The Holy Quran 12:30 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Translation

(However, the news of this event did somehow get out and) Some women of the town said, "The minister's wife attempts to seduce her slave against his will. Love has certainly overwhelmed her. In our opinion, she is certainly in manifest error (for falling in love with a slave)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Talk among the women of the city: that is, little by little the women of the city began to say that the wife of the Aziz had become infatuated with her young slave; she wants him to lose control of himself; love for the slave has become lodged in the depths of her heart.

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