Translation of the meanings Surah Yūsuf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 238 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 23

وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَيۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

23. And she in whose house he was solicited him. She locked the doors and said: "Come on." (Joseph) said: "God forbid! Surely He is my Lord, made good my stay. Surely the evildoers (adulterers and all the sexually immoral) will not prosper.

Ayah: 24

وَلَقَدۡ هَمَّتۡ بِهِۦۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوۡلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرۡهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصۡرِفَ عَنۡهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءَۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

24. And indeed she did desire him, and he would have desired her, had he not seen a proof (of God's Monotheism and Promise) from (Allāh) His Lord. Thus, that We might avert from him all evil and indecency. He was truly one of Our sincere servants.

Ayah: 25

وَٱسۡتَبَقَا ٱلۡبَابَ وَقَدَّتۡ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٖ وَأَلۡفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلۡبَابِۚ قَالَتۡ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنۡ أَرَادَ بِأَهۡلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسۡجَنَ أَوۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ

25. She chased him to the door, grabbed him from behind, and tore off his shirt7. Suddenly, they found her master (i.e., husband) at the door. She said: "What is the recompense of him who intends evil for your wife except imprisonment or a painful chastisement?"

7. While he was running away from sin.

Ayah: 26

قَالَ هِيَ رَٰوَدَتۡنِي عَن نَّفۡسِيۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٖ فَصَدَقَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

26. (Joseph) said: "It was she who sought to seduce me; and a witness of her own family bore witness: "If his shirt is torn from the front, she speaks the truth and he is lying.

Ayah: 27

وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٖ فَكَذَبَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

27. But if his shirt is torn from behind, she is lying and he is speaking the truth."

Ayah: 28

فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٖ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيۡدِكُنَّۖ إِنَّ كَيۡدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٞ

28. So when he (her husband) saw (Joseph's) shirt torn from behind, he said: "Surely, it is of you (women's) guile; indeed, your guile is terrible."

Ayah: 29

يُوسُفُ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ هَٰذَاۚ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرِي لِذَنۢبِكِۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔينَ

29. Joseph, turn away from this, and you, woman, ask forgiveness for your sin; Indeed, you were of the sinful."

Ayah: 30

۞ وَقَالَ نِسۡوَةٞ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ قَدۡ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ

30. And (some) women in the city said: "The wife of Al-Azeez 8 is seeking to seduce her slave boy. Love for him already filled her heart! Indeed, we see her in clear error."

8. i.e., Potiphar, the captian of Pharaoh’s guard