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Yusuf 30

Ayah 30 of 111 · Meccan

۞ وَقَالَ نِسۡوَةٞ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ قَدۡ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٠

And women in the city said, "The wife of al-ʿAzeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. نِسۡوَةٞwomennis'watun
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnati
  5. ٱمۡرَأَتُThe wife ofim'ra-atu
  6. ٱلۡعَزِيزِAzizl-ʿazīzi
  7. تُرَٰوِدُ(is) seeking to seduceturāwidu
  8. فَتَىٰهَاher slave boyfatāhā
  9. عَنaboutʿan
  10. نَّفۡسِهِۦۖhimselfnafsihi
  11. قَدۡindeedqad
  12. شَغَفَهَاhe has impassioned hershaghafahā
  13. حُبًّاۖ(with) loveḥubban
  14. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  15. لَنَرَىٰهَا[we] surely see herlanarāhā
  16. فِيinfī
  17. ضَلَٰلٖan errorḍalālin
  18. مُّبِينٖclearmubīnin

Tafsir

The news spread in the city and a group of women disapprovingly said: The wife of the minister is calling her slave towards herself. His love has penetrated her heart. We think she is clearly misguided in trying to seduce him and because of her love for him despite his being her slave.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran