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Yusuf 25

Ayah 25 of 111 · Meccan

وَٱسۡتَبَقَا ٱلۡبَابَ وَقَدَّتۡ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٖ وَأَلۡفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلۡبَابِۚ قَالَتۡ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنۡ أَرَادَ بِأَهۡلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسۡجَنَ أَوۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٥

And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱسۡتَبَقَاAnd they both racedwa-is'tabaqā
  2. ٱلۡبَابَ(to) the doorl-bāba
  3. وَقَدَّتۡand she torewaqaddat
  4. قَمِيصَهُۥhis shirtqamīṣahu
  5. مِنfrommin
  6. دُبُرٖthe backduburin
  7. وَأَلۡفَيَاand they both foundwa-alfayā
  8. سَيِّدَهَاher husbandsayyidahā
  9. لَدَاatladā
  10. ٱلۡبَابِۚthe doorl-bābi
  11. قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
  12. مَاWhatmā
  13. جَزَآءُ(is) the recompensejazāu
  14. مَنۡ(of one) whoman
  15. أَرَادَintendedarāda
  16. بِأَهۡلِكَfor your wifebi-ahlika
  17. سُوٓءًاevilsūan
  18. إِلَّآexceptillā
  19. أَنthatan
  20. يُسۡجَنَhe be imprisonedyus'jana
  21. أَوۡoraw
  22. عَذَابٌa punishmentʿadhābun
  23. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

They raced for the door: Joseph to save himself, and she to prevent him from leaving. She caught hold of his shirt to stop him from leaving and she tore it from behind. At the door they found her husband. The minister’s wife deceptively said to him: The punishment for the person who intended to commit an indecent act with your wife, O minister, can only be prison or that he be given a painful punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran