فَلَمَّا
سَمِعَتۡ
بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ
أَرۡسَلَتۡ
إِلَيۡهِنَّ
وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ
لَهُنَّ
مُتَّكَـٔٗا
وَءَاتَتۡ
كُلَّ
وَٰحِدَةٖ
مِّنۡهُنَّ
سِكِّينٗا
وَقَالَتِ
ٱخۡرُجۡ
عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ
فَلَمَّا
رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ
أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ
وَقَطَّعۡنَ
أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ
وَقُلۡنَ
حَٰشَ
لِلَّهِ
مَا
هَٰذَا
بَشَرًا
إِنۡ
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّا
مَلَكٞ
كَرِيمٞ
٣١

When she heard about their gossip,¹ she invited them and set a banquet for them. She gave each one a knife, then said ˹to Joseph˺, “Come out before them.” When they saw him, they were so stunned ˹by his beauty˺ that they cut their hands,² and exclaimed, “Good God! This cannot be human; this must be a noble angel!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:32

قَالَتۡ

فَذَٰلِكُنَّ

ٱلَّذِي

لُمۡتُنَّنِي

فِيهِۖ

وَلَقَدۡ

رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ

عَن

نَّفۡسِهِۦ

فَٱسۡتَعۡصَمَۖ

وَلَئِن

لَّمۡ

يَفۡعَلۡ

مَآ

ءَامُرُهُۥ

لَيُسۡجَنَنَّ

وَلَيَكُونٗا

مِّنَ

ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

٣٢

She said, “This is the one for whose love you criticized me! I did try to seduce him but he ˹firmly˺ refused. And if he does not do what I order him to, he will certainly be imprisoned and ˹fully˺ disgraced.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:33

قَالَ

رَبِّ

ٱلسِّجۡنُ

أَحَبُّ

إِلَيَّ

مِمَّا

يَدۡعُونَنِيٓ

إِلَيۡهِۖ

وَإِلَّا

تَصۡرِفۡ

عَنِّي

كَيۡدَهُنَّ

أَصۡبُ

إِلَيۡهِنَّ

وَأَكُن

مِّنَ

ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ

٣٣

Joseph prayed, “My Lord! I would rather be in jail than do what they invite me to. And if You do not turn their cunning away from me, I might yield to them and fall into ignorance.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:34

فَٱسۡتَجَابَ

لَهُۥ

رَبُّهُۥ

فَصَرَفَ

عَنۡهُ

كَيۡدَهُنَّۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

هُوَ

ٱلسَّمِيعُ

ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

٣٤

So his Lord responded to him, turning their cunning away from him. Surely He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:35

ثُمَّ

بَدَا

لَهُم

مِّنۢ

بَعۡدِ

مَا

رَأَوُاْ

ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

لَيَسۡجُنُنَّهُۥ

حَتَّىٰ

حِينٖ

٣٥

And so it occurred to those in charge, despite seeing all the proofs ˹of his innocence˺, that he should be imprisoned for a while.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:36

وَدَخَلَ

مَعَهُ

ٱلسِّجۡنَ

فَتَيَانِۖ

قَالَ

أَحَدُهُمَآ

إِنِّيٓ

أَرَىٰنِيٓ

أَعۡصِرُ

خَمۡرٗاۖ

وَقَالَ

ٱلۡأٓخَرُ

إِنِّيٓ

أَرَىٰنِيٓ

أَحۡمِلُ

فَوۡقَ

رَأۡسِي

خُبۡزٗا

تَأۡكُلُ

ٱلطَّيۡرُ

مِنۡهُۖ

نَبِّئۡنَا

بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦٓۖ

إِنَّا

نَرَىٰكَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

٣٦

And two other servants went to jail with Joseph. One of them said, “I dreamt I was pressing wine.” The other said, “I dreamt I was carrying ˹some˺ bread on my head, from which birds were eating.” ˹Then both said,˺ “Tell us their interpretation, for we surely see you as one of the good-doers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:37

قَالَ

لَا

يَأۡتِيكُمَا

طَعَامٞ

تُرۡزَقَانِهِۦٓ

إِلَّا

نَبَّأۡتُكُمَا

بِتَأۡوِيلِهِۦ

قَبۡلَ

أَن

يَأۡتِيَكُمَاۚ

ذَٰلِكُمَا

مِمَّا

عَلَّمَنِي

رَبِّيٓۚ

إِنِّي

تَرَكۡتُ

مِلَّةَ

قَوۡمٖ

لَّا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

بِٱللَّهِ

وَهُم

بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

هُمۡ

كَٰفِرُونَ

٣٧

Joseph replied, “I can even tell you what kind of meal you will be served before you receive it. This ˹knowledge˺ is from what my Lord has taught me. I have shunned the faith of a people who disbelieve in Allah and deny the Hereafter.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:38

وَٱتَّبَعۡتُ

مِلَّةَ

ءَابَآءِيٓ

إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ

وَإِسۡحَٰقَ

وَيَعۡقُوبَۚ

مَا

كَانَ

لَنَآ

أَن

نُّشۡرِكَ

بِٱللَّهِ

مِن

شَيۡءٖۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

مِن

فَضۡلِ

ٱللَّهِ

عَلَيۡنَا

وَعَلَى

ٱلنَّاسِ

وَلَٰكِنَّ

أَكۡثَرَ

ٱلنَّاسِ

لَا

يَشۡكُرُونَ

٣٨

I follow the faith of my fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is not ˹right˺ for us to associate anything with Allah ˹in worship˺. This is part of Allah’s grace upon us and humanity, but most people are not grateful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:39

يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ

ٱلسِّجۡنِ

ءَأَرۡبَابٞ

مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ

خَيۡرٌ

أَمِ

ٱللَّهُ

ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ

ٱلۡقَهَّارُ

٣٩

O my fellow-prisoners! Which is far better: many different lords or Allah—the One, the Supreme?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:40

مَا

تَعۡبُدُونَ

مِن

دُونِهِۦٓ

إِلَّآ

أَسۡمَآءٗ

سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ

أَنتُمۡ

وَءَابَآؤُكُم

مَّآ

أَنزَلَ

ٱللَّهُ

بِهَا

مِن

سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ

إِنِ

ٱلۡحُكۡمُ

إِلَّا

لِلَّهِ

أَمَرَ

أَلَّا

تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ

إِلَّآ

إِيَّاهُۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

ٱلدِّينُ

ٱلۡقَيِّمُ

وَلَٰكِنَّ

أَكۡثَرَ

ٱلنَّاسِ

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

٤٠

Whatever ˹idols˺ you worship instead of Him are mere names which you and your forefathers have made up¹—a practice Allah has never authorized. It is only Allah Who decides. He has commanded that you worship none but Him. That is the upright faith, but most people do not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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