Quran 12:26 — Yusuf, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but he said, ‘She tried to seduce me.’ A member of her household suggested, ‘If his shirt is torn at the front, then it is she who is telling the truth and he who is lying,
قَالَ هِيَ رَاوَدَتْنِي عَنْ نَفْسِي ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا إِنْ كَانَ قَمِيصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī washahida shāhidun min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa mina l-kādhibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'It was she that solicited me'; and a witness of her folk bore witness, 'If his shirt has been torn from before then she has spoken truly, and he is one of the liars;
- Muhammad Asad
- [Joseph] exclaimed: "It was she who sought to make me yield myself unto her!" Now one of those present, a member of her own household, suggested this: If his tunic has been torn from the front, then she is telling the truth, and he is a liar;
- Sahih International
- [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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | هِىَhiya | She | — |
| 3 | رَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnī | sought to seduce me | رود |
| 4 | عَنʿan | about | — |
| 5 | نَّفْسِى ۚnafsī | myself | نفس |
| 6 | وَشَهِدَwashahida | And testified | شهد |
| 7 | شَاهِدٌۭshāhidun | a witness | شهد |
| 8 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 9 | أَهْلِهَآahlihā | her family | أهل |
| 10 | إِنin | If | — |
| 11 | كَانَkāna | [is] | كون |
| 12 | قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhu | his shirt | قمص |
| 13 | قُدَّqudda | (is) torn | قدد |
| 14 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 15 | قُبُلٍۢqubulin | the front | قبل |
| 16 | فَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqat | then she has spoken the truth | صدق |
| 17 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and he | — |
| 18 | مِنَmina | (is) of | — |
| 19 | ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīna | the liars | كذب |