While working for 'Aziz, Joseph grew to be a man. He was constantly approached by the wife of 'Aziz ("Imra'at al-'Aziz", presumably Zulayka or Zuleika) (variations include 'Zulaykhah' and 'Zulaikhah' as well) who intended to seduce him. Tabari and others are not reticent to point out that Joseph was mutually attracted to her. Ṭabari writes that the reason he did not succumb to her was because when they were alone the "figure of Jacob appeared to him, standing in the house and biting his fingers …" and warned Joseph not to become involved with her. Ṭabari, again, says "God turned him away from his desire for evil by giving him a sign that he should not do it." It is also said that after the death of ʿAzīz, Joseph married Zolayḵā.