The Holy Quran 12:33 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Translation

Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام prayed, "O my Rabb! The prison is dearer to me than that (adultery) towards which these women call me. If You do not turn their plot away from me, I (fear that as a human being, I) may incline towards them and become of the ignorant (by doing what they want)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The supplication of Yusuf ﵇: it appears that Zulaykha's despairing anger and her aggrieved manner of speech affected the women of her kind. Or perhaps there was already some collusion beforehand. In any case, it is written that the women now began to counsel Yusuf ﵇: “You ought to obey your benefactress and mistress.

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