And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus
(did We order) that We might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants,
sincere and purified.
12:25
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."
12:26
He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore
witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar!
12:27
"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"
12:28
So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly,
mighty is your snare!
12:29
"O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy sin, for truly thou hast been at fault!"
12:30
Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly hath he
inspired her with violent love: we see she is evidently going astray."
12:31
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 did extol him, and (in their
amazement) cut their hands: they said, "Allah preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!"
