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Seek Allah‘s help in overcoming lust
Resisting false desires requires one to be conscious of Allah at all times. That is why a spiritually dead person gives in to all sorts of temptations. The Quran makes it clear that Yusuf (AS) might have inclined to the wife of Aziz, and other women who sought to seduce him, if he did not seek help from Allah in staying resolute: 'And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof of his Lord.' (12:24) Yusuf (AS) similarly prayed, '…If You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and be of the ignorant.' (12:33)