Relevant Quranic Verses: The Spouse of Egypt’s Aziz

Surat Yusuf (Chapter 12)

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The man in Egypt who bought him, said to his wife, “Make his stay (among us) honorable, he may bring us much good, or we shall adopt him as a son.” Thus, did We establish Joseph in the land, that We might teach him the interpretation of narratives (dreams and events). And God has full power and control over His affairs; but most among humankind know it not. When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge. Thus, do We reward those who do right. But she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him to do an evil act. She bolted the doors, and said, “Now come, you (dear one).” He said, “God forbid. Truly, he (your husband) is my lord. He treated me honorably. Certainly, the wrongdoers do not prosper.” And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, had it not that he saw the evidence of his Lord. Thus (did We order) that We ward off from him (all) evil and shameful deeds, for he was one of Our chosen servants. And they raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they met her husband at the door. She said, “What shall be his reward the one who intended evil to your wife, save prison or a painful chastisement?” He said, “It was she that sought to seduce me.” And a witness of her own folk testified, “If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth and he is of the liars. And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied and he is of the truthful.” So when he saw his shirt was torn at the back, (her husband) said, “This is another instance of your cunning. Indeed, your (women’s) cunning is great. Joseph, turn away from this, and you, (woman), ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed you were of the sinful.” And some women in the city said, “The Governor’s wife is seeking to seduce her slave-boy; indeed he has impassioned her with love. We see her (to be) in plain aberration.” When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them. She gave each of them a knife; and she said (to Joseph), “Come out before them.” When they saw him, they were stunned with his beauty and (in their amazement) they cut their hands. They said, “God is perfect. This is not a human being. This is none but a gracious angel.” She said, “There before you is the man about whom you did blame me. I did seek to seduce him but he did firmly save himself guiltless; but if he does not do what I command him to do, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and shall be of those who are in a state of ignominy.” He said, “My Lord, I would prefer prison to that which they are inviting me to. Unless You protect me from their plotting, I shall incline unto them and become of the foolish.” So his Lord heard his prayer and fended off their cunning from him. He is All-Hearing, Omniscient. (12: 21 – 34)

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He (the king) (then sent for those women and) said, “What happened when you tried to seduce Joseph?” They answered, “God is perfect. We know no evil about him.” The wife of the Governor said, “Now the truth is out. I tried to seduce him, and he is indeed of the truthful.” (Then Joseph said, “I asked for) this, that he (my lord) may know that I betrayed him not in secret, and that surely God does not guide the mischief of the betrayers. Nor do I absolve my own self (of the blame) – the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil unless my Lord bestows His Mercy – but surely my Lord is All-forgiving, Giver of Mercy.” (12: 51 -53)