Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف
Page #239
12:33
قَالَ
رَبِّ
السِّجْنُ
أَحَبُّ
إِلَيَّ
مِمَّا
يَدْعُونَنِي
إِلَيْهِ
وَإِلَّا
تَصْرِفْ
عَنِّي
كَيْدَهُنَّ
أَصْبُ
إِلَيْهِنَّ
وَأَكُن
مِّنَ
الْجَاهِلِينَ
qāla rabbi s-sijnu ʾaḥabbu ʾilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ʾilayhi wa-ʾillā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna ʾaṣbu ʾilayhinna wa-ʾakun mina l-jāhilīna
He said, ‘My Lord! The prison is dearer to me than to what they invite me. If You do not turn away their schemes from me, I will incline towards them and become one of the senseless.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
He said: "O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me: Unless Thou turn away their snare from me, I should (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join the ranks of the ignorant."
