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Yusuf 23

Ayah 23 of 111 · Meccan

وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَيۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٢٣

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he1 is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Her husband, al-ʿAzeez.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُAnd sought to seduce himwarāwadathu
  2. ٱلَّتِيshe whoallatī
  3. هُوَhe (was)huwa
  4. فِيinfī
  5. بَيۡتِهَاher housebaytihā
  6. عَنfromʿan
  7. نَّفۡسِهِۦhis selfnafsihi
  8. وَغَلَّقَتِAnd she closedwaghallaqati
  9. ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَthe doorsl-abwāba
  10. وَقَالَتۡand she saidwaqālat
  11. هَيۡتَCome onhayta
  12. لَكَۚyoulaka
  13. قَالَHe saidqāla
  14. مَعَاذَI seek refuge in Allahmaʿādha
  15. ٱللَّهِۖI seek refuge in Allahl-lahi
  16. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
  17. رَبِّيٓ(is) my lordrabbī
  18. أَحۡسَنَ(who has) made goodaḥsana
  19. مَثۡوَايَۖmy staymathwāya
  20. إِنَّهُۥIndeedinnahu
  21. لَاnotlā
  22. يُفۡلِحُwill succeedyuf'liḥu
  23. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna

Tafsir

The wife of the minister tried cunningly and by the use of a trick to get Joseph (peace be upon him) to commit an indecent act. She shut the doors to ensure that they were alone and she said to him, ‘Come towards me!’ Joseph said: I seek protection in Allah from what you are calling me toward. My master has taken good care of me in my stay here and I will never betray him. If I betray him, I will be a wrongdoer; and those who do wrong do not succeed.

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