"Potiphar"

A caravan passed by, and they sent their water-carrier. He lowered his bucket and said, “Good news! Here is a boy.” They hid him as merchandise, but Allah was aware of what they did.

12:19And there came a caravan, and they sent their waterdrawer. He let down his pail (into the pit). He said: Good luck! Here is a youth. And they hid him as a treasure, and Allah was Aware of what they did.

They sold him for a cheap price, a few coins, considering him of little value.

12:20And they sold him for a low price, a number of silver coins; and they attached no value to him.

The Egyptian who bought him said to his wife, “Take good care of him, he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son.” Thus, We established Joseph in the land to teach him the interpretation of events. Allah has control over His affairs, but most people do not realize it.

12:21And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him honourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in His career, but most of mankind know not.

When he reached maturity, We granted him wisdom and knowledge. This is how We reward the righteous.

12:22And And when he reached his prime We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus We reward the good.

The woman in whose house he lived tried to seduce him. She locked the doors and said, “Come to me.” He replied, “I seek refuge in Allah! My master has treated me well, wrongdoers never succeed.”

12:23And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted the doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my lord, who hath treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper.

She desired him, and he would have desired her had he not seen his Lord’s proof. Thus, We kept him away from evil and immorality, he was one of Our chosen servants.

12:24She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might ward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.

They raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind. They found her husband at the door. She said, “What should be the punishment for one who intended harm against your family? Prison or a severe penalty?”

12:25And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said: What shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or a painful doom?

Joseph said, “It was she who tried to seduce me.” A witness from her household testified, “If his shirt is torn from the front, then she is truthful, and he is lying.

12:26(Joseph) said: She it was who asked of me an evil act. And a witness of her own folk testified: If his shirt is torn from before, then she speaketh truth and he is of the liars.

But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she is lying, and he is truthful.”

12:27And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of the truthful.

When her husband saw the shirt torn from the back, he said, “This is one of your schemes, your scheming is truly great.”

12:28So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: Lo! this is of the guile of you women. Lo! the guile of you is very great.

“Joseph, ignore this. And you, seek forgiveness for your sin, you were clearly in the wrong.”

12:29O Joseph! Turn away from this, and thou, (O woman), ask forgiveness for thy sin. Lo! thou art of the faulty.

The women of the city gossiped, “The governor’s wife is trying to seduce her servant, she is deeply infatuated! We see her in clear error.”

12:30And women in the city said: The ruler's wife is asking of her slave-boy an ill-deed. Indeed he has smitten her to the heart with love. We behold her in plain aberration.

When she heard their whispers, she invited them to a banquet, gave each a knife, and said to Joseph, “Come out before them.” When they saw him, they were so stunned that they cut their hands, exclaiming, “This is no mortal, he must be a noble angel!”

12:31And when she heard of their sly talk, she sent to them and prepared for them a cushioned couch (to lie on at the feast) and gave to every one of them a knife and said (to Joseph): Come out unto them! And when they saw him they exalted him and cut their hands, exclaiming: Allah Blameless! This is no a human being. This is not other than some gracious angel.

She said, “This is the one you blamed me for. I tried to seduce him, but he resisted. If he does not do as I command, he will be imprisoned and humiliated.”

12:32She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an evil act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily shall be imprisoned, and verily shall be of those brought low.

Joseph prayed, “My Lord, prison is preferable to what they invite me to. If You do not turn their schemes away from me, I may yield to them and become ignorant.”

12:33He said: O my Lord! Prison is more dear than that unto which they urge me, and if Thou fend not off their wiles from me I shall incline unto them and become of the foolish.

So his Lord answered his prayer and turned their schemes away from him.

12:34So his Lord heard his prayer and fended off their wiles from him. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower.