فَلَمَّا

سَمِعَتۡ

بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ

أَرۡسَلَتۡ

إِلَيۡهِنَّ

وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ

لَهُنَّ

مُتَّكَـٔٗا

وَءَاتَتۡ

كُلَّ

وَٰحِدَةٖ

مِّنۡهُنَّ

سِكِّينٗا

وَقَالَتِ

ٱخۡرُجۡ

عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ

فَلَمَّا

رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ

أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ

وَقَطَّعۡنَ

أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ

وَقُلۡنَ

حَٰشَ

لِلَّهِ

مَا

هَٰذَا

بَشَرًا

إِنۡ

هَٰذَآ

إِلَّا

مَلَكٞ

كَرِيمٞ

٣١

Hearing of their sly talk the chief's wife sent for those ladies, and arranged for them a banquet, and got ready couches,¹ and gave each guest a knife. Then, while they were cutting and eating the fruit, she signalled Joseph: "Come out to them." When the ladies saw him they were so struck with admiration that they cut their hands, exclaiming: "Allah preserve us. This is no mortal human. This is nothing but a noble angel!"