سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 26
قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He [Yûsuf (Joseph)] said: "It was she that sought to seduce me;" and a witness of her household bore witness (saying): "If it be that his shirt is torn from the front, then her tale is true and he is a liar!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
هِىَ
hiya
She
رَٰوَدَتْنِى
rāwadatnī
sought to seduce me
عَن
ʿan
about
نَّفْسِى ۚ
nafsī
myself
وَشَهِدَ
washahida
And testified
شَاهِدٌۭ
shāhidun
a witness
مِّنْ
min
of
أَهْلِهَآ
ahlihā
her family
إِن
in
If
كَانَ
kāna
[is]
قَمِيصُهُۥ
qamīṣuhu
his shirt
قُدَّ
qudda
(is) torn
مِن
min
from
قُبُلٍۢ
qubulin
the front
فَصَدَقَتْ
faṣadaqat
then she has spoken the truth
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
مِنَ
mina
(is) of
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
l-kādhibīna
the liars
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
26. 1 When Prophet Yusuf (علیہ السلام) saw that the woman was putting all the blame on him, he clarified the situation and said that it was she who tried to force him into evil. He said that he ran towards the door to escape from her.
26. 2 It was a wise man from her own family who made this judgment. The judgment is referred to here as "testimony" because the matter still required investigation. The story about the testimony of an infant is not established from authentic narrations. In Sahihain, there is a hadith about three infants who spoke, and this fourth one, which is mentioned at this place, is not among them.
26. 2 It was a wise man from her own family who made this judgment. The judgment is referred to here as "testimony" because the matter still required investigation. The story about the testimony of an infant is not established from authentic narrations. In Sahihain, there is a hadith about three infants who spoke, and this fourth one, which is mentioned at this place, is not among them.
