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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 25of 111

وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍۢ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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?"

Word-by-word meaning

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
ٱلْبَابِ ۚl-bābithe door
قَالَتْqālatShe said
مَاWhat
جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the recompense
مَنْman(of one) who
أَرَادَarādaintended
بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikafor your wife
سُوٓءًاsūanevil
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يُسْجَنَyus'janahe be imprisoned
أَوْawor
عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءًا(What is the recompense (punishment) for him who intended an evil design against your wife...), in reference to illegal sexual intercourse, إِلاَ أَن يُسْجَنَ(except that he be put in prison) أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ(or a painful torment) tormented severely with painful beating.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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