God commands Joseph to marry old lady in ‘Prophet Joseph’

God commands Joseph to marry an old lady in iFilm English TV’s historical series ‘Prophet Joseph’.

“Zuleikha has suffered much and made up for her sins. She has now become a faithful monotheist. Treat her kindly, marry her and know that your prayers for her shall be realized. You pray and then ask, and the Lord shall accept and answer,” God says.

Don't miss the thirty ninth episode of the 45-part series on iFilm TV tonight at 23:00 GMT and you can watch it now via the channel’s website.

The series is the Iranian version of the very beloved story of Prophet Joseph, the son of Prophet Jacob who guided the Israelites to pray to the One and Only God.

“God annunciates to him about the next prophet, who will be from his own generation. One night, his son, Joseph, dreams about the sun, the moon and eleven stars which kneel in front of him. He tells Jacob, who advises him not to tell his brothers about the dream,” comes as a synopsis of the series by iFilm English website.

Prophet Joseph is dear to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. For centuries, the story of his life has been told over and over in many different ways and in many different languages.

Notable on the cast list are Mostafa Zamani, Jafar Dehqan, Mahmoud Pakniyyat, Jahanbakhsh Soltani, Elham Hamidi, and Rahim Norouzi.

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