Ruku 196 - Read Quran Daily

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And when she heard of their crafty design, she sent for them and prepared for them a repast, and gave every one of them a knife and then said to Joseph, ‘Come forth to them.’ And when they saw him they thought much of him and cut their hands, and said, ‘Allah be glorified! This is not a human being; this is but a noble angel.’

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس جب اُس نے اُن کی مکّاری کی بات سنی تو اُنہیں بُلا بھیجا اور اُن کے لئے ایک ٹیک لگاکر بیٹھنے کی جگہ تیار کی اور ان میں سے ہر ایک کو ایک ایک چھری پکڑا دی اور اس(یعنی یوسف) سے کہا کہ ان کے سامنے جا۔ پس جب انہوں نے اسے دیکھا اسے بہت عالی مرتبہ پایا اور اپنے ہاتھ کاٹ لئے اور کہا پاک ہے اللہ۔ یہ انسان نہیں۔ یہ تو ایک معزز فرشتہ کے سوا کچھ نہیں۔

French

Et lorsqu’elle eut vent de leur dessein astucieux, elle les envoya chercher et fit préparer un repas pour elles, et elle donna à chacune un couteau et puis dit à Joseph : « Présente-toi à elles. » Et lorsqu’elles le virent, elles l’estimèrent grandement, et dans leur stupéfaction se coupèrent la main, et dirent : « Gloire à Allāh. » Ce n’est pas un être humain ; ce n’est qu’un ange noble. »

German

Als sie von ihrer Boshaftigkeit hörte, da sandte sie nach ihnen und bereitete ein Gastmahl für sie und gab einer jeden von ihnen ein Messer und sprach (zu Joseph): "Komm heraus zu ihnen!" Als sie ihn sahen, staunten sie ihn an und schnitten sich in die Hände und sprachen: "Preis sei Allah! Das ist kein Menschenwesen, das ist ein erhabener Engel."

Chinese

当她听到了她们的流言蜚语, 就邀请了她们, 为她们预备了宴席, 并给她们每人一把小刀, 然后（向尤素夫）说: “到她们的前面来吧!” 当她们看见了他, 发觉他是一个极为尊贵的人, (而在惊奇中) [a]割伤了自己的手, [b]说: “安拉是圣洁的!” (这个人只为了惧怕安拉而杜绝了罪恶。) 这不是一个 (一般的) 人, 这只是一个尊贵的天使。”

Italian

E quando lei sentì i loro maliziosi piani, le mandò a chiamare e preparò per loro un pasto, e diede a ciascuna un coltello e poi disse a Giuseppe: «Vieni avanti a loro.» E non appena lo videro, lo tennero in grande considerazione e si tagliarono le mani* e dissero: «Sia gloria ad Allah! Questo non è un essere umano, ma un nobile angelo.»

Spanish

Mas cuando ella se enteró de su astuto propósito, envió a uscarlas y preparó un festín, dándoles a cada una un cuchillo, y dijo entonces a José: “Preséntate ante ellas”. Y cuando le vieron ensaron mucho en él y se cortaron las manos, diciendo: “¡Que Al-lah lo proteja de todo mal! No es un ser humano; no es sino un ángel noble”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور جب اس نے ان کی ان سرگوشیوں کی خبر سنی تو انہیں (دعوت) کا پیغام بھیجا اور ان کے لئے ایک (خاص) مسند تیار کی اور (جب وہ آئیں تو) ان میں سے ہر ایک کو (کھانے کے کاٹنے کے لئے ایک ایک) چھری دی اور (یوسف سے) کہا (کہ) ان کے سامنے آ۔ پس جب انہوں نے اسے دیکھا تو اسے (بہت) بڑی شان کا انسان پایا اور (اسے دیکھ کر حیرت سے) اپنے ہاتھ کاٹے[2] اور کہا (کہ یہ شخص محض) اللہ کے لئے (بدی کے ارتکاب سے) ڈرا ہے۔ یہ بشر (ہے ہی) نہیں۔ یہ (تو) صرف ایک معزز فرشتہ ہے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And when she heard of their sly whisperings, she sent for them and prepared for them a repast, and gave everyone of them a knife and then said to Joseph, ‘Come forth to them.’ And when they saw him they found him to be a person of great dignity[1379A] and in their amazement [a]cut their hands,[1380] and [b]said, ‘Allah be glorified! This is not a human being; this is but a noble angel.’

English - Five Volume Translation

And when she heard of their crafty design, she sent for them and prepared for them a repast, and gave every one of them a knife and then said to Joseph, ‘Come forth to them.’ And when they saw him they thought much of him and [a]cut their hands, [b]and said, ‘Allah be glorified! This is not a human being; this is but a noble angel.’[1535]

12:51.

12:52.

Important Words:

متکا (repast) is derived from وکأ. They say, واکأعلی یدیه i.e. he leaned upon his hands or arms. اوکأه means, he set up for him a thing upon which to recline. اتکأ means, he sat leaning upon one of his sides; he leaned or rested his back or his side against a thing; he leaned or reclined upon a thing; he reclined upon a cushion. They say اتکأنا عند فلان i.e. we ate a repast with such a one. متکأ means, a place in which one reclines: a chamber or sitting room; that upon which one leans or reclines in eating, drinking or talking; food or repast, so called because high people used to recline when they sat to eat (Lane & Aqrab).

حاش لله (Allah be glorified). حاش is derived from حشی which means, he breathed short or he panted for breath or was out of breath. حاشاه منھم means, he set him aside as excluded from the description of the company or party; he excluded him from them, i.e. made an exception in regard to him. حاش لك means, far art thou from being included among those of whom I speak. حاش لله means, I ascribe unto God remoteness from every imperfection or freedom therefrom; generally implying wonder or admiration. The expression may be rendered as "How far or how free is God from every imperfection!" It is also used in the sense of معاذ الله i.e. I seek protection by God (Lane).

Commentary:

The verse purports to say that when Potiphar’s wife heard of what the women in the city were saying about her infatuation for Joseph, she thought they really believed her to be guilty though outwardly they talked in such a manner as to show that they sought to exculpate her. So in order to remove their suspicions, she invited them to a feast. Tables were laid and a knife was provided for each of them. When all the guests were assembled, she asked Joseph to come out and serve them, but hardly had they cast a glance over his face when his innocent look and angelic appearance made them convinced of the purity of his conduct and all their suspicions so far as Joseph was concerned were dissipated.

The expression, cut their hands, may mean that when the women looked at Joseph, they were so struck with his saintly appearance that in a state of forgetfulness some of them happened to cut their hands with the knives they had. Or the sentence may be taken as figuratively expressing their wonder and amazement. The Arabic expression عض الانامل (biting the finger ends) is also used to express surprise, and, as sometimes the whole is used for a part, therefore the word "hands" may be said to have been here used for "finger-ends." According to the Talmud, oranges were served to the guests and the women inadvertently cut their hands owing to their being engrossed in looking at Joseph (Jew. Enc. & Talmud).

Incidentally, the verse shows that the word "angel" can also be used for a righteous and holy man. The verse also throws interesting light on the social customs of those days—the laying of cushioned seats and the use of knives, etc.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اس نے جو اُن کی یہ مکارانہ باتیں سنیں تو اُن کو بلاوا بھیج دیا اور ان کے لیے تکیہ دار مجلس آراستہ کی اور ضیافت میں ہر ایک کے آگے ایک چھری رکھ دی (پھر عین اس وقت جبکہ وہ پھل کاٹ کاٹ کر کھا رہی تھیں) اس نے یوسفؑ کو اشارہ کیا کہ ان کے سامنے نکل آ جب ان عورتوں کی نگاہ اس پر پڑی تو وہ دنگ رہ گئیں اور اپنے ہاتھ کاٹ بیٹھیں اور بے ساختہ پکا ر اٹھیں "حاشاللّٰہ، یہ شخص انسان نہیں ہے، یہ تو کوئی بزرگ فرشتہ ہے"

English - Sahih

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

پھر جب عزیز کی بیوی نے ان کی ملامت سنی تو انہیں بھلا بھیجا اور ان کے واسطے ایک مجلس تیار کی اور ان میں سے ہر ایک کے ہاتھ میں ایک چھری دی اور کہا ان کے سامنے نکل آ پھر جب انہوں نےاسے دیکھا تو حیرت میں رہ گئیں اور اپنے ہاتھ کاٹ لیے اور کہا الله پاک ہے یہ انسان تو نہیں ہے یہ تو کوئی بزرگ فرشتہ ہے

English - Talal Itani

So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and she prepared for them a banquet and she gave each one of them a knife and she said, "Come out before them." Then when they saw him they greatly admired him, and cut their hands, they said, "Forbid Allah, not (is) this a man not (is) this but an angel noble."

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:51.

b

12:52.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

2

یعنی انگلیاں دانتوں میں دبالیں۔

English - Arberry

When she heard their sly whispers, she sent to them, and made ready for them a repast, then she gave to each one of them a knife. 'Come forth, attend to them,' she said. And when they saw him, they so admired him that they cut their hands, saying, 'God save us! This is no mortal; he is no other but a noble angel.'

English - Maududi

Hearing of their sly talk the chief's wife sent for those ladies, and arranged for them a banquet, and got ready couches, 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!"

English - Ahmed Ali

When she heard their slanderings, she sent for them and prepared a banquet, and gave each of them a knife (for paring fruit), and called (to Joseph): "Come out before them." When they saw him, the women were so wonderstruck they cut their hands, and exclaimed: "O Lord preserve us! He is no mortal but an honourable angel."

English - Yusuf Ali

When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she said (to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, they did extol him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said, "Allah preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!"

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:51.

b

12:52.

1535

Important Words:

متکا (repast) is derived from وکأ. They say, واکأعلی یدیه i.e. he leaned upon his hands or arms. اوکأه means, he set up for him a thing upon which to recline. اتکأ means, he sat leaning upon one of his sides; he leaned or rested his back or his side against a thing; he leaned or reclined upon a thing; he reclined upon a cushion. They say اتکأنا عند فلان i.e. we ate a repast with such a one. متکأ means, a place in which one reclines: a chamber or sitting room; that upon which one leans or reclines in eating, drinking or talking; food or repast, so called because high people used to recline when they sat to eat (Lane & Aqrab).

حاش لله (Allah be glorified). حاش is derived from حشی which means, he breathed short or he panted for breath or was out of breath. حاشاه منھم means, he set him aside as excluded from the description of the company or party; he excluded him from them, i.e. made an exception in regard to him. حاش لك means, far art thou from being included among those of whom I speak. حاش لله means, I ascribe unto God remoteness from every imperfection or freedom therefrom; generally implying wonder or admiration. The expression may be rendered as "How far or how free is God from every imperfection!" It is also used in the sense of معاذ الله i.e. I seek protection by God (Lane).

Commentary:

The verse purports to say that when Potiphar’s wife heard of what the women in the city were saying about her infatuation for Joseph, she thought they really believed her to be guilty though outwardly they talked in such a manner as to show that they sought to exculpate her. So in order to remove their suspicions, she invited them to a feast. Tables were laid and a knife was provided for each of them. When all the guests were assembled, she asked Joseph to come out and serve them, but hardly had they cast a glance over his face when his innocent look and angelic appearance made them convinced of the purity of his conduct and all their suspicions so far as Joseph was concerned were dissipated.

The expression, cut their hands, may mean that when the women looked at Joseph, they were so struck with his saintly appearance that in a state of forgetfulness some of them happened to cut their hands with the knives they had. Or the sentence may be taken as figuratively expressing their wonder and amazement. The Arabic expression عض الانامل (biting the finger ends) is also used to express surprise, and, as sometimes the whole is used for a part, therefore the word "hands" may be said to have been here used for "finger-ends." According to the Talmud, oranges were served to the guests and the women inadvertently cut their hands owing to their being engrossed in looking at Joseph (Jew. Enc. & Talmud).

Incidentally, the verse shows that the word "angel" can also be used for a righteous and holy man. The verse also throws interesting light on the social customs of those days—the laying of cushioned seats and the use of knives, etc.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

a

12:51.

b

12:52.

1379A

They thought very highly of him.

1380

The expression, cut their hands, may signify that when the women looked at Joseph, they were so struck with his saintly and handsome visage that in a state of forgetfulness some of them happened to cut their hands with the knives they were holding in their hands. Or the sentence may be taken as figuratively expressing their wonder and amazement. The Arabic expression, ‘Addul Anamili, i.e. biting the finger-ends is also used to express surprise, and because sometimes the whole of a thing is used for a part, the word 'hands' may be said to have been here used for 'finger-ends.' According to the Talmud, oranges were served to the guests and the women inadvertently cut their hands owing to their being engrossed in looking at Joseph (Jew. Enc. & Talmud).

English - Pickthall

And 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.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

So when she heard of their device, she sent for them and prepared for them a repast, and gave each of them a knife, and said (to Joseph): Come out to them. So when they saw him, they deemed him great, and cut their hands (in amazement), and said: Holy Allah! This is not a mortal! This is but a noble angel.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

When the gossip reached her ears she invited them to a banquet and prepared seats for them and provided each of them with a knife and then asked Joseph to appear before them. When they beheld him they esteemed him highly and in wonderment pressed their fingers between their teeth and exclaimed: He has resisted evil for fear of Allah: He is superhuman, he must be a noble angel.

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