يُوسُفُ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ هَٰذَاۚ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرِي لِذَنۢبِكِۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔينَ
(12:29) Joseph, disregard this. And you - woman - ask forgiveness for your
sin, for indeed it is you who has been at fault."
sin, for indeed it is you who has been at fault."
۞وَقَالَ نِسۡوَةٞ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ قَدۡ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ
(12:30) And some ladies in the city began to say: "The chief's wife, violently
in love with her houseboy, is out to tempt him. We think she is clearly mistaken."
in love with her houseboy, is out to tempt him. We think she is clearly mistaken."
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
(12:31) Hearing of their sly talk the chief's wife sent for those ladies,
and arranged for them a banquet, and got ready couches,6 and gave
each guest a knife. Then, while they were cutting and eating the fruit, she
signalled Joseph: "Come out to them." When the ladies saw him they were so struck
with admiration that they cut their hands, exclaiming: "Allah preserve us. This
is no mortal human. This is nothing but a noble angel!"
and arranged for them a banquet, and got ready couches,6 and gave
each guest a knife. Then, while they were cutting and eating the fruit, she
signalled Joseph: "Come out to them." When the ladies saw him they were so struck
with admiration that they cut their hands, exclaiming: "Allah preserve us. This
is no mortal human. This is nothing but a noble angel!"