12 life lessons from Surah Yusuf - Part 1 - Setting goals by The Holy Quran

We all want to do something good in our lives, we want to achieve success. More or less everyone ever answers the question - what will happen if you succeed in life? Looking for answers to each other - someone looks at personal experience, someone tries to imitate the successful people around, someone looks for the key to success by reading a book of authors. We forget - the most successful man among the people who came here on this earth is the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Think of it - what was his guide to success? Answer: You know - the guidebook of his life was the Qur'an. The Almighty Allah has given us the Qur'an as part of His Infinite Mercy so that we can find guidance in life. So, before looking at any other source, our responsibility as a Muslim is to first learn from the Qur'an.

Surah Yusuf is the world's best motivational speech - the speaker of the Almighty Allah himself. This Surah was revealed at a time when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was mentally at the lowest level. Almost ten years after preaching Islam in Makkah, only a few Quraish took Islam to Islam; humiliation and humiliation were increasing day by day. In this situation, three major calamities on the Prophet (peace be upon him) came down. One-powerful Quraish leader, uncle of Abu Talib, made him politically helpless; Two- The death of Khatija (R) of his wife, makes him mentally weak; Three- TAIFE to spread Islam, extreme psychological and physical assault came upon him, which is the most extraordinary day of the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him). At the time of this misery of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Allah revealed to Surah Yusuf to inspire him. Surah Yusuf was so motivating the Prophet (peace be upon him) that even after 10 years of Surah Najil, the Prophet (peace be upon him) quoted verses from this Surah on the day of conquest of Makkah.

Surah Yusuf is not only the Prophet Yusuf's Achievement Life Story, but there are innumerable issues in this Surah. In this post, I will share only 12 life lessons from Surah Yusuf's many life lessons. Practice Islam, and do not do it, hope you find it useful.

1) Set extraordinary goal

Set extraordinary goal

Not to be ordinary, a great goal should be fixed. What is the remarkable goal? Excellent goal is a good goal that will take us to the last limit of our ability, to challenge our limitations. The extraordinary goal of every person depends on his current condition. For example, if you are anonymity, then a great goal for you is to read regularly 5 times a day. Again, if you are 5 times the salaried, you can have a great goal for regular Tahajjud prayers. After achieving a remarkable goal it becomes normal, then it is necessary to set new extraordinary goals.

Why should we have an extraordinary goal? Because, the only wonderful thing that creates passion among us, the extraordinary characteristic is the inspiration of man. Our favorite authors are great writers, our favorite players are fantastic players, our favorite sights are wonderful places to visit.

At the beginning of Surah Yusuf Allah has told us to read an amazing story. Shakespeare, Rabindranath, Humayun Ahmed - All the stories are notorious to this story. Because, the story I am going to say is the greatest story.

I am telling you the greatest story (12: 3 sentence)

Not only for the big goals of life, when we do that, we will set the highest goal for that work. When I speak, I will try to speak the most beautiful words, think carefully, I'll think carefully, even when I write an email - try to write it in great language. Allah has created us for something extraordinary.

If we ever look at ourselves and see that we have set the goal of a medium or good level, we must understand that we have fallen into Satan's trap! Because, Allah has created us the best (best) works (http://quran.com/67/2), and Satan wants us to deviate from that goal. From today, let's start fighting against Satan, every 10 minutes and then ask yourself - Am I doing the work I am doing very well?

2) Visualize Your Goal

Visualize your goals with your eyes so that you have already achieved it. You can visualize your goals as much, feel more interested in working towards achieving goals. Think how happy you are after you have achieved the goal, how proud you are, how happy your life is! Not only for big goals, but also to make important small tasks such as presentation before the front of everyone in the class, or before you talk to the boss urgently, what you want to say, how to say - it will help to increase your confidence.

During Yusuf's childhood, Allah showed him his dream through his future. He said that his position would be higher than his father Prophet Yaqoub (A), his mother and his remaining 11 brothers. This dream has given inspiration to Yusuf forever.

Yusuf said to his father: O my father! I saw eleven stars, sun and moon (in dreams); I saw that they were prostrating me (12:14) [* This sijdah was the sijdah of respect, not prostration of worship. It was legal to prostrate themselves to the honor of the previous prophets.

If your goal is to read the period of 5 times from now, then visualize the lifting of the grave on the Day of Resurrection. The sun is just over the head, the millions of people around the tow-cry. Think about how you will feel when you begin your trial with Allah's Prayer regularly for Allah!

3) Keep Awesome Tawakkul (Have extraordinary faith)

The meaning of tawakkul means that 'it will be done' with this belief and act accordingly. For example, you believe that you will not die tonight and you can go to the office tomorrow. But are you just sitting with this belief? No, your belief is so strong that you go to bed with an alarm in the night so that you can wake up early in the morning - that is Tawakkul. If we want to achieve our goals, then we have to keep relentlessly. I must firmly believe in myself that if God wants I can do it.

According to Islamic belief, one of the benefits of Tawakkul is to pray. Because, the believer believes that as strong as I believe and do not work, my goal will not be achieved without the help of God. Along with trying to believe in our complete faith in every work from small to small, we will have to pray Allah with our life. The Prophet (peace be upon him) has told us that even if the ribbon of rubbish is torn, we should pray to Allah.

Yusuf (A), father of Yusuf (A), has set a unique example of Tawakkul on Allah. Yusufera had 12 brothers, the first 10 brothers had a mother's son, and the younger brother (Yusuf and Bini Yamin) were the sons of another mother. The big 10 brothers used to hate the little brother. Jacob knew well that when his older brothers got any chance, they would do any harm to Yusuf. So when they approached Jacob, they would go to 'play' with Yusuf, the old Jacob tried hard not to have Yusuf with them.

He (Jacob) said, 'If you take him away, he will have trouble, and I fear that if you do not pay attention to him, he will eat a wolf.' (12:13)

If the big 10 brothers persistently request him, then Yakub agreed that Yusuf should go with them. When they got jealous of jealousy, they threw Yusuf with a jungle to a deserted well, and came to Jacob and told Yakub that he had wolf at the wolf. Seeing Yusuf's blood cloth, Jacob's book was in trouble, but he did not do any harm, but he did not take it home. Rather, he put his full trust in Allah. His firm conviction that Yusuf would one day be a prophet and achieve superiority. Jacob knows that Allah does not do anything that is evil in his servants. If the passing of patience in the temporary troubles, Allah will give lasting peace to the servant.

And they used to put false blood on them. He (Jacob) said, rather your mind has created a story for you. It is better for me to have patience. Allah alone is my helpbut about what you say. (12:18) 

We make everybody a wall of limitation for ourselves, then we just like to roam around the walled world. The people of their own limited constraints called the world 'Comfort Zone'. Allah often pushed us out of our comfort zone, so that we can break down the walls of the limit and make our own progress. His son Yusuf (A) was the most beloved person in the life of Jacob. But, Allah wanted Jacob to be the highest among the patient, so he separated his beloved son Yusuf from him. The more patience that Jacob has, the greater his dignity will increase. Likewise, Allah often pushed us out of our comfort zone so that we could improve our dignity. Suddenly the job forced us to learn new skills, to make the duo compel us to pray, the death of beloved ones reminds us that we too will die one day.

If we want to achieve extraordinary goals, then we have to get out of our Comfort Zone. If we want to get something that we have never got, then we have to do something that we have never done. I have to work harder in the way that I have never done it before, so that I have never given it before, as far as possible to wake up for the Fajr prayers, I think it is possible to get out of the fort zone and run on that impossible task.

4) Focus on the right thing

You're sitting at your office table. What you think about right now is entirely up to you. You can think of it - you did not have a good night's sleep, how the body was doing, it would have been better if you could sleep a little more in the morning, now you have to sit down with that boring file, what is my profit by doing these foul works? On the other hand, you can think of it - wow! Today I think about that problem? Here I have the opportunity to do something that no one has ever done. If I do not waste my time and use it in some productive way how happy Allah will be to me! If my work can bring good changes in human life, then Allah will definitely reward me a lot! Notice, how the thoughts of the first section made you feel like a mother-in-law, and the second thought is creating a passion in you! Under any circumstances, what we will achieve, feel good or bad - depending on what we focus on.

Good focus is to ask good questions. Oh, why does Allah do this to me, what will happen to me now, what was the need to be like this? Ask a question without having a national question, which will change your situation if you get an answer. Ask - what can I do best in this situation? How can I keep the head cold?

Islam discourages those questions which will not help us in any way, but Islam encourages us to ask all those questions that will help us to answer the questions. Abdullah ibn Abbas said, 'I do not feel ashamed to question my source of my deep knowledge'. In the beginning of Surah Yusuf, Allah Almighty praised the good questions, because only those are rightly guided.

In the story of Yusuf and his brothers, there are signs for those who question. (12: 7)

Life Skills Coaches said that the most important time to focus is the first 1 hour of starting work. If you can prevent yourself from Facebook, e-mail, YouTube or any other type of distortion in the first hour, then focusing on the rest of the time is a lot easier. The Prophet (peace be upon him) and the importance of getting out and going out for work. Focus from the beginning of the day and give extraordinary effort.

We learn from the Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him), in the extreme adverse environment how to focus on his goals. Taking the water from the well, he found a little Yusuf (A) and found a party nomad. In the Egyptian market, they sold Yusuf, son of Kanan (now Israel-Palestine) One of Egypt's most influential ministers (Aziz) bought Yusuf. [Many of us have heard that the minister's wife's name is 'Julekha' - the information is baseless] the minister did not have any children, and Yusuf was an incredibly beautiful son. The minister told his wife to make Yusuf big like his own son. Thus, after 10-15 years, Yusuf became the world's most handsome young man.

The minister is outside the job all day long, the Minister's wife takes too much alone. Every day the minister's wife began to feel extremely attracted to Yusuf. The minister's wife, Sidus, started getting vacant, and Yusuf started his daily routine efforts to subdue Yusuf. How many men could be in this delicate situation, instead of giving their thoughts to the minister's wife, to give great satisfaction to Allah's satisfaction? Yusuf (A) did so. When the minister's wife closed the door and pressed him, he ran away. When the beautiful Sundarars gathered in the area, they came to see Yusuf and everyone became crazy as he did not even lose Yusuf Focus. Yusuf did not lose sight of his innate demand, one flock of the beauty of the woman, the wife's wife's admiration. Yusuf's ultimate goal was to get Allah's satisfaction, and so he exhorted him to Allah:

Yusuf said, "O my Lord! The prisoners are more dear to me than these women are calling to me. If you do not protect me from their mischief, then I will be attracted to them and will be among the ignorant. (12:33)