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Tazkirul Quran Tafsir: Yusuf Ayah 33

12:33
قال رب السجن احب الي مما يدعونني اليه والا تصرف عني كيدهن اصب اليهن واكن من الجاهلين ٣٣
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ٣٣
قَالَﱹ
رَبِّﱺ
ٱلسِّجۡنُﱻ
أَحَبُّﱼ
إِلَيَّﱽ
مِمَّاﱾ
يَدۡعُونَنِيٓﱿ
إِلَيۡهِۖﲀﲁ
وَإِلَّاﲂ
تَصۡرِفۡﲃ
عَنِّيﲄ
كَيۡدَهُنَّﲅ
أَصۡبُﲆ
إِلَيۡهِنَّﲇ
وَأَكُنﲈ
مِّنَﲉ
ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَﲊ
٣٣ﲋ
Joseph prayed, “My Lord! I would rather be in jail than do what they invite me to. And if You do not turn their cunning away from me, I might yield to them and fall into ignorance.”
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 12:30 to 12:34

Certain ladies of noble families were invited by Zulaykha to meet Joseph and they saw in him a handsome young man. Joseph also could have seen these ladies as a means of satisfying the desires of his lower self. But even in the most exciting of circumstances, he did not see them as such. The ladies were all so thrilled by his extremely charming personality, that, in their extreme state of absorption, they injured their hands with knives while cutting fruit. But Joseph’s whole attention was directed towards God. God’s greatness and Majesty so dominated his senses that nothing could divert his attention. What a difference there is between one human being and another.