Quran 12:32

Surah Yusuf, Verse 32

Juz 12 · Page 239 · Ruku 196 · Meccan

قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Qalat fathalikunna allatheelumtunnanee feehi walaqad rawadtuhu AAan nafsihi fastAAsamawala-in lam yafAAal ma amuruhu layusjanannawalayakoonan mina assaghireen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an evil act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily shall be imprisoned, and verily shall be of those brought low.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

She said: "There before you is the man about whom ye did blame me! I did seek to seduce him from his (true) self but he did firmly save himself guiltless!.... and now, if he doth not my bidding, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and (what is more) be of the company of the vilest!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

تقول هذا معتذرة إليهن بأن هذا حقيق بأن يحب لجماله وكماله .

( ولقد راودته عن نفسه فاستعصم ) أي : فامتنع . قال بعضهم : لما رأين جماله الظاهر ، أخبرتهن بصفاته الحسنة التي تخفى عنهن ، وهي العفة مع هذا الجمال ، ثم قالت تتوعد ( ولئن لم يفعل ما آمره ليسجنن وليكونن من الصاغرين )