Surah Yusuf, ayah 31
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَـٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ
So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allāh! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
Yusuf · 12:31
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- سَمِعَتْsamiʿatshe heard
- بِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaof their scheming
- أَرْسَلَتْarsalatshe sent
- إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnafor them
- وَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatand she prepared
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- مُتَّكَـًۭٔاmuttaka-ana banquet
- وَءَاتَتْwaātatand she gave
- كُلَّkullaeach
- وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinone
- مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
- سِكِّينًۭاsikkīnana knife
- وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand she said
- ٱخْرُجْukh'rujCome out
- عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖʿalayhinnabefore them
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- رَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuthey saw him
- أَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuthey greatly admired him
- وَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaand cut
- أَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnatheir hands
- وَقُلْنَwaqul'nathey said
- حَـٰشَḥāshaForbid
- لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
- مَاmānot
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
- بَشَرًاbasharana man
- إِنْinnot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّاillābut
- مَلَكٌۭmalakunan angel
- كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble
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