قَالَ

هِيَ

رَٰوَدَتۡنِي

عَن

نَّفۡسِيۚ

وَشَهِدَ

شَاهِدٞ

مِّنۡ

أَهۡلِهَآ

إِن

كَانَ

قَمِيصُهُۥ

قُدَّ

مِن

قُبُلٖ

فَصَدَقَتۡ

وَهُوَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ

٢٦

Joseph responded, “It was she who tried to seduce me.” And a witness from her own family testified: “If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth and he is a liar.

But if it is torn from the back, then she has lied and he is truthful.”

So when her husband saw that Joseph’s shirt was torn from the back, he said ˹to her˺, “This must be ˹an example˺ of the cunning of you ˹women˺! Indeed, your cunning is so shrewd!

O  Joseph! Forget about this. And you ˹O wife˺! Seek forgiveness for your sin.¹ It certainly has been your fault.”

Some women of the city gossiped, “The Chief Minister’s wife is trying to seduce her slave-boy. Love for him has plagued her heart. Indeed, we see that she is clearly mistaken.”¹