Story of Prophet Yusuf (AS) Part-25

The Caravan of Palestine
One day a caravan from Palestine arrived in
Egypt. The caravan had ten brothers. They
also came to buy wheat. They had nothing
except some silver dirhams.
The ten brothers came to Yousif. They bowed
to him, and then they stood before him.
Yousif rose, looked at them, and greeted them.
Yousif recognized them all. He knew that they
were his ten brothers. He remembered that
they envied and wanted to kill him. He
remembered that they threw him into the well
in the desert.
Yousif knew that they were his brothers
Sham'on, Rawbin, Lawi, etc.
What did Yousif do at those moments. His ten
brothers did not recognize him. He had grown
up. He was thirty years of age. They took his
shirt and threw him into the deep well.
However, Allah did not forget His sincere
servant, Yousif. Yousif was now the powerful
man of Egypt. He wore the royal uniform.
Guards and soldiers surrounded him. In his
band were the keys of stores full of wheat.
What would Yousif do? Would he dismiss his
ten brotbers? Would be punish them? The
answer is certainly 'no'.
Why didn't Yousif do that? He did not do that
because his heart was full of faith. His heart
had nothing except love and good.
Yousif was a Prophet. He wanted to teach
people morals. He wanted to guide thern to
believe in Allah.
Yousif received his ten brothers warmly. He
accommodated them in the Rest House. He
accepted their goods and supplied them with
wheat. So they loved him very much.
Yousif filled all their containers with wheat.
He treated them kindly. He asked them about
their country. He asked them about their
number. They told him about everything. They
said to him: "Ya'qub is among Ibrahim's
children. We're twelve brothers. One of us
died. His name was Yousif. A wolf ate him."
"Where's your other brother?" asked Yousif.
"Our father didn't send him with us they
answered.
Why?" asked Yousif
"Because he sent his brother Yousif with us
and a wolf ate him they answered, "so he
hasn't sent Benyamin with us. He fears for his
life as he had feared for Yousif's life before."
Yousif welcomed his brothers. However, he did
not let them recognize him. He did not tell
them anything about himself.
Yousif asked his brothers about their
homeland. They also told him that their father
Ya'qub was sad. They told him that their
father wept for Yousif till he lost his sight.
They told him that their father's eyes became
white because of sadness.
They told him that their father loved Yousif
whom a wolf had eaten twenty years ago.
Yousif ordered his workers to fill the
containers of his brothers with wheat. As for
him, he went to a distant place among the
trees and began weeping. He wept for his
parents and his brother Benyamin. He longed
for them.