Surah Yusuf 12:32 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ قَالَتْ فَذَلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ فَاسْتَعْصَمَ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
قَالَتْ
qalat
She said
فَذَلِكُنَّ
fadhalikunna
That
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the one
لُمْتُنَّنِي
lum'tunnani
you blamed me
فِيهِ
fihi
about him
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
رَاوَدتُّهُ
rawadttuhu
I sought to seduce him
عَن
an
[from]
نَّفْسِهِ
nafsihi
[himself]
فَاسْتَعْصَمَ
fa-is'ta'sama
but he saved himself
وَلَئِن
wala-in
and if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَفْعَلْ
yaf 'al
he does
مَا
ma
what
آمُرُهُ
amuruhu
I order him
لَيُسْجَنَنَّ
layus'jananna
surely he will be imprisoned
وَلَيَكُونًا
walayakunan
and certainly will be
مِّنَ
mina
of
الصَّاغِرِينَ
al-saghirina
those who are disgraced

Transliteration

Qaalat fazaalikunnal lazee lumtunnanee feeh; wa laqad raawattuhoo 'an nafsihee fasta'sam; wa la'il lam yaf'al maaa aamuruhoo la yusjananna wa la yakoonam minas saaghireen

Translation

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."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The wife of the minister said to those women when she saw what happened to them, ‘This is the slave who you blamed me for loving. I desired him and tried to entice him, but he remained pure and refused. If he does not, in the future, do what I desire, he will go to prison and will become one of those who are disgraced’.

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

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