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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 30
۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And women in the city said: "The wife of Al-‘Azîz is seeking to seduce her (slave) young man, indeed she loves him violently; verily we see her in plain error."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
نِسْوَةٌۭ
nis'watun
women
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
the city
ٱمْرَأَتُ
im'ra-atu
The wife of
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
Aziz
تُرَٰوِدُ
turāwidu
(is) seeking to seduce
فَتَىٰهَا
fatāhā
her slave boy
عَن
ʿan
about
نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ
nafsihi
himself
قَدْ
qad
indeed
شَغَفَهَا
shaghafahā
he has impassioned her
حُبًّا ۖ
ḥubban
(with) love
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
لَنَرَىٰهَا
lanarāhā
[we] surely see her
فِى
fī
in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
an error
مُّبِينٍۢ
mubīnin
clear
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.
30. 1. Just as fragrance cannot be hidden behind veils, the matter of love and affection is the same. Although the Aziz of Egypt advised Hazrat Yusuf (علیہ السلام) to ignore it, and certainly this incident never came upon his blessed tongue, even so, this event spread like wildfire and became a common topic among the women of Egypt. The women began to wonder that if one had to fall in love, it should have been with someone of beauty and elegance; how is it that Zulaikha became infatuated with her own slave? This is nothing but her own foolishness.
