Quran 12:51

Surah Yusuf, Verse 51

Juz 12 · Page 241 · Ruku 199 · Meccan

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Qala ma khatbukunna ithrawadtunna yoosufa AAan nafsihi qulna hasha lillahima AAalimna AAalayhi min soo-in qalatiimraatu alAAazeezi al-ana hashasa alhaqquana rawadtuhu AAan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina assadiqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He (the king) (then sent for those women and) said: What happened when ye asked an evil act of Joseph? They answered: Allah Blameless! We know no evil of him. Said the wife of the ruler: Now the truth is out. I asked of him an evil act, and he is surely of the truthful.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Allah preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله تعالى : ( قال ما خطبكن إذ راودتن يوسف عن نفسه ) إخبار عن الملك حين جمع النسوة اللاتي قطعن أيديهن عند امرأة العزيز ، فقال مخاطبا لهن كلهن ، وهو يريد امرأة وزيره ، وهو العزيز : ( ما خطبكن ) أي : شأنكن وخبركن ( إذ راودتن يوسف عن نفسه ) يعني : يوم الضيافة ؟ ( قلن حاش لله ما علمنا عليه من سوء ) أي : قالت النسوة جوابا للملك : حاش لله أن يكون يوسف متهما ، والله ما علمنا عليه من سوء . فعند ذلك ( قالت امرأة العزيز الآن حصحص الحق )

قال ابن عباس ، ومجاهد ، وغير واحد : تقول الآن : تبين الحق وظهر وبرز .

( أنا راودته عن نفسه وإنه لمن الصادقين ) أي : في قوله : ( هي راودتني عن نفسي )