Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:30

12:30

۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

waqāla nis'watun fī l-madīnati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi turāwidu fatāhā ʿan nafsihi qad shaghafahā ḥubban innā lanarāhā fī ḍalālin mubīnin

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."

— Saheeh International

Some women of the city said, ‘The governor’s wife is trying to seduce her slave! Love for him consumes her heart! It is clear to us that she has gone astray.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And women in the city said: "The wife of Al-‘Azîz is seeking to seduce her (slave) young man, indeed she loves him violently; verily we see her in plain error."

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

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۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
نِسْوَةٌۭnis'watunwomen
فِىfīin
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atuThe wife of
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziAziz
تُرَٰوِدُturāwidu(is) seeking to seduce
فَتَىٰهَاfatāhāher slave boy
عَنʿanabout
نَّفْسِهِۦۖnafsihihimself
قَدْqadindeed
شَغَفَهَاshaghafahāhe has impassioned her
حُبًّاۖḥubban(with) love
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
لَنَرَىٰهَاlanarāhā[we] surely see her
فِىfīin
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear