Story of Prophet Yusuf (AS) Part-14

The Long Sadness
The sun set. The ten brothers were still
thinking of an acceptable excuse to give to
their father.
One of them said: "The land's full of wolves.
We say to him that we went to play and left
our food and water near Yousif. A wolf came
and ate him. We must stain Yousif's shirt with
blood and give it to our father."
On that day a sheep gave birth to a little
lamb. They slaughtered the lamb without
mercy before it's mother. They stained
Yousif's shirt with the lamb's blood.
Then they went home.
The dark covered the land. They wanted to go
home during the dark so that their father
would not see the marks of lying on their
faces.
Prophet Ya'qub stood at the tents waiting for
the return of his children. In the distance, he
beard his sheep bleating and his sons
weeping.
Little by little, his sons appeared. Yousif was
not with them. They all came except Yousif,
Ya'qub heard them weep loudly without tears.
Ya'qub asked his sons: "Where's your
brother?"
They continued weeping. Sbam'on gave him
Yousif's shirt stained with blood. Then he said
to his father: "We went to play and left our
food and water near Yousif. A wolf came and
ate Yousif. We found his shirt stained with
blood. Father, the wolf ate Yousif when we
were heedless of him."
Ya'qub looked at the shirt. The shirt was
sound. There was no tear in it. Ya'qub
understood that his sons were liars.
He wept and said: "The wolf was kind to my
son. It ate my dear Yousif but it did not tear
his shirt.
The ten brothers looked at each other. They
said to themselves: "How stupid we are! Why
were we heedless of this matter'? If we had
torn Yousif's shirt, our father would have
believed us."
They did not admit their crime. Rather, they
said: "Father, why don't you believe us'? You
know that we never tell lies. The wolf ate
Yousif. This is Yousif's shirt stained with
blood."
Ya'qub wept. Tears began to flow from his
eyes. Then he said: "No, your souls have made
the matter light for you, but patience is good
and Allah is He whose help is sought for
against what you describe."
Ya'qub said: "I'll be patient. I'll endure. I know
that your souls whispered evil to you."
On that night, Prophet Ya'qub (lid not sleep.
He asked himself: "Where's Yousif? Where's
my obedient son?" Ya'qub's long sadness
began from that night.