وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِي
ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ
مِن
مِّصۡرَ
لِٱمۡرَأَتِهِۦٓ
أَكۡرِمِي
مَثۡوَىٰهُ
عَسَىٰٓ
أَن
يَنفَعَنَآ
أَوۡ
نَتَّخِذَهُۥ
وَلَدٗاۚ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
مَكَّنَّا
لِيُوسُفَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُۥ
مِن
تَأۡوِيلِ
ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
غَالِبٌ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَمۡرِهِۦ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
٢١

The man from Egypt¹ who bought him said to his wife, “Take good care of him, perhaps he may be useful to us or we may adopt him as a son.” This is how We established Joseph in the land, so that We might teach him the interpretation of dreams. Allah’s Will always prevails, but most people do not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:22

وَلَمَّا

بَلَغَ

أَشُدَّهُۥٓ

ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ

حُكۡمٗا

وَعِلۡمٗاۚ

وَكَذَٰلِكَ

نَجۡزِي

ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

٢٢

And when he reached maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. This is how We reward the good-doers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:23

وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ

ٱلَّتِي

هُوَ

فِي

بَيۡتِهَا

عَن

نَّفۡسِهِۦ

وَغَلَّقَتِ

ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ

وَقَالَتۡ

هَيۡتَ

لَكَۚ

قَالَ

مَعَاذَ

ٱللَّهِۖ

إِنَّهُۥ

رَبِّيٓ

أَحۡسَنَ

مَثۡوَايَۖ

إِنَّهُۥ

لَا

يُفۡلِحُ

ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

٢٣

And the lady, in whose house he lived, tried to seduce him. She locked the doors ˹firmly˺ and said, “Come to me!” He replied, “Allah is my refuge! It is ˹not right to betray˺ my master, who has taken good care of me. Indeed, the wrongdoers never succeed.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:24

وَلَقَدۡ

هَمَّتۡ

بِهِۦۖ

وَهَمَّ

بِهَا

لَوۡلَآ

أَن

رَّءَا

بُرۡهَٰنَ

رَبِّهِۦۚ

كَذَٰلِكَ

لِنَصۡرِفَ

عَنۡهُ

ٱلسُّوٓءَ

وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءَۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

مِنۡ

عِبَادِنَا

ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

٢٤

She advanced towards him, and he would have done likewise, had he not seen a sign from his Lord.¹ This is how We kept evil and indecency away from him, for he was truly one of Our chosen servants.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:25

وَٱسۡتَبَقَا

ٱلۡبَابَ

وَقَدَّتۡ

قَمِيصَهُۥ

مِن

دُبُرٖ

وَأَلۡفَيَا

سَيِّدَهَا

لَدَا

ٱلۡبَابِۚ

قَالَتۡ

مَا

جَزَآءُ

مَنۡ

أَرَادَ

بِأَهۡلِكَ

سُوٓءًا

إِلَّآ

أَن

يُسۡجَنَ

أَوۡ

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

٢٥

They raced for the door and she tore his shirt from the back, only to find her husband at the door. She cried, “What is the penalty for someone who tried to violate your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:26

قَالَ

هِيَ

رَٰوَدَتۡنِي

عَن

نَّفۡسِيۚ

وَشَهِدَ

شَاهِدٞ

مِّنۡ

أَهۡلِهَآ

إِن

كَانَ

قَمِيصُهُۥ

قُدَّ

مِن

قُبُلٖ

فَصَدَقَتۡ

وَهُوَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

٢٦

Joseph responded, “It was she who tried to seduce me.” And a witness from her own family testified: “If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth and he is a liar.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:27

وَإِن

كَانَ

قَمِيصُهُۥ

قُدَّ

مِن

دُبُرٖ

فَكَذَبَتۡ

وَهُوَ

مِنَ

ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

٢٧

But if it is torn from the back, then she has lied and he is truthful.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:28

فَلَمَّا

رَءَا

قَمِيصَهُۥ

قُدَّ

مِن

دُبُرٖ

قَالَ

إِنَّهُۥ

مِن

كَيۡدِكُنَّۖ

إِنَّ

كَيۡدَكُنَّ

عَظِيمٞ

٢٨

So when her husband saw that Joseph’s shirt was torn from the back, he said ˹to her˺, “This must be ˹an example˺ of the cunning of you ˹women˺! Indeed, your cunning is so shrewd!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:29

يُوسُفُ

أَعۡرِضۡ

عَنۡ

هَٰذَاۚ

وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرِي

لِذَنۢبِكِۖ

إِنَّكِ

كُنتِ

مِنَ

ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔينَ

٢٩

O Joseph! Forget about this. And you ˹O wife˺! Seek forgiveness for your sin.¹ It certainly has been your fault.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

12:30

۞ وَقَالَ

نِسۡوَةٞ

فِي

ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ

ٱمۡرَأَتُ

ٱلۡعَزِيزِ

تُرَٰوِدُ

فَتَىٰهَا

عَن

نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ

قَدۡ

شَغَفَهَا

حُبًّاۖ

إِنَّا

لَنَرَىٰهَا

فِي

ضَلَٰلٖ

مُّبِينٖ

٣٠

Some women of the city gossiped, “The Chief Minister’s wife is trying to seduce her slave-boy. Love for him has plagued her heart. Indeed, we see that she is clearly mistaken.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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