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Yusuf (Joseph)

Verse 51of 111

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍۢ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿٥١

Translation (Sahih International)

Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-'Azeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
مَاWhat
خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
إِذْidhwhen
رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
عَنʿanfrom
نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
قُلْنَqul'naThey said
حَـٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
مَاNot
عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
مِنminany
سُوٓءٍۢ ۚsūinevil
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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The King investigates what happened between the Wife of the `Aziz, the Women in the City, and YusufAllah narrates to us that when the king was conveyed the interpretation of his dream, he liked Yusuf's interpretation and felt sure that it was true. He realized the virtue of Prophet Yusuf, recognized his knowledge in the interpretation of dreams and valued his good conduct with his subjects in his country. The king said,ائْتُونِى بِهِ(Bring him to me.) `Release him from prison and bring him to me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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