{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/01203.htm","path":"isl/quran/01203.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/01203.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n21. Waqala allathee ishtarahu min misra liimraatihi akrimee mathwahu AAasa an yanfaAAana aw nattakhithahu waladan wakathalika makkanna liyoosufa fee al-ardi walinuAAallimahu min ta/weeli al-ahadeethi waAllahu ghalibun AAala amrihi walakinna akthara alnnasi la yaAAlamoona\n21. The man in Egypt\n Who bought him, said\nTo his wife: \"Make his stay\n (Among us) honourable:\n Maybe he will bring us\n Much good, or we shall\n Adopt him as a son.\"\n Thus did We establish\n Joseph in the land,\n That We might teach him\n The interpretation of stories\n (And events). And God\n Hath full power and control\n Over His affairs; but most\n Among mankind know it not.\n22. Walamma balagha ashuddahu ataynahu hukman waAAilman wakathalika najzee almuhsineena\n22. When Joseph attained\n His full manhood, We gave him\nPower and knowledge: thus do We\n Reward those who do right.\n23. Warawadat-hu allatee huwa fee baytiha AAan nafsihi waghallaqati al-abwaba waqalat hayta laka qala maAAatha Allahi innahu rabbee ahsana mathwaya innahu la yuflihu alththalimoona\n23. But she in whose house\n He was, sought to seduce him\n From his (true) self: she fastened\n The doors, and said:\n \"Now come, thou (dear one)!\"\n He said: \"God forbid!\n Truly (thy husband) is\n My lord! he made\n My sojourn agreeable!\n Truly to no good\n Come those who do wrong!\"\n24. Walaqad hammat bihi wahamma biha lawla an raa burhana rabbihi kathalika linasrifa AAanhu alssoo-a waalfahshaa innahu min AAibadina almukhlaseena\n24. And (with passion) did she\n Desire him, and he would\n Have desired her, but that\n He saw the evidence\n Of his Lord: thus\n (Did We order) that We\n Might turn away from him\n (All) evil and shameful deeds:\nFor he was one of Our servants,\n Sincere and purified.\n25. Waistabaqa albaba waqaddat qameesahu min duburin waalfaya sayyidaha lada albabi qalat ma jazao man arada bi-ahlika soo-an illa an yusjana aw AAathabun aleemun\n25. So they both raced each other\n To the door, and she\n Tore his shirt from the back:\n They both found her lord\n Near the door. She said:\n \"What is the (fitting) punishment\n For one who formed\n An evil design against\n Thy wife, but prison\n Or a grievous chastisement?\"\n26. Qala hiya rawadatnee AAan nafsee washahida shahidun min ahliha in kana qameesuhu qudda min qubulin fasadaqat wahuwa mina alkathibeena\n26. He said: \"It was she\n That sought to seduce me\u2014\n From my (true) self.\" And one\n Of her household saw (this)\n And bore witness, (thus):\u2014\n \"If it be that his shirt\n Is rent from the front, then\n Is her tale true,\n And he is a liar!\n27. Wa-in kana qameesuhu qudda min duburin fakathabat wahuwa mina alssadiqeena\n27. \"But if it be that his shirt\n Is torn from the back,\nThen is she the liar,\n And he is telling the truth!\"\n28. Falamma raa qameesahu qudda min duburin qala innahu min kaydikunna inna kaydakunna AAatheemun\n28. So when he saw his shirt,\u2014\n That it was torn at the back,\n (Her husband) said: \"Behold!\n It is a snare of you women!\n Truly, mighty is your snare!\n29. Yoosufu aAArid AAan hatha waistaghfiree lithanbiki innaki kunti mina alkhati-eena\n29. \"O Joseph, pass this over!\n (O wife), ask forgiveness\n For thy sin, for truly\n Thou hast been at fault!\"","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XII.: Y\u016bsuf, or Joseph.: Section 3 (21-29)","type":"page"}