Surah Yusuf ayat 23 Tafsir Quran 12:23

﴿وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ﴾
[ يوسف: 23]

12:23 And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

And she in whose house he was — namely Zulaykhā — attempted to seduce him that is she asked him to lie with her and she closed the doors of the house. And she said to him ‘Come!’ hayta laka the lām of laka is for clarification; a variant reading has hīta laka or haytu laka. ‘God forbid!’ I seek refuge with God from this he said. ‘Truly he who bought me is my lord my master who has given me an honourable place an honourable residence and so I cannot betray him with regard to his family. Truly evildoers fornicators never prosper’.

The lady of the house -wife of the high official- where he lived, tried to induce him to surrender his chastity; she closed the doors and said to him: Come to me. But he said: Allah forbid, He is my Creator; He has been kind to me, He delivered me from harm and gave me a good home and my master gave me a hearty welcome and a hospitable reception in his house; no, but never shall heaven prosper the wrongful of actions

Wife of the `Aziz loves Yusuf and plots against Him Allah states that the wife of the `Aziz of Egypt, in whose house Yusuf resided and whose husband recommended that she takes care of him and be generous to him, tried to seduce Yusuf! She called him to do an evil act with her, because she loved him very much.
Yusuf was very handsome, filled with manhood and beauty.
She beautified herself for him, closed the doors and called him, وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ( and (she ) said: "Come on, O you.") But he categorically refused her call, قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ رَبِّى أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَّ ( He said: "I seek refuge in Allah! Truly, he is my Rabb! He made my living in a great comfort!" ) as they used to call the chief and master a `Rabb', Yusuf said to her, `your husband is my master who provided me with comfortable living and was kind to me, so I will never betray him by committing immoral sins with his wife,' إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( Verily, the wrongdoers will never be successful. ) This was said by Mujahid, As-Suddi, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others.
The scholars differ in their recitation of, هَيْتَ لَكَ ( Hayta Laka ), whereby Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and several other scholars said that it means that she was calling him to herself.
Al-Bukhari said; "Ikrimah said that, هَيْتَ لَكَ ( Hayta Laka' ) means, `come on, O you', in the Aramaic language." Al-Bukhari collected this statement from `Ikrimah without a chain of narration.
Other scholars read it with the meaning, `I am ready for you'.
Ibn `Abbas, Abu `Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami, Abu Wa'il, `Ikrimah and Qatadah were reported to have read this part of the Ayah this way and explained it in the manner we mentioned, as `I am ready for you'.

(12:23) Now the woman in whose house he was began to tempt him, and one day she closed the doors and said, "Come here." Joseph replied, "May Allah protect me from this! My Lord has given me a good abode: (and should I, then, misbehave like this?) Such workers of iniquity never fare well. " *21

And she, in whose house he was, meaning

*21) Generally the commentators and translators are of the opinion that Prophet Joseph used ( Rabbi " My Lord " ) for the master of the house, and what he meant to imply by way of argument was this: " My Lord has treated me very kindly and kept me well in the house.
How can I, then, be so disloyal and ungrateful as to commit adultery with his wife? " I, however, strongly differ with such a translation and commentary.
Though the Arabic usage of ( rabb ) admits of such a meaning, I have two strong reasons against this here.
First, it is far below the dignity of a Prophet to refrain from a sin because of the regard he had for some person other than AIlah.
Second, there is not a single instance in the Qur'an that a Prophet ever called anyone other than Allah his " rabb. " Prophet Joseph himself differentiates between his creed and that of the Egyptians making it plain that his ( " rabb " : Lord ) was Allah, while they had made other human beings their " rabb ".
Then this verse should be considered from another point of view: when ( " rabbi " ) may also mean " My Lord ", Prophet Joseph might have invoked Allah.
Why should then one take the other meaning, " my master ", which most surely implies something that is against the right creed?
 

Wife of the `Aziz loves Yusuf and plots against Him Allah states that the wife of the `Aziz of Egypt, in whose house Yusuf resided and whose husband recommended that she takes care of him and be generous to him, tried to seduce Yusuf! She called him to do an evil act with her, because she loved him very much.
Yusuf was very handsome, filled with manhood and beauty.
She beautified herself for him, closed the doors and called him, وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ( and (she ) said: "Come on, O you.") But he categorically refused her call, قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ رَبِّى أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَّ ( He said: "I seek refuge in Allah! Truly, he is my Rabb! He made my living in a great comfort!" ) as they used to call the chief and master a `Rabb', Yusuf said to her, `your husband is my master who provided me with comfortable living and was kind to me, so I will never betray him by committing immoral sins with his wife,' إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( Verily, the wrongdoers will never be successful. ) This was said by Mujahid, As-Suddi, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others.
The scholars differ in their recitation of, هَيْتَ لَكَ ( Hayta Laka ), whereby Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and several other scholars said that it means that she was calling him to herself.
Al-Bukhari said; "Ikrimah said that, هَيْتَ لَكَ ( Hayta Laka' ) means, `come on, O you', in the Aramaic language." Al-Bukhari collected this statement from `Ikrimah without a chain of narration.
Other scholars read it with the meaning, `I am ready for you'.
Ibn `Abbas, Abu `Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami, Abu Wa'il, `Ikrimah and Qatadah were reported to have read this part of the Ayah this way and explained it in the manner we mentioned, as `I am ready for you'.

( And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted the doors ) on her and Joseph ( and said ) to Joseph: ( Come! ) I am yours. ( He said ) Joseph said: ( I seek refuge in Allah! ) from such a thing. ( Lo! he is my lord ) The Chief Official, ( who hath treated me honourably ) in contrast to his own brothers. ( Wrong-doers never prosper ) adulterers will never be safe from or escape Allah’s chastisement.

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him (to do an evil act), she closed the doors and said: "Come on, O you." He said: "I seek refuge in Allah (or Allah forbid)! Truly, he (your husband) is my master! He made my stay agreeable! (So I will never betray him). Verily, the Zalimun (wrong and evil-doers) will never be successful."

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