عن نفسه، وغلّقت الأبواب، ودعته إلى ما لا يرضي الله. فقال كلمة واحدة: ﴿مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ﴾ — أستجير بالله، وهذا الرجل أحسن إليّ فكيف أخونه؟ وفرّ إلى الباب. فاتّهمته عند زوجها، فشهد شاهدٌ من أهلها بقميصه أنه صادق وأنها هي التي طلبته. ثم مع ذلك: ﴿ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا الْآيَاتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ﴾ — سجنوه بعد أن رأوا الدليل على براءته بأعينهم.
ومرّت سنون وهو في السجن. ثم أراد الملك أن يُخرجه، فأبى يوسف أن يخرج حتى يُعرف أنه بريء: ﴿ارْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللَّاتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ﴾. فجُمعت النسوة وسُئلن، فقلن: ﴿حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوءٍ﴾. وهنا تكلّمت هي أمام الجميع: ﴿الْآنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ﴾ — الآن ظهر الحقّ؛ أنا التي أخطأت، وهو صادق.
ثم زادت جملة تدلّ على أنها فهمت ما جرى لها: ﴿وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي﴾ — لا أبرّئ نفسي؛ فالنفس تدعو صاحبها إلى السوء إلا من رحمه الله. وخرج يوسف من السجن نظيف السيرة، لا يستطيع أحد بعدها أن يقول: خرج ولم يُعرف أمره. أمّا الاعتراف فقد جاء متأخّرًا سنين — لكنه جاء، وهذا خير من ألّا يأتي.
ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ12:51
قل الحقّ ولو كان عليك، ولو جاء متأخّرًا.
أبى يوسف أن يخرج من السجن حتى تظهر براءته، وكان يستطيع أن يخرج في يومه. لماذا في رأيك اختار أن ينتظر؟
إن كان أحدٌ يُلام اليوم بسبب شيء فعلتَه أنت، فقل الحقّ قبل أن ينتهي اليوم.
القرآن الكريم، سورة يوسف: 23-35 و51
القصة واعترافها بالحق في الآية 51، كله بنص الآيات، ولم يسمِّها القرآن.
What happens if you do something wrong and let someone else be punished in your place? In today's story, an innocent young man spent years in prison because of what one woman said. And then came a day when she stood in front of everyone and told the truth.
Yusuf was sold in Egypt, and bought by al-Aziz, one of the leading men, who said to his wife: {Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son.} So Yusuf grew up in their house. The Quran does not give this woman's name; it calls her "the wife of al-Aziz," and nothing said about naming her is established.
She sought to tempt him, closed the doors, and called him to what would not please Allah. He said one sentence: {I seek the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence.} I seek Allah's protection — and this man treated me well, so how could I betray him? And he ran for the door. She accused him in front of her husband, and a witness from her own family testified from his shirt that he was truthful and that she was the one who had sought him. And even so: {Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that he should be imprisoned for a time.} They imprisoned him after seeing the proof of his innocence with their own eyes.
Years passed with him in prison. Then the king wanted him released, and Yusuf refused to come out until his innocence was known: {Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands.} The women were gathered and questioned, and said: {Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil.} And here she spoke, in front of them all: {Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.} Now the truth has come out; I am the one who was wrong, and he is truthful.
Then she added a sentence showing she had understood what had happened to her: {And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy.} I do not clear myself; the soul pushes its owner towards wrong, except whoever Allah has mercy on. And Yusuf came out of prison with a clean name, so that no one afterwards could say he was released without the matter being settled. The confession came years late — but it came, and that is better than never.
Tell the truth even when it is against you, and even if it comes late.
Yusuf refused to leave prison until his innocence was clear, though he could have walked out that day. Why do you think he chose to wait?
If someone is being blamed today for something you did, tell the truth before the day ends.
The Quran, Surah Yusuf: 23-35 and 51
The account and her admission of the truth in verse 51 are in the verses; the Quran does not name her.