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
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51. The king summoned the women and asked: "What was the matter when you tried to seduce Yusuf?" They said, "Allah forbid! We found no evil in him." Then the wife of (the chief of Egypt) said: "Now the truth [50] has come to light. It was I who tried to seduce him, and he is surely truthful."
[50]
The Confession of the Women:
Now the situation had become such that the king himself began to take personal interest in the matter of Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. He immediately summoned all the women who had participated in that cushioned banquet and demanded their testimony. The king’s statement before the testimony, “When you tried to seduce Yusuf,” shows that the king was indeed aware of this incident. However, contrary to the opinion of the dignitaries of the state, he had not given much importance to investigating this matter. These women also now fully understood the delicacy of the situation, realizing that there was no choice but to speak the truth. Thus, they clearly confessed that Yusuf was completely innocent; he had not even looked at any of them with an evil eye. After the testimony of the women, there remained no room for any trickery or falsehood on the part of Zulaikha, and she openly confessed before everyone that she was the real culprit. She admitted that she had tried to entice him, and Yusuf ؑ was completely innocent and truthful.
[50]
The Confession of the Women:
Now the situation had become such that the king himself began to take personal interest in the matter of Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ. He immediately summoned all the women who had participated in that cushioned banquet and demanded their testimony. The king’s statement before the testimony, “When you tried to seduce Yusuf,” shows that the king was indeed aware of this incident. However, contrary to the opinion of the dignitaries of the state, he had not given much importance to investigating this matter. These women also now fully understood the delicacy of the situation, realizing that there was no choice but to speak the truth. Thus, they clearly confessed that Yusuf was completely innocent; he had not even looked at any of them with an evil eye. After the testimony of the women, there remained no room for any trickery or falsehood on the part of Zulaikha, and she openly confessed before everyone that she was the real culprit. She admitted that she had tried to entice him, and Yusuf ؑ was completely innocent and truthful.
