The presence of the overseer.

Lady Zuleikha is asking for you to come to her.

Let's go.

Long live Lady Zuleikha. Long live the young and handsome overseer of our palace.

I see that you still refrain from looking at me, O Yusuf.

I have summoned you here.

I repeat my request to you once again. Do not repeat this, because my answer has not changed.

Are you still upset and angry with me?

I apologize for what I did that day.

Allah forbid that I ever approach immorality, and you will never get what you want.

Don't you know that Zuleikha does not understand the meaning of the word "no"? I love you very much.

And I will not hesitate to do anything until I get from you what I desire.

To the point where you taste the fire?

You will not taste the fire, no, but you will go to prison.

Do not force me to do this. Be reasonable, woman. Enough of disgracing me and yourself in front of everyone.

The honorable Potiphar has not wronged us in any way.

Stop playing with his dignity in front of people. I did not call you here to preach to me. It seems you are determined to disobey.

As you wish. Leave if you want.

But know well that Zuleikha will replace her heart with a piece of solid stone.

Help.

Prison has become more beloved to me than this palace.

I have started spending my days anticipating their plotting and scheming against me.

I must remain cautious, fearing that lies may be fabricated about me.

If you refuse to obey her and allow her power over you.

So why don't you seek escape? I will help you with that.

If I run away, I will have confirmed all the accusations against me.

Then, then go to the king, Amenhotep III, surely he will help you.

Why Amenhotep? No doubt my Lord is far more capable than this Amenhotep.

He sees my position and hears my words.

What about Potiphar? Is he not able to do anything?

He knew that Zuleikha was the one at fault, so what did he do?

We must do something.

They are threatening with prison. Let's do something before it's too late.

My Lord knows that prison is more beloved to me than the sin they are calling me to, those women.

I will seek refuge with Allah, who is capable of all things, and I will remain patient with this trial. There is no escape but to wait for what will happen.

Until Allah decrees a matter that must come to pass.

There is no step I haven't taken, no secret I haven't revealed from my chest, no need I haven't expressed openly, no cover I haven't lifted.

I have not withheld affection or charm from him. What should I do?

The noblewomen of Egypt, who are among my fiercest enemies, advised me to imprison him so I could break his stubbornness and pride.

Since you and the noblewomen of Egypt suffer from the same ailment, then.

There is no doubt that the remedy is the same. Like them, I think he should be disciplined quickly.

Yes, you are right. I will do that.

Yusuf will see a face from his mistress Zuleikha that he is not used to.

The radiant face of Zuleikha, glowing with love, will be replaced by a face darkened by the fire of hatred.

O noble one, this is Abu Bais, the king's personal steward.

Amenhotep. Rather, may the gods protect you with their protection.

He is one of the true followers of Amun in their iman. I always see him in the temple, devoted to the worship of Amun and supplicating to him.

Their greatest priest has been very sad for days.

Then Tamania Kido plots against Amun and schemes to destroy him and eliminate his temple.

As for his followers, they are heedless of him and do not ward off evil from him. But I know people who still worship the god Amun with all their hearts.

And these are not few in number, noble one.

I fear that the few who still have faith in Amun will become divided.

Unfortunately, we cannot openly declare everything we know in front of people.

Because that would discourage them.

Kimoni has previously said things about Amenhotep, Potiphar, and Badli, that.

Believing his words goes against reason.

In the beginning, we also did not believe.

And we have recently learned that Menhotep III.

Potiphar ordered the preparation of an army to attack the temple and eliminate Amun and all his followers as well.

Well, but your excellency, I will not hide from you that I sensed from Queen Menhotep some estrangement toward the temple and a break with its priests.

But honestly, I cannot believe that he is an enemy of the god Amun, because I know.

That the king is considered half a god, is he not also the son of a god? And here lies the tragedy, and for this his crime is greater.

The one entrusted with serving the gods has begun to betray them, disbelieve in them, and incite against them.

If he succeeds in his plan and attacks the temple with the army of the disbeliever Potiphar, who has no iman, he will destroy the god Amun and all his followers with him. We must do something.

We must take action. Why doesn't the honorable Ikhmah issue an order to prepare an army to repel the attacking army of Amenhotep? Then,

thousands of innocent people will be killed, along with all the temple priests, in a battle imposed by the usurper of power. And then what?

We cannot just sit idly by.

I see that the only way to defend the god Amun without a massacre

lies in eliminating the elements that are fueling the fire of war. First,

Amenhotep, secondly, Potiphar.

We are looking for a man whom we can trust to carry out this mission, to bring joy to the heart of the god Amun.

No, no, I cannot. I will not kill Ali al-Maqam. I will not kill someone who is descended from the gods. He holds the status of a demigod.

No, I can never do that. You know very well that I am the high priest in all the temples of Amun, and I also hold the status of a demigod.

Is not the sin of one who is a god and sets himself as an enemy to his peers greater than the sin of other people?

And with this sacred act.

You will have saved Amun the Great from the danger of annihilation and spared the blood of thousands of innocents. But what about sparing my own blood?

What about the blood of my children and my family? You and your family will not be threatened by any danger. Carrying out this task is extremely easy.

I will teach you how to deceive him with that.

Do you want to remain at a humble table for the rest of your life?

Shouldn't you be in charge of the treasures of Egypt, or the head of agriculture there?

Here, in charge of the treasures.

The head of agriculture in Egypt, and in addition to that, hundreds of pieces of gold.

Which will make you rich enough not to work for the rest of your life. How many pieces of gold will I get exactly?

A thousand pieces will be enough for you.

The piece.

Two thousand pieces of gold. I am telling Kamal that I have a friend inside the palace whom I will have to involve with me.

So if I take two thousand pieces of gold, I will. No problem. We must benefit from Amun's wealth for his protection.

Isn't that right?

O noble one, suppose I am not successful for some reason and I am caught red-handed, what will happen to my family and children then?

If you are caught, do not reveal your connection to me or to Kimoni and the elders of the temple.

In return, your family and children will be under the protection and care of the god Amun.

But if you dare and reveal the secret.

Then your family and all your relatives will be afflicted with the curse of Amun, and they will all perish.

High-ranking one, Lady Zuleikha requests to enter.

This Canaanite slave has disobeyed your orders and spread what happened between us that night. What plot are you planning this time?

Say it openly. It seems to me you do not know the extent of our scandal among the people.

People are now saying that the Aziz of Egypt caught his wife with some of her slaves, but he concealed their betrayal.

He neither imprisoned the servant, nor chained him in iron, nor even beat or insulted him.

Do you want me to marry off an innocent man who is in prison?

First, he is not innocent, for he revealed the secret.

Second, I came to urge you to take some formal action. What kind of action, for example?

If you put him in prison.

No doubt imprisoning Yudrasif would silence the mouths of those who gossip about us.

What is your opinion, my master?

I need to think about it.

You, leave.

I will inform you later.

Banarus. Banarus, where are you?

I am here, Abubis. What happened? I came to meet an old friend.

Do you mind? But you rarely visit me in this place.

Did something happen? I don't know what to say or where to begin.

Sometimes a person needs the help of some old friends to share his complaints and to lend him a helping hand.

And how can I help you?

You know, Pinaros, I am a man committed to my religion, and I will not remain silent about the belittling of the gods of Egypt, especially the belittling of the great god Amun. And I am no less devoted to the gods than you are.

Did someone insult Amun? Yes, you know who did it. You heard and saw for yourself his lack of concern.

I think I understand what you are getting at.

You mean King Amenhotep, right? We have witnessed more than once together his violation of the sanctity of the great god Amun.

What can we do? He is the king and we have no choice.

Except to remain silent, Bobis. If only it were just a violation of sanctity, but he is preparing an army to attack the temple of Amun and uproot his worship from the land of Egypt.

May the gods have mercy on us. If what you say is true, a war will break out between the temple and the palace, and thousands of innocents will perish.

So if you can prevent this massacre, and protect Amun and the priests from what awaits them.

Would you do it? Certainly.

But preventing wars is not our job, yours or mine. We cannot stop the soldiers of Amun and Amenhotep from slaughtering each other.

But we can prevent the order to attack the temple.

Explain clearly what you mean by your words. How can we prevent Amenhotep from giving the order to attack the temple?

And this is what worries me and occupies my thoughts.

I came to you so we could look together for a solution to this dilemma.

You want a solution? What solution could there be?

Should I go to Menhotep and shut his mouth so he can't give the orders for war? We may not be able to shut Menhotep's mouth, but we can silence him forever. I swear by the gods. Be quiet, be quiet, you madman, be quiet, be quiet.

Do you realize the seriousness of your words? Have you lost your mind, gone mad, or do you no longer value your life?

Didn't you say you wanted to prevent the destruction of the god Amun and a massacre in the city of Thebes? Huh? Yes, but what you're saying is not right.

How can we kill Amenhotep when he holds the rank of a demigod?

Amenhotep is not a demigod at all. If he were a god, he wouldn't have rebelled against the obedience of Amun and the rest of the gods.

I must think carefully before I agree to this.

We cannot take action without preparation.

Taking such a step by killing Amenhotep is not easy, because you are forgetting his great power and the strength of his guards and soldiers who protect him. In fact, it is simple.

Just a few drops of poison. No soldiers.

We don't need weapons, and we won't start a war.

No, I can never kill one of the gods.

If it was as you claim, that he killed one of the gods, then his crime would be even greater and more serious.

Then we are faced with two choices: preserving the life of one god.

Or preserving the lives of all the gods, along with the lives of thousands of the people of Medina.

I. I think we should use reason in this matter.

We need to take our time a little.

There is no wisdom in rushing things at all. Time is short.

What if Amenhotep gives the order to attack the temple tomorrow morning? Can you imagine what disaster would happen?

Still, we don't have enough time. Give me tonight to think.

I will come back to you tomorrow, and if you refuse to help me, I will take action myself to prevent this disaster. I am not asking you for anything

except silence. Huh? Silence.

Nothing else. What if we get caught?

What if Amenhotep discovers our secret, and he is the son of the god?

Suppose we succeed in killing him, won't Potiphar and the leaders of Egypt's army kill us?

What calamity will befall our children, our families, and our relatives.

What if Abu Bis himself took the initiative and was caught red-handed?

He claimed that I was his partner in this matter.

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know what to do. What will I do?

Who are you? What do you want? King Amenhotep is asking for a drink now. Alright.

Alright, I will bring it immediately.

Master Yusuf! Master Yusuf!

Master Yusuf, the esteemed Potiphar is requesting your presence.

What's wrong with you two? Is this the first time the honorable Potiphar has summoned me to appear before him? It's the first time after what happened between you.

And Lady Zuleikha, perhaps he is summoning you for something important. Don't worry.

Since Allah is with me, I fear no one and I am not sad.

I asked you to forget about that night and warned you not to spread it among the people. Yusuf never denies a favor.

He considers himself indebted to you, and he cannot be indifferent to your honor among the people of Medina. Did you spread the news or not?

You know very well that I would never do that. Then how did everyone find out the details of what happened? I was not the only witness to what happened there.

I know that I am making excuses.

I no longer know how to deal with you.

I see you as a friend with one eye and as an enemy with the other.

I too have become helpless.

This palace, despite its vastness, has become narrow and dark for me.

I can no longer bear the advances of the women nor the stabs of the tongues of those living in the palace.

Zuleikha asked me to marry you in prison. Fine.

What do you think? Your wife has done me a favor without realizing it.

I didn't understand what you meant. If I go to prison, the malicious people will stop their hurtful and vile talk.

And I will be far from Lady Zuleikha, making it easier for her to forget me.

In addition, the priests of the temple of Amun will not be able to accuse you of conspiring with a foreign man.

And in turn, I will be freed from my trap.

The women of Egypt are reckless.

Do you really choose prison over being free?

No one chooses prison over being free.

But I have no choice.

Prison has become my only refuge.

I will go to the palace of Amenhotep.

I will see later what I decide about you.

Tell them to prepare the carriage for me.

Binaros, what happened to you? Why is your face pale?

My face, your highness? No, I'm fine, I'm not suffering from anything.

What happened to Binaros is that he is not well. Don't worry, my lord the king, he is just tired, that's all.

Please eat your food, my lord, go ahead.

Stop, your highness.

Do not eat from this food.

It is poisoned.

You filthy traitor, the poison is in your drink, not in my food.

Yes, your excellency, arrest these two traitors. No, your excellency.

Have mercy on me, my master, my lady, I beg you to help me. I have reached you, my lady, my master.

Wait.

I want to know the truth about your intentions.

O noble one, this traitor was determined to kill you, he poured poison into your drink. He is slandering me, my lord.

He is the one who gave me the poison and incited me to mix it into your drink. Very well, I order you both to eat and drink, or I will kill you and drink from your skulls.

I did not put poison in your wine, my lord.

I will tell you the truth. Now it is your turn. Eat the food and tell me how it tastes. Eat all of it. Did you see how Binaros drank all the drink? Go on!

O noble one, O noble one, I made a mistake, I committed a sin.

Forgive me, by the gods, I beg you, pardon me.

Take them both. Raise Ali al-Maqam. Forgive me, my master. Pardon us, my master. Pardon us, my master. Forgive us, forgive us.

Betrayal, betrayal.

There are those who plot against me from within his palace. Strike the necks of these two traitors so they receive the punishment for their crime. My lord the king's command is always obeyed.

But I think we should wait a little. You want us to wait?

Are you giving the traitors a reprieve? No, my master.

We must be cautious before taking action. I suggest you both wait until we capture their accomplices. There is no doubt that these two were carrying out orders given to them, not acting on their own.

I will interrogate them myself immediately. Very well.

Investigate the source of the incitement for me and inform me of the result. I am waiting.

Alright. I want to hear from both of you the details of the conspiracy.

Speak, Abubis.

Who are the ones who incited you to put poison in the food to kill Amenhotep and the rest of the family?

No one. I did it on my own, your highness.

Why? Did Amenhotep wrong you in word or deed?

I did it because I heard the reverend Menhotep ordering you to.

Attack the temple of the god Amun to destroy Amun and his priests with a decisive blow.

You said you heard? How? And from whom?

I didn't hear it from anyone, I heard it, I heard it myself. Yes, I heard it myself. I was standing behind the palace entrance door and I heard his words.

At that moment, I deliberately checked behind the entrance door, fearing that someone might steal what was being heard.

Clothing.

Later, you will speak the truth openly.

And you, speak.

I have no knowledge.

Yesterday, Abubis came to me and told me that Amenhotep had ordered you to attack Amun and the temple of the city of Thebes to destroy them.

Then he incited me to put poison in the drink of the high-ranking one.

But I did not do that.

I saw how I handed you the poison he gave me.

Did anyone else speak to you about killing the king?

Or did you see anyone talking to Abubis about this matter?

No, no, I did not see. I did not see anyone except Abubis, sir.

We will find them in the palace.

We will quickly send someone to the prison of Zawira in secret, without revealing their identities at all. Is that understood?

Black and white, free and slave.

Man and woman, all are children of Adam, and Allah created them all with the same status.

None of them has any superiority over the other except through taqwa and virtues.

Rarely does a word come to where the slaves live.

There is no doubt that something serious is happening. Can I speak to you in private?

Lady Zuleikha went to her husband Potiphar and asked him to throw you in prison. You must save yourself before it's too late.

And what could he do? It's enough for Lady Zuleikha to look at him with approval, then everything will be fixed.

I hear the words of Satan coming from your mouth.

Satan has given you power over me, then planted the seed of hatred for me in your hearts. As long as you obey Satan, the fire of this fitna will not die down, and you will see nothing from me but rejection and disobedience.

If Allah, the Lord, does not turn away the plot of these cunning women from me, He will admit me into His strong fortress.

So I do not know where this fitna will end up.

What did she say? What does she want from you? Alright, listen, I will explain the matter to you. Yusuf must choose either Zuleikha and the nobility of Egypt or prison.

I seek refuge with Allah the Exalted from the plotting of women. I choose prison and chains.

The trial of prison, even if it lasts long, will eventually come to an end.

But no one among the people knows how long the adulterers will remain.

In the blazing fire of the hell. That is, the hell.

He prefers prison over freedom, to be saved from a hell that does not exist.

I have never seen a sane person choose the trial of prison over being with the beautiful women of the nobility.

Rodamon has arrived.

What's wrong, Rodamon? Why are you so sad?

I see that the honorable Potiphar has decided to imprison me.

You said you've never seen a wise person choose what?

I've never seen a wise person choose the ordeal of prison over being with the noble beauties.

Sir, let's go to Damun.

Do not frown, for Yusuf is neither afraid nor sad.

Let us go.

They will bring him shortly.

I will return to you immediately.

But what is happening here?

Finally, Zuleikha has done what she threatened.

Yusuf will be taken to prison.

I am ready.

We know you are innocent and have no guilt, little witness.

They are ignoring your truthful testimony.

And here they are, leading me to prison.

I am content with the pleasure of Allah. Perhaps this is my destiny.

Take good care of him.

This is what you get when you insist on rebelling against your authority.

Rather, I was tested with prison and chains because I obeyed the Master of all masters and did not disobey any of His commands.

This is the hardest test faced by the sincere among His servants, so that He may raise them in rank. But how, how will we be able to bear your absence, my master?

That is from anxiety.

Prison, to me, is like deliverance from hardship.

I praise Allah, my Lord, who rescued me from the prison of this palace and from its jailers.

The head of Zafira Kidamen prison is one of my dearest friends. I will recommend you to him.

My dearest friend is also in Zafira prison. He is the one who created your friend Kidman.

I do not need a recommendation.

Go ahead.

Long live the esteemed Baramo. Thank you.

Honorable Baramo, why did you go through the trouble of coming yourself?

These are the orders of the honorable Potiphar, that I bring the prison myself.

Wait, assistant.

These two men are the cupbearer and the baker of King Manhotep, Binaros and Abubis.

No one is allowed to see them or speak to them.

Never anyone, and if anyone asks about them, inform the honorable Potiphar immediately.

And make sure to lock them in a cell far from the rest of the prisoners' quarters. At your command, my lord.

May I ask about their crime? Attempted murder of Amenhotep and his family members.

Be careful not to reveal their case.

We believe there is someone watching them to kill them.

You must guard them well. Your order will be obeyed, sir.

Take them from here to solitary confinement.

Another prisoner.

Yes, the honorable Potiphar ordered him to be sent to prison. They say this prisoner surpasses everyone you know in honor, knowledge, and dignity.

Isn't this the servant who lives in the palace of the esteemed Potiphar? Yes, it is him. His name is Yusuf, and he is the former advisor to the esteemed Potiphar. You may leave.

Prison does not suit you.

What happened for your matter to end up here?

My crime is that I disobeyed my masters and those who own me.

Here you will learn how to be an obedient servant.

But every time I look at you, I become more certain that you are not one of the slaves.

Do not say what would upset me.

I wish to be an obedient servant. Let's wait and see if you are truthful.

I strongly advise you to avoid fighting with the prisoners of Zafira. They are very dangerous creatures.

Take him to the public prison.

Strip him of the jewelry he has, then put shackles on his feet.