The Holy Quran 12:26 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى ۚ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Translation

(Defending himself,) Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام said, "It was she who tried to seduce me against my will." A witness from her family (an infant present there miraculously spoke or a wise man) testified by saying, "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she is truthful and he is from the liars.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The vindication of Yusuf ﵇: now Yusuf ﵇ had to disclose what had happened: the woman sought to seduce me, and I saved myself by running away. This dispute was still going on when a witness from the woman's own family began, in a wondrous manner, to testify in favour of Yusuf ﵇.

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