Quran 12:25 — Yusuf, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They raced for the door- she tore his shirt from behind- and at the door they met her husband. She said, ‘What, other than prison or painful punishment, should be the reward of someone who tried to dishonour your wife?’
وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَى الْبَابِ ۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءًا إِلَّا أَنْ يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
wa-is'tabaqā l-bāba waqaddat qamīṣahu min duburin wa-alfayā sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā jazāu man arāda bi-ahlika sūan illā an yus'jana aw ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They raced to the door; and she tore his shirt from behind. They encountered her master by the door. She said, 'What is the recompense of him who purposes evil against thy folk, but that he should be imprisoned, or a painful chastisement?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And they both rushed to the door; and she [grasped and] rent his tunic from behind-and [lo!] they met her lord at the door! Said she: "What ought to be the punishment of one who had evil designs on [the virtue of] thy wife - [what] but imprisonment or a [yet more] grievous chastisement?"
- Sahih International
- And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱسْتَبَقَاwa-is'tabaqā | And they both raced | سبق |
| 2 | ٱلْبَابَl-bāba | (to) the door | بوب |
| 3 | وَقَدَّتْwaqaddat | and she tore | قدد |
| 4 | قَمِيصَهُۥqamīṣahu | his shirt | قمص |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | دُبُرٍۢduburin | the back | دبر |
| 7 | وَأَلْفَيَاwa-alfayā | and they both found | لفو |
| 8 | سَيِّدَهَاsayyidahā | her husband | سود |
| 9 | لَدَاladā | at | — |
| 10 | ٱلْبَابِ ۚl-bābi | the door | بوب |
| 11 | قَالَتْqālat | She said | قول |
| 12 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 13 | جَزَآءُjazāu | (is) the recompense | جزي |
| 14 | مَنْman | (of one) who | — |
| 15 | أَرَادَarāda | intended | رود |
| 16 | بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlika | for your wife | أهل |
| 17 | سُوٓءًاsūan | evil | سوأ |
| 18 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 19 | أَنan | that | — |
| 20 | يُسْجَنَyus'jana | he be imprisoned | سجن |
| 21 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 22 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | a punishment | عذب |
| 23 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |