Surah Yusuf, ayah 26
قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified, "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.
Yusuf · 12:26
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- هِىَhiyaShe
- رَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnīsought to seduce me
- عَنʿanabout
- نَّفْسِى ۚnafsīmyself
- وَشَهِدَwashahidaAnd testified
- شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
- مِّنْminof
- أَهْلِهَآahlihāher family
- إِنinIf
- كَانَkāna[is]
- قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
- قُدَّqudda(is) torn
- مِنminfrom
- قُبُلٍۢqubulinthe front
- فَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqatthen she has spoken the truth
- وَهُوَwahuwaand he
- مِنَmina(is) of
- ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars
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