Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Yusuf 12:26

Surah Yusuf 12:26

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[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.

قال

He (Yusuf) said, (in truth and honesty),

هي راودتني عن نفسي

It was she that sought to seduce me, and mentioned that she pursued him and pulled him towards her until she tore his shirt.

وشهد شاهد من أهلها إن كان قميصه قد من قبل

And a witness of her household bore witness (saying): "If it be that his shirt is torn from the front...'', not from the back,

فصدقت

then her tale is true, that he tried to commit an illegal sexual act with her. Had he called her to have sex with him and she refused, she would have pushed him away from her and tore his shirt from the front,

وهو من الكاذبين

and he is a liar!

وإن كان قميصه قد من دبر فكذبت وهو من الصادقين

Tafsir of Yusuf 12:26

Tafsir Ibn Kathir