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Quran 12:52

Surah Yusuf, Verse 52

Juz 12 · Page 241 · Ruku 199 · Meccan

ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّى لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى كَيْدَ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

Word by word

ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That لِيَعْلَمَ liyaʿlama he may know أَنِّى annī that I لَمْ lam not أَخُنْهُ akhun'hu [I] betray him بِٱلْغَيْبِ bil-ghaybi in secret وَأَنَّ wa-anna and that ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَا lā (does) not يَهْدِى yahdī guide كَيْدَ kayda (the) plan ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ l-khāinīna (of) the betrayers

Transliteration

Thalika liyaAAlama annee lam akhunhubilghaybi waanna Allaha la yahdee kaydaalkha-ineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(Then Joseph said: I asked for) this, that he (my lord) may know that I betrayed him not in secret, and that surely Allah guideth not the snare of the betrayers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been false to him in his absence, and that Allah will never guide the snare of the false ones.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ذلك ليعلم أني لم أخنه بالغيب ) تقول : إنما اعترفت بهذا على نفسي ، ذلك ليعلم زوجي أن لم أخنه في نفس الأمر ، ولا وقع المحذور الأكبر ، وإنما راودت هذا الشاب مراودة ، فامتنع; فلهذا اعترفت ليعلم أني بريئة ، ( وأن الله لا يهدي كيد الخائنين )

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.