Surah Yusuf, ayah 51
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
Yusuf · 12:51
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- مَاmāWhat
- خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
- إِذْidhwhen
- رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
- يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
- عَنʿanfrom
- نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
- قُلْنَqul'naThey said
- حَـٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
- لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
- مَاmāNot
- عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
- مِنminany
- سُوٓءٍۢ ۚsūinevil
- قَالَتِqālatiSaid
- ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
- ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) Aziz
- ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaNow
- حَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣa(is) manifest
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- أَنَا۠anāI
- رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhusought to seduce him
- عَنʿanfrom
- نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
- وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, he
- لَمِنَlamina(is) surely of
- ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
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