Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف
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وَاسْتَبَقَا
الْبَابَ
وَقَدَّتْ
قَمِيصَهُ
مِن
دُبُرٍ
وَأَلْفَيَا
سَيِّدَهَا
لَدَى
الْبَابِ
قَالَتْ
مَا
جَزَاءُ
مَنْ
أَرَادَ
بِأَهْلِكَ
سُوءًا
إِلَّا
أَن
يُسْجَنَ
أَوْ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌ
wa-stabaqā l-bāba wa-qaddat qamīṣahū min duburin wa-ʾalfayā s-sayyidahā ladā l-bābi qālat mā jazāʾu man ʾarāda bi-ʾahlika sūʾan ʾillā ʾan yusjana ʾaw ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: "What is the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil design against thy wife, but prison or a grievous chastisement?"
— Abdullah Yusufali
They raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they ran into her husband at the door. She said, ‘What is to be the requital of him who has evil intentions for your wife except imprisonment or a painful punishment?’
