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Verse 24of 111

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

«يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: إِذَا هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِحَسَنَةٍ فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً، فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَإِنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا حَسَنَةً، فَإِنَّمَا تَرَكَهَا مِنْ جَرّائِي، فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِمِثْلِهَا»(Allah the Exalted said, `If my slave intends to perform a good deed, then record it for him as one good deed; if he performs it, then record it for him multiplied ten folds.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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