Surah Yusuf, Ayah 32 (12:32)

يُوسُف

قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِن …

Quran 12:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 239 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:32
قَالَتْفَذَٰلِكُنَّٱلَّذِىلُمْتُنَّنِىفِيهِ ۖوَلَقَدْرَٰوَدتُّهُۥعَننَّفْسِهِۦفَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖوَلَئِنلَّمْيَفْعَلْمَآءَامُرُهُۥلَيُسْجَنَنَّوَلَيَكُونًامِّنَٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ٣٢
qālat fadhālikunna alladhī lum'tunnanī fīhi walaqad rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi fa-is'taʿṣama wala-in lam yafʿal mā āmuruhu layus'jananna walayakūnan mina l-ṣāghirīna

She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."(32)

Word by word

  1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  2. فَذَٰلِكُنَّfadhālikunnaThat
  3. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the one
  4. لُمْتُنَّنِىlum'tunnanīyou blamed me
  5. فِيهِ ۖfīhiabout him
  6. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  7. رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuI sought to seduce him
  8. عَنʿan[from]
  9. نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihi[himself]
  10. فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖfa-is'taʿṣamabut he saved himself
  11. وَلَئِنwala-inand if
  12. لَّمْlamnot
  13. يَفْعَلْyafʿalhe does
  14. مَآmāwhat
  15. ءَامُرُهُۥāmuruhuI order him
  16. لَيُسْجَنَنَّlayus'janannasurely, he will be imprisoned
  17. وَلَيَكُونًاwalayakūnanand certainly will be
  18. مِّنَminaof
  19. ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathose who are disgraced

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