The Story of Joseph: The Miracle of Personality Spanning from Trauma to Power, and from Power to Mercy
The Story of Joseph: The Miracle of Personality Spanning from Trauma to Power, and from Power to Mercy 1. The True Miracle Shadowed by Dreams: Moral Consistency In popular culture and traditional narratives, the story of Joseph (Yusuf) is mostly discussed around mystical and magnificent elements such as "dream interpretations, " "jealous brothers, " and "the governance of Egypt. " However, the ultimate truth that the Qur'an amplifies and highlights in this narrative is not the dreams predicting the future themselves; it is the miracle of moral consistency displayed by a human being in a journey stretching from the absolute lowest point to the absolute summit. Joseph’s journey is a grand human laboratory where a person is tested on whether they can preserve their morality, character, and essence during a vertical mobility spanning from utter humiliation to absolute power. Comprising 111 verses and told as a single, uninterrupted whole—unlike othe...