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Quran 12:32Yusuf, verse 32

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

She said, ‘This is the one you blamed me for. I tried to seduce him and he wanted to remain chaste, but if he does not do what I command now, he will be put in prison and degraded.’

قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ ۖ وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدْتُهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَاسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ وَلَئِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ

qālat fadhālikunna alladhī lum'tunnanī fīhi walaqad rāwadttuhu ʿan nafsihi fa-is'taʿṣama wala-in lam yafʿal mā āmuruhu layus'jananna walayakūnan mina l-ṣāghirīna

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Word-by-word analysis of Yusuf verse 32
#WordMeaningRoot
1قَالَتْqālatShe saidقول
2فَذَٰلِكُنَّfadhālikunnaThat
3ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the one
4لُمْتُنَّنِىlum'tunnanīyou blamed meلوم
5فِيهِ ۖfīhiabout him
6وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
7رَٰوَدتُّهُۥrāwadttuhuI sought to seduce himرود
8عَنʿan[from]
9نَّفْسِهِۦnafsihi[himself]نفس
10فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖfa-is'taʿṣamabut he saved himselfعصم
11وَلَئِنwala-inand if
12لَّمْlamnot
13يَفْعَلْyafʿalhe doesفعل
14مَآwhat
15ءَامُرُهُۥāmuruhuI order himأمر
16لَيُسْجَنَنَّlayus'janannasurely, he will be imprisonedسجن
17وَلَيَكُونًۭاwalayakūnanand certainly will beكون
18مِّنَminaof
19ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathose who are disgracedصغر