Surah Yusuf, Ayah 51 (12:51)

يُوسُف

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ …

Quran 12:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 241 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:51
قَالَمَاخَطْبُكُنَّإِذْرَٰوَدتُّنَّيُوسُفَعَننَّفْسِهِۦ ۚقُلْنَحَٰشَلِلَّهِمَاعَلِمْنَاعَلَيْهِمِنسُوٓءٍ ۚقَالَتِٱمْرَأَتُٱلْعَزِيزِٱلَْٰٔنَحَصْحَصَٱلْحَقُّأَنَا۠رَٰوَدتُّهُۥعَننَّفْسِهِۦوَإِنَّهُۥلَمِنَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ٥١
qāla mā khaṭbukunna idh rāwadttunna yūsufa ʿan nafsihi qul'na ḥāsha lillahi mā ʿalim'nā ʿalayhi min sūin qālati im'ra-atu l-ʿazīzi l-āna ḥaṣḥaṣa l-ḥaqu anā rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina l-ṣādiqīna

Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allāh! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-ʿAzeez said, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.(51)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. مَاmāWhat
  3. خَطْبُكُنَّkhaṭbukunna(was) your affair
  4. إِذْidhwhen
  5. رَٰوَدتُّنَّrāwadttunnayou sought to seduce
  6. يُوسُفَyūsufaYusuf
  7. عَنʿanfrom
  8. نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihimself
  9. قُلْنَqul'naThey said
  10. حَٰشَḥāshaAllah forbid
  11. لِلَّهِlillahiAllah forbid
  12. مَاmāNot
  13. عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe know
  14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiabout him
  15. مِنminany
  16. سُوٓءٍ ۚsūinevil
  17. قَالَتِqālatiSaid
  18. ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
  19. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi(of) Aziz
  20. ٱلَْٰٔنَl-ānaNow
  21. حَصْحَصَḥaṣḥaṣa(is) manifest
  22. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
  23. أَنَا۠anāI
  24. رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhusought to seduce him
  25. عَنʿanfrom
  26. نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
  27. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, he
  28. لَمِنَlamina(is) surely of
  29. ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

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