And they brought upon his shirt false blood. ˹Jacob˺ said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe."

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمࣲ كَذِبࣲۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرࣰاۖ فَصَبْرࣱ جَمِيلࣱۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

And there came a company of travelers; then they sent their water drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said, "Good news! Here is a boy." And they concealed him, ˹taking him˺ as merchandise; and Allah was knowing of what they did.

And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

وَجَآءَتْ سَيَّارَةࣱ فَأَرْسَلُوا۟ وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَىٰ دَلْوَهُۥۖ قَالَ يَٰبُشْرَىٰ هَٰذَا غُلَٰمࣱۚ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَٰعَةࣰۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنِۭ بَخْسࣲ دَرَٰهِمَ مَعْدُودَةࣲ وَكَانُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ

And when Joseph reached maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge. And thus We reward the doers of good.

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥٓ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمࣰا وَعِلْمࣰاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "˹I seek˺ the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

And she certainly determined ˹to seduce˺ him, and he would have inclined to her had he not seen the proof of his Lord. And thus ˹it was˺ that We should avert from him evil and immorality. Indeed, he was of Our chosen servants.

And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"

˹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.

But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."

So when her husband saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of the women's plan. Indeed, your plan is great.

Joseph, ignore this. And, ˹my wife˺, ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."

وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَٰنَ رَبِّهِۦۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرࣲ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِۚ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ

قَالَ هِيَ رَٰوَدَتْنِي عَن نَّفْسِيۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدࣱ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلࣲ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرࣲ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرࣲ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمࣱ

يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَاۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرِي لِذَنۢبِكِۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ

And women in the city said, "The wife of al-'Azeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her ˹to be˺ in clear error."

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said ˹to Joseph˺, "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."

He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and ˹thus˺ be of the ignorant."

So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs that al-'Azeez should surely imprison him for a time.

۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةࣱ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـࣰٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةࣲ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينࣰا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكࣱ كَرِيمࣱ

قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِۖ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَۖ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونࣰا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِيٓ إِلَيْهِۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَيْدَهُنَّۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ