Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:25

12:25

وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

wa-is'tabaqā l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin wa-alfayā sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā jazāu man arāda bi-ahlika sūan illā an yus'jana aw ʿadhābun alīmun

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?"

— Saheeh International

They raced for the door- she tore his shirt from behind- and at the door they met her husband. She said, ‘What, other than prison or painful punishment, should be the reward of someone who tried to dishonour your wife?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back. They both found her lord (i.e. her husband) at the door. She said: "What is the recompense (punishment) for him who intended an evil design against your wife, except that he be put in prison or a painful torment?"

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

Juz 12Page 238meccan

Word by Word

وَٱسْتَبَقَاwa-is'tabaqāAnd they both raced
ٱلْبَابَl-bāba(to) the door
وَقَدَّتْwaqaddatand she tore
قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahuhis shirt
مِنminfrom
دُبُرٍۢduburinthe back
وَأَلْفَيَاwa-alfayāand they both found
سَيِّدَهَاsayyidahāher husband
لَدَاladāat
ٱلْبَابِۚl-bābithe door
قَالَتْqālatShe said
مَاmāWhat
جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the recompense
مَنْman(of one) who
أَرَادَarādaintended
بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikafor your wife
سُوٓءًاsūanevil
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يُسْجَنَyus'janahe be imprisoned
أَوْawor
عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful