7 Preface ۞ لَقَد كانَ في يوسُفَ وَإِخوَتِهِ آياتٌ لِلسّائِلينَYusuf AliVerily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth).1In Joseph’s story we have good and evil contrasted in so many different ways. Those in search of true spiritual knowledge can see it embodied in concrete events in this story of many facets, matching the colours of Joseph’s manycoloured coat.