Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:51

12:51

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadttunna yūsufa ʿan nafsihi qul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā ʿalim'nā ʿalayhi min sūin qālati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi l-āna ḥaṣḥaṣa l-ḥaqu anā rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina l-ṣādiqīna

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

— Saheeh International

The king asked the women, ‘What happened when you tried to seduce Joseph?’ They said, ‘God forbid! We know nothing bad of him!’ and the governor’s wife said, ‘Now the truth is out: it was I who tried to seduce him- he is an honest man.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(The King) said (to the women): "What was your affair when you did seek to seduce Yûsuf (Joseph)?" The women said: "Allâh forbid! No evil know we against him!" The wife of Al-‘Azîz said: "Now the truth is manifest (to all); it was I who sought to seduce him, and he is surely of the truthful."

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

Juz 12Page 241meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
مَاmāWhat
خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
إِذْidhwhen
رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
عَنʿanfrom
نَّفْسِهِۦۚnafsihihimself
قُلْنَqul'naThey said
حَـٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
مَاmāNot
عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
مِنminany
سُوٓءٍۢۚsūinevil
قَالَتِqālatiSaid
ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) Aziz
ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaNow
حَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣa(is) manifest
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
أَنَا۠anāI
رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhusought to seduce him
عَنʿanfrom
نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, he
لَمِنَlamina(is) surely of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful