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“
Is that true?
” the minister enquired.
“
Well, how are you going to punish
this young man?
” Zulaykhah
demanded from her husband. Yusuf
denied this wicked accusation. “
It is
she, dear sir. She called me to
wrongdoing, she who wished to
ruin me and lead me away from the
path of virtue, the path of Allah.
”
The minister was quite confused.
One of the palace-folk who was
present then suggested, “
Sir, if the
shirt is torn in the front, then Yusuf
is surely guilty. But if the shirt is torn
at the back then Zulaykhah is the
wrongdoer.
”
The prime minister looked carefully
at Yusuf’s [a] shirt and, yes indeed,
it was torn from the back. It was
obvious that he was trying to flee
and she was holding him back. It
was clear to the minister that his
