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Yusuf 12:31

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

When she heard about their gossip, she invited them and set a banquet for them. She gave each one a knife, then said ˹to Joseph˺, “Come out before them.” When they saw him, they were so stunned ˹by his beauty˺ that they cut their hands, and exclaimed, “Good God! This cannot be human; this must be a noble angel!”

Word by word

فَلَمَّا
falammā
So when
Vocabulary
سَمِعَتۡ
samiʿat
she heard
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ
bimakrihinna
of their scheming
Vocabulary
Root: مكر
أَرۡسَلَتۡ
arsalat
she sent
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
إِلَيۡهِنَّ
ilayhinna
for them
Vocabulary
وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ
wa-aʿtadat
and she prepared
Vocabulary
Root: عتد
لَهُنَّ
lahunna
for them
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مُتَّكَـٔٗا
muttaka-an
a banquet
Vocabulary
Root: وكا
وَءَاتَتۡ
waātat
and she gave
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Root: اتي
كُلَّ
kulla
each
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Root: كلل
وَٰحِدَةٖ
wāḥidatin
one
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Root: وحد
مِّنۡهُنَّ
min'hunna
of them
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سِكِّينٗا
sikkīnan
a knife
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Root: سكن
وَقَالَتِ
waqālati
and she said
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Root: قول
ٱخۡرُجۡ
ukh'ruj
Come out
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Root: خرج
عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ
ʿalayhinna
before them
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فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
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رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ
ra-aynahu
they saw him
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أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ
akbarnahu
they greatly admired him
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وَقَطَّعۡنَ
waqaṭṭaʿna
and cut
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Root: قطع
أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ
aydiyahunna
their hands
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Root: يدي
وَقُلۡنَ
waqul'na
they said
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Root: قول
حَٰشَ
ḥāsha
Forbid
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Root: حوش
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
Allah
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Root: اله
مَا
mā
not
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هَٰذَا
hādhā
(is) this
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بَشَرًا
basharan
a man
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Root: بشر
إِنۡ
in
not
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هَٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
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إِلَّا
illā
but
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مَلَكٞ
malakun
an angel
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Root: ملك
كَرِيمٞ
karīmun
noble
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Root: كرم

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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.