Quran 12:26

Surah Yusuf, Verse 26

Juz 12 · Page 238 · Ruku 195 · Meccan

قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Qala hiya rawadatnee AAannafsee washahida shahidun min ahliha in kanaqameesuhu qudda min qubulin fasadaqat wahuwa minaalkathibeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(Joseph) said: She it was who asked of me an evil act. And a witness of her own folk testified: If his shirt is torn from before, then she speaketh truth and he is of the liars.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقال بارا صادقا ( هي راودتني عن نفسي ) وذكر أنها اتبعته تجذبه إليها حتى قدت قميصه ، ( وشهد شاهد من أهلها إن كان قميصه قد من قبل ) أي : من قدامه ، ( فصدقت ) أي : في قولها إنه أرادها على نفسها ، لأنه يكون لما دعاها وأبت عليه دفعته في صدره ، فقدت قميصه ، فيصح ما قالت :