In this episode Zulaykha's nurse carries out the stratagem Zulaykha begged for: she commissions a master architect to raise a lavish house whose surfaces are covered with paired images of Joseph and Zulaykha shown together in scenes of intimacy. By surrounding Joseph with depictions of himself united with her, the images are meant to awaken his desire and make union feel natural, turning visual art into a psychological instrument of seduction. Jami frames the passage with an extended celebration of the architect's near-miraculous craft — his command of geometry and astronomy, and his power to soften stone and draw designs like a wonder-worker — so that the marvel of the building intensifies the seductive force of the pictures it holds. The concept ties this ekphrasis of the builder's art to the tale's recurring theme of vision, desire, and spiritual trial, and it differs from Zulaykha's earlier self-portrait palace by depicting both lovers rather than her image alone.