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Yusuf 51

Ayah 51 of 111 · Meccan

قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُنَّ إِذۡ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ قُلۡنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ مِن سُوٓءٖۚ قَالَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ حَصۡحَصَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٥١

Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh!1 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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In His ability to create such purity of character.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. مَاWhatmā
  3. خَطۡبُكُنَّ(was) your affairkhaṭbukunna
  4. إِذۡwhenidh
  5. رَٰوَدتُّنَّyou sought to seducerāwadttunna
  6. يُوسُفَYusufyūsufa
  7. عَنfromʿan
  8. نَّفۡسِهِۦۚhimselfnafsihi
  9. قُلۡنَThey saidqul'na
  10. حَٰشَAllah forbidḥāsha
  11. لِلَّهِAllah forbidlillahi
  12. مَاNotmā
  13. عَلِمۡنَاwe knowʿalim'nā
  14. عَلَيۡهِabout himʿalayhi
  15. مِنanymin
  16. سُوٓءٖۚevilsūin
  17. قَالَتِSaidqālati
  18. ٱمۡرَأَتُ(the) wifeim'ra-atu
  19. ٱلۡعَزِيزِ(of) Azizl-ʿazīzi
  20. ٱلۡـَٰٔنَNowl-āna
  21. حَصۡحَصَ(is) manifestḥaṣḥaṣa
  22. ٱلۡحَقُّthe truthl-ḥaqu
  23. أَنَا۠Ianā
  24. رَٰوَدتُّهُۥsought to seduce himrāwadttuhu
  25. عَنfromʿan
  26. نَّفۡسِهِۦhimselfnafsihi
  27. وَإِنَّهُۥand indeed, hewa-innahu
  28. لَمِنَ(is) surely oflamina
  29. ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَthe truthfull-ṣādiqīna

Tafsir

The king, addressing the women, asked what happened when they called Joseph through trickery. Was it to commit immorality with them? The wife of the minister, confessing what she had done, said that now the truth had become clear, that she tried to seduce him, and he did not try to seduce her, and that he was truthful in claiming that he was innocent of what she had accused him of.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran