Surah Yusuf Ayah 31

Yusuf · Ayah 31 · Juz 12 · Page 239

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتۡ بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ أَرۡسَلَتۡ إِلَيۡهِنَّ وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـٔٗا وَءَاتَتۡ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ سِكِّينٗا وَقَالَتِ ٱخۡرُجۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعۡنَ أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلۡنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٞ كَرِيمٞ ٣١

Falammā samiʿat bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa aʿtadat lahunna muttakaʾaw wa ātat kulla wāḥidatim minhunna sikkīnaw wa qālatikhruj ʿalayhinn, falammā raʾaynahū akbarnahū wa qaṭṭaʿna aydiyahunna wa qulna ḥāsha lillāhi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīm.

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 hands1 and said, "Perfect is Allāh!2 This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (2)
  1. So distracted were they at the sight of him.
  2. In His ability to create such beauty.

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Word by word32 words

  • فَلَمَّاSo when
  • سَمِعَتۡshe heard
  • بِمَكۡرِهِنَّof their scheming
  • أَرۡسَلَتۡshe sent
  • إِلَيۡهِنَّfor them
  • وَأَعۡتَدَتۡand she prepared
  • لَهُنَّfor them
  • مُتَّكَـٔٗاa banquet
  • وَءَاتَتۡand she gave
  • كُلَّeach
  • وَٰحِدَةٖone
  • مِّنۡهُنَّof them
  • سِكِّينٗاa knife
  • وَقَالَتِand she said
  • ٱخۡرُجۡCome out
  • عَلَيۡهِنَّۖbefore them
  • فَلَمَّاThen when
  • رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓthey saw him
  • أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥthey greatly admired him
  • وَقَطَّعۡنَand cut
  • أَيۡدِيَهُنَّtheir hands
  • وَقُلۡنَthey said
  • حَٰشَForbid
  • لِلَّهِAllah
  • مَاnot
  • هَٰذَا(is) this
  • بَشَرًاa man
  • إِنۡnot
  • هَٰذَآ(is) this
  • إِلَّاbut
  • مَلَكٞan angel
  • كَرِيمٞnoble

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12
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239
Hizb
24