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Yusuf (Joseph)

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱلسِّجْنُl-sij'nuthe prison
أَحَبُّaḥabbu(is) dearer
إِلَىَّilayyato me
مِمَّاmimmāthan what
يَدْعُونَنِىٓyadʿūnanīthey invite me
إِلَيْهِ ۖilayhito it
وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unless
تَصْرِفْtaṣrifYou turn away
عَنِّىʿannīfrom me
كَيْدَهُنَّkaydahunnatheir plot
أَصْبُaṣbuI might incline
إِلَيْهِنَّilayhinnatowards them
وَأَكُنwa-akunand [I] be
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The News reaches Women in the City, Who also plot against YusufAllah states that the news of what happened between the wife of the `Aziz and Yusuf spread in the city, that is, Egypt, and people talked about it,وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى الْمَدِينَةِ(And women in the city said...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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