Joseph — Verse 23

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Joseph 12:23

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Arabic English Morphology
وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ warāwadathu
And sought to seduce him V
ٱلَّتِى allatī
she who Noun
هُوَ huwa
he (was) Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
بَيْتِهَا baytihā
her house Noun
عَن ʿan
from Prep
نَّفْسِهِۦ nafsihi
his self Noun
وَغَلَّقَتِ waghallaqati
And she closed V
ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ l-abwāba
the doors Noun
وَقَالَتْ waqālat
and she said V
هَيْتَ hayta
Come on Noun
لَكَ laka
you Noun
قَالَ qāla
He said V
مَعَاذَ maʿādha
I seek refuge in Allah Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
I seek refuge in Allah Noun
إِنَّهُۥ innahu
Indeed, he Prep
رَبِّىٓ rabbī
(is) my lord Noun
أَحْسَنَ aḥsana
(who has) made good V
مَثْوَاىَ mathwāya
my stay Noun
إِنَّهُۥ innahu
Indeed Prep
لَا lā
not Prep
يُفْلِحُ yuf'liḥu
will succeed V
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers Noun

The woman in whose house he was living tried to seduce him: she bolted the doors and said, ‘Come to me,’ and he replied, ‘God forbid! My master has been good to me; wrongdoers never prosper.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَرَ ٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِی هُوَ فِی بَیۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَ ٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَیۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّیۤ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَایَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا یُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۝٢٣

warāwadathu allatī huwa fī baytihā ʿan nafsihi waghallaqati l-abwāba waqālat hayta laka qāla maʿādha l-lahi innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāya innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūn

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