Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:31

12:31

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَـٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ

falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa-aʿtadat lahunna muttaka-an waātat kulla wāḥidatin min'hunna sikkīnan waqālati ukh'ruj ʿalayhinna falammā ra-aynahu akbarnahu waqaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna waqul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīmun

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allāh! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

— Saheeh International

When she heard their malicious talk, she prepared a banquet and sent for them, giving each of them a knife. She said to Joseph, ‘Come out and show yourself to them!’ and when the women saw him, they were stunned by his beauty, and cut their hands, exclaiming, ‘Great God! He cannot be mortal! He must be a precious angel!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when she heard of their accusation, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them; she gave each one of them a knife (to cut the foodstuff with), and she said [(to Yûsuf (Joseph)]: "Come out before them." Then, when they saw him, they exalted him (at his beauty) and (in their astonishment) cut their hands. They said: "How perfect is Allâh (or Allâh forbid)! No man is this! This is none other than a noble angel!"

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

Juz 12Page 239meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
سَمِعَتْsamiʿatshe heard
بِمَكْرِهِنَّbimakrihinnaof their scheming
أَرْسَلَتْarsalatshe sent
إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnafor them
وَأَعْتَدَتْwa-aʿtadatand she prepared
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
مُتَّكَـًۭٔاmuttaka-ana banquet
وَءَاتَتْwaātatand she gave
كُلَّkullaeach
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinone
مِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof them
سِكِّينًۭاsikkīnana knife
وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand she said
ٱخْرُجْukh'rujCome out
عَلَيْهِنَّۖʿalayhinnabefore them
فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
رَأَيْنَهُۥٓra-aynahuthey saw him
أَكْبَرْنَهُۥakbarnahuthey greatly admired him
وَقَطَّعْنَwaqaṭṭaʿnaand cut
أَيْدِيَهُنَّaydiyahunnatheir hands
وَقُلْنَwaqul'nathey said
حَـٰشَḥāshaForbid
لِلَّهِlillahiAllah
مَاmānot
هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
بَشَرًاbasharana man
إِنْinnot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillābut
مَلَكٌۭmalakunan angel
كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble