Surah Yusuf Ayat 31
Joseph · English translation · Edition God
And when she heard of their gossip, she invited them, and prepared for them a banquet, and she gave each one of them a knife. She said, “Come out before them.” And when they saw him, they marveled at him, and cut their hands. They said, “Good God, this is not a human, this must be a precious angel.”
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Surah Yusuf Ayat 29
“Joseph, turn away from this. And you, woman, ask forgiveness for your sin; you are indeed in the wrong.”
Surah Yusuf Ayat 30
Some ladies in the city said, “The governor's wife is trying to seduce her servant. She is deeply in love with him. We see she has gone astray.”
Surah Yusuf Ayat 32
She said, “Here he is, the one you blamed me for. I did try to seduce him, but he resisted. But if he does not do what I tell him to do, he will be imprisoned, and will be one of the despised.”
Surah Yusuf Ayat 33
He said, “My Lord, prison is more desirable to me than what they call me to. Unless You turn their scheming away from me, I may yield to them, and become one of the ignorant.”
About this reference
This is ayat 31 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), surah 12 of the Quran. This surah contains 111 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
Read all 111 ayats of Surah Yusuf