Zulaikha

Zulaykha was the wife of Aziz, the Prime Minister of Egypt, who had bought Yusuf as a slave and brought him into his household. Yusuf was known as the most handsome man alive. In order to show how handsome he was, Zulaikha once called some of the noble ladies and handed them each a fruit and a knife. She then ordered Yusuf to enter the hall and asked the ladies to cut the fruit. Distracted by Yusuf’s exceedingly handsome disposition, the women cut their fingers instead of cutting the fruit.

Yusuf had caught the attention of the Prime Miniser’s wife, Zulaikha. As she was uncontrollably enamoured of him, she tried to seduce him but he refused her advances. As she felt humiliated, she accused him of making unwelcome advances and reported the matter to her husband out of sheer spite. While the Biblical version has it that he was soon set free as Zulaikha’s charge could not be proved, the Quranic version tells us that he was indeed thrown into prison for many years. Zulaikha then turned towards God. While some see her as the embodiment of sin, lust, and treachery, others consider her to be a symbol for soul’s longing for God.

Reference:Yusuf ko di duaaein Zulaykha ne saikado/Mohtaaj ho gai bhi to dil ki dhani rahi(Safi Aurangabadi), Ji mein zinda ho gaein kya khwahishein bisri hui/Phir koi Yusuf Zulaykha ko jawaani de gaya (Saleem Shahid), Khainchta hai mere daaman ko hareefaana mujhe/Ik zaraa ik mere Yusuf main Zulaykha ho jaaun (Mazhar Imam), Dil ke bazaar mein halchal si macha di us ne/Mujh ko bhi dhoka hua Yusuf-e laasaani ka (Rafiq Raz). https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/yusuf-zulekha-ebooks

Zulaykha was the wife of Aziz, the Prime Minister of Egypt, who had bought Yusuf as a slave and brought him into his household. Yusuf was known as the most handsome man alive. In order to show how handsome he was, Zulaikha once called some of the noble ladies and handed them each a fruit and a knife. She then ordered Yusuf to enter the hall and asked the ladies to cut the fruit. Distracted by Yusuf’s exceedingly handsome disposition, the women cut their fingers instead of cutting the fruit.

Yusuf had caught the attention of the Prime Miniser’s wife, Zulaikha. As she was uncontrollably enamoured of him, she tried to seduce him but he refused her advances. As she felt humiliated, she accused him of making unwelcome advances and reported the matter to her husband out of sheer spite. While the Biblical version has it that he was soon set free as Zulaikha’s charge could not be proved, the Quranic version tells us that he was indeed thrown into prison for many years. Zulaikha then turned towards God. While some see her as the embodiment of sin, lust, and treachery, others consider her to be a symbol for soul’s longing for God.

Reference:Yusuf ko di duaaein Zulaykha ne saikado/Mohtaaj ho gai bhi to dil ki dhani rahi(Safi Aurangabadi), Ji mein zinda ho gaein kya khwahishein bisri hui/Phir koi Yusuf Zulaykha ko jawaani de gaya (Saleem Shahid), Khainchta hai mere daaman ko hareefaana mujhe/Ik zaraa ik mere Yusuf main Zulaykha ho jaaun (Mazhar Imam), Dil ke bazaar mein halchal si macha di us ne/Mujh ko bhi dhoka hua Yusuf-e laasaani ka (Rafiq Raz). https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/yusuf-zulekha-ebooks