Quran 12:23 — Yusuf, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The woman in whose house he was living tried to seduce him: she bolted the doors and said, ‘Come to me,’ and he replied, ‘God forbid! My master has been good to me; wrongdoers never prosper.’
وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ
warāwadathu allatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihi waghallaqati l-abwāba waqālat hayta laka qāla maʿādha l-lahi innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāya innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now the woman in whose house he was solicited him, and closed the doors on them. 'Come,' she said, 'take me!' 'God be my refuge,' he said. 'Surely my lord has given me a goodly lodging. Surely the evildoers do not prosper.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [it so happened that] she in whose house he was living [conceived a passion for him and] sought to make him yield himself unto her; and she bolted the doors and said, "Come thou unto me!" [But Joseph] answered: "May God preserve me! Behold, goodly has my master made my stay [in this house]! Verily, to no good end come they that do [such] wrong!"
- Sahih International
- And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَرَٰوَدَتْهُwarāwadathu | And sought to seduce him | رود |
| 2 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | she who | — |
| 3 | هُوَhuwa | he (was) | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | بَيْتِهَاbaytihā | her house | بيت |
| 6 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 7 | نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihi | his self | نفس |
| 8 | وَغَلَّقَتِwaghallaqati | And she closed | غلق |
| 9 | ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَl-abwāba | the doors | بوب |
| 10 | وَقَالَتْwaqālat | and she said | قول |
| 11 | هَيْتَhayta | Come on | هيت |
| 12 | لَكَ ۚlaka | you | — |
| 13 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 14 | مَعَاذَmaʿādha | I seek refuge in Allah | عوذ |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | I seek refuge in Allah | أله |
| 16 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 17 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | (is) my lord | ربب |
| 18 | أَحْسَنَaḥsana | (who has) made good | حسن |
| 19 | مَثْوَاىَ ۖmathwāya | my stay | ثوي |
| 20 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed | — |
| 21 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 22 | يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu | will succeed | فلح |
| 23 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |