Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:24

12:24

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

walaqad hammat bihi wahamma bihā lawlā an raā bur'hāna rabbihi kadhālika linaṣrifa ʿanhu l-sūa wal-faḥshāa innahu min ʿibādinā l-mukh'laṣīna

And she certainly determined [to seduce] him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof [i.e., sign] of his Lord. And thus [it was] that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.

— Saheeh International

She made for him, and he would have succumbed to her if he had not seen evidence of his Lord- We did this in order to keep evil and indecency away from him, for he was truly one of Our chosen servants.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed she did desire him, and he would have inclined to her desire, had he not seen the evidence of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might turn away from him evil and illegal sexual intercourse. Surely, he was one of Our chosen (guided) slaves.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
هَمَّتْhammatshe did desire
بِهِۦۖbihihim
وَهَمَّwahammaand he would have desired
بِهَاbihāher
لَوْلَآlawlāif not
أَنanthat
رَّءَاraāhe saw
بُرْهَـٰنَbur'hānathe proof
رَبِّهِۦۚrabbihi(of) his Lord
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
لِنَصْرِفَlinaṣrifathat We might avert
عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evil
وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَۚwal-faḥshāaand the immorality
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
مِنْmin(was) of
عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathe sincere