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Yusuf 26

Ayah 26 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ هِيَ رَٰوَدَتۡنِي عَن نَّفۡسِيۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٖ فَصَدَقَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٢٦

[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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. هِيَShehiya
  3. رَٰوَدَتۡنِيsought to seduce merāwadatnī
  4. عَنaboutʿan
  5. نَّفۡسِيۚmyselfnafsī
  6. وَشَهِدَAnd testifiedwashahida
  7. شَاهِدٞa witnessshāhidun
  8. مِّنۡofmin
  9. أَهۡلِهَآher familyahlihā
  10. إِنIfin
  11. كَانَ[is]kāna
  12. قَمِيصُهُۥhis shirtqamīṣuhu
  13. قُدَّ(is) tornqudda
  14. مِنfrommin
  15. قُبُلٖthe frontqubulin
  16. فَصَدَقَتۡthen she has spoken the truthfaṣadaqat
  17. وَهُوَand hewahuwa
  18. مِنَ(is) ofmina
  19. ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَthe liarsl-kādhibīna

Tafsir

Joseph (peace be upon him) said: It was she who tried to get me to commit an indecent act. I did not intend it from her. Allah then made a child from her family speak in the cradle and it testified saying: If Joseph’s shirt is torn from the front, then it indicates that she is truthful, because she was trying to stop him from coming on to her; and then he will be lying.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran