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Yusuf 12:23

وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيۡتِهَا عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ وَقَالَتۡ هَيۡتَ لَكَۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَحۡسَنَ مَثۡوَايَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

And the lady, in whose house he lived, tried to seduce him. She locked the doors ˹firmly˺ and said, “Come to me!” He replied, “Allah is my refuge! It is ˹not right to betray˺ my master, who has taken good care of me. Indeed, the wrongdoers never succeed.”

Word by word

وَرَٰوَدَتۡهُ
warāwadathu
And sought to seduce him
Vocabulary
Root: رود
ٱلَّتِي
allatī
she who
Vocabulary
هُوَ
huwa
he (was)
Vocabulary
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
بَيۡتِهَا
baytihā
her house
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
عَن
ʿan
from
Vocabulary
نَّفۡسِهِۦ
nafsihi
his self
Vocabulary
وَغَلَّقَتِ
waghallaqati
And she closed
Vocabulary
Root: غلق
ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبَ
l-abwāba
the doors
Vocabulary
Root: بوب
وَقَالَتۡ
waqālat
and she said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
هَيۡتَ
hayta
Come on
Vocabulary
Root: هيت
لَكَۚ
laka
you
Vocabulary
قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مَعَاذَ
maʿādha
I seek refuge in Allah
Vocabulary
Root: عوذ
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
I seek refuge in Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
Vocabulary
رَبِّيٓ
rabbī
(is) my lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
أَحۡسَنَ
aḥsana
(who has) made good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
مَثۡوَايَۖ
mathwāya
my stay
Vocabulary
Root: ثوي
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يُفۡلِحُ
yuf'liḥu
will succeed
Vocabulary
Root: فلح
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.