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Surah Yusuf (12) — Ayah 32
قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ ﴿32﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
She said: "This is he (the young man) about whom you did blame me, and I did seek to seduce him, but he refused. And now if he refuses to obey my order, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and will be one of those who are disgraced."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَتْ
qālat
She said
فَذَٰلِكُنَّ
fadhālikunna
That
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the one
لُمْتُنَّنِى
lum'tunnanī
you blamed me
فِيهِ ۖ
fīhi
about him
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ
rāwadttuhu
I sought to seduce him
عَن
ʿan
[from]
نَّفْسِهِۦ
nafsihi
[himself]
فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ
fa-is'taʿṣama
but he saved himself
وَلَئِن
wala-in
and if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَفْعَلْ
yafʿal
he does
مَآ
mā
what
ءَامُرُهُۥ
āmuruhu
I order him
لَيُسْجَنَنَّ
layus'jananna
surely, he will be imprisoned
وَلَيَكُونًۭا
walayakūnan
and certainly will be
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ
l-ṣāghirīna
those who are disgraced
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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32. (Zulaikha) said: This is the one about whom you blamed me [31]. Indeed, I tried to seduce him, but he saved himself. And if he does not do what I command, he will surely be imprisoned and will be among the disgraced.
[31]
Zulaikha’s Threat:
The words of the women were, in fact, a declaration of Zulaikha’s truthfulness in this matter. Now she began to say openly among those women: Tell me, to what extent was I at fault in this matter? And now I openly declare that I have already lost my heart to him, and now I will also compel him to incline towards me. And if he still does not pay attention to my words, then I will, by some other means or excuse, have him sent to prison, or he will have to accept what I say, or else he will have to endure the disgraceful suffering of imprisonment.
[31]
Zulaikha’s Threat:
The words of the women were, in fact, a declaration of Zulaikha’s truthfulness in this matter. Now she began to say openly among those women: Tell me, to what extent was I at fault in this matter? And now I openly declare that I have already lost my heart to him, and now I will also compel him to incline towards me. And if he still does not pay attention to my words, then I will, by some other means or excuse, have him sent to prison, or he will have to accept what I say, or else he will have to endure the disgraceful suffering of imprisonment.
