Surah Yusuf 12:26 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 26 / 111 · Page 238

ۚ قَالَ هِيَ رَاوَدَتْنِي عَن نَّفْسِي وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
قَالَ
qala
He said
هِيَ
hiya
She
رَاوَدَتْنِي
rawadatni
sought to seduce me
عَن
an
about
نَّفْسِي
nafsi
myself
وَشَهِدَ
washahida
And testified
شَاهِدٌ
shahidun
a witness
مِّنْ
min
of
أَهْلِهَا
ahliha
her family
إِن
in
If
كَانَ
kana
[is]
قَمِيصُهُ
qamisuhu
his shirt
قُدَّ
qudda
(is) torn
مِن
min
from
قُبُلٍ
qubulin
the front
فَصَدَقَتْ
fasadaqat
then she has spoken the truth
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
مِنَ
mina
(is) of
الْكَاذِبِينَ
al-kadhibina
the liars

Transliteration

Qaala hiya raawadatnee 'an nafsee wa shahida shaahidum min ahlihaa in kaana qameesuhoo qudda min qubulin fasadaqat wa huwa minal kaazibeen

Translation

[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified. "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Joseph (peace be upon him) said: It was she who tried to get me to commit an indecent act. I did not intend it from her. Allah then made a child from her family speak in the cradle and it testified saying: If Joseph’s shirt is torn from the front, then it indicates that she is truthful, because she was trying to stop him from coming on to her; and then he will be lying.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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