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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 26 (12:26)

يُوسُف

قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن …

Quran 12:26 is ayah 26 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 238 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:26
قَالَهِىَرَٰوَدَتْنِىعَننَّفْسِى ۚوَشَهِدَشَاهِدٌمِّنْأَهْلِهَآإِنكَانَقَمِيصُهُۥقُدَّمِنقُبُلٍفَصَدَقَتْوَهُوَمِنَٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ٢٦
qāla hiya rāwadatnī ʿan nafsī washahida shāhidun min ahlihā in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min qubulin faṣadaqat wahuwa mina l-kādhibīna

[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.(26)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. هِىَhiyaShe
  3. رَٰوَدَتْنِىrāwadatnīsought to seduce me
  4. عَنʿanabout
  5. نَّفْسِى ۚnafsīmyself
  6. وَشَهِدَwashahidaAnd testified
  7. شَاهِدٌshāhiduna witness
  8. مِّنْminof
  9. أَهْلِهَآahlihāher family
  10. إِنinIf
  11. كَانَkāna[is]
  12. قَمِيصُهُۥqamīṣuhuhis shirt
  13. قُدَّqudda(is) torn
  14. مِنminfrom
  15. قُبُلٍqubulinthe front
  16. فَصَدَقَتْfaṣadaqatthen she has spoken the truth
  17. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
  18. مِنَmina(is) of
  19. ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

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