سُوْرَةُ يُوسُفَ
Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 51
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(The King) said (to the women): "What was your affair when you did seek to seduce Yûsuf (Joseph)?" The women said: "Allâh forbid! No evil know we against him!" The wife of Al-‘Azîz said: "Now the truth is manifest (to all); it was I who sought to seduce him, and he is surely of the truthful."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
مَا
mā
What
خَطْبُكُنَّ
khaṭbukunna
(was) your affair
إِذْ
idh
when
رَٰوَدتُّنَّ
rāwadttunna
you sought to seduce
يُوسُفَ
yūsufa
Yusuf
عَن
ʿan
from
نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ
nafsihi
himself
قُلْنَ
qul'na
They said
حَـٰشَ
ḥāsha
Allah forbid
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
Allah forbid
مَا
mā
Not
عَلِمْنَا
ʿalim'nā
we know
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
about him
مِن
min
any
سُوٓءٍۢ ۚ
sūin
evil
قَالَتِ
qālati
Said
ٱمْرَأَتُ
im'ra-atu
(the) wife
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
(of) Aziz
ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ
l-āna
Now
حَصْحَصَ
ḥaṣḥaṣa
(is) manifest
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
the truth
أَنَا۠
anā
I
رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ
rāwadttuhu
sought to seduce him
عَن
ʿan
from
نَّفْسِهِۦ
nafsihi
himself
وَإِنَّهُۥ
wa-innahu
and indeed, he
لَمِنَ
lamina
(is) surely of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 51){قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ اِذْ رَاوَدْتُّنَّ …:} The king summoned all those women. It appears that during this time he had thoroughly investigated the matter and had become aware of Yusuf’s innocence and the women’s deceit. Therefore, he did not ask whether it was their fault or Yusuf’s, but instead his first question to them was: When you tried to seduce Yusuf (peace be upon him) regarding his self, what was the reality of your matter? That is, what was his crime for which he was kept in prison for so long? They all spoke in unison: “Allah forbid! We did not find any evil in him.” When the women who had cut their hands declared Yusuf (peace be upon him) free from any kind of evil, then the wife of the Aziz of Egypt, who had not cut her hand, also had to speak. She said, Now the truth has become completely clear, it was I who tried to seduce him regarding his self, and surely he is among the truthful.
