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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Yusuf 12:30

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۞ وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ تُرَٰوِدُ فَتَىٰهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰهَا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

And women in the city said, "The wife of al-ʿAzeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ووصل الخبر إلى نسوة في المدينة فتحدثن به، وقلن منكرات على امرأة العزيز: امرأة العزيز تحاول غلامها عن نفسه، وتدعوه إلى نفسها، وقد بلغ حبها له شَغَاف قلبها -وهو غلافه-، إنا لَنراها في هذا الفعل لفي ضلال واضح.

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