فَلَمَّا So when falammā she heard samiʿat of their scheming bimakrihinna she sent arsalat for them ilayhinna and she prepared wa-aʿtadat for them lahunna a banquet muttaka-an and she gave waātat each kulla one wāḥidatin of them min'hunna a knife sikkīnan and she said waqālati Come out ukh'ruj before them ʿalayhinna Then when falammā they saw him ra-aynahu they greatly admired him akbarnahu and cut waqaṭṭaʿna their hands aydiyahunna they said waqul'na Forbid ḥāsha Allah lillahi not mā (is) this hādhā a man basharan not in (is) this hādhā but illā an angel malakun noble karīmun
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 hands1 and said, "Perfect is Allāh!2 This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
قَالَتْ She said qālat That fadhālikunna (is) the one alladhī you blamed me lum'tunnanī about him fīhi And certainly walaqad I sought to seduce him rāwadttuhu [from] ʿan [himself] nafsihi but he saved himself fa-is'taʿṣama and if wala-in not lam he does yafʿal what mā I order him āmuruhu surely, he will be imprisoned layus'jananna and certainly will be walayakūnan of mina those who are disgraced l-ṣāghirīna
She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
قَالَ He said qāla My Lord rabbi the prison l-sij'nu (is) dearer aḥabbu to me ilayya than what mimmā they invite me yadʿūnanī to it ilayhi And unless wa-illā You turn away taṣrif from me ʿannī their plot kaydahunna I might incline aṣbu towards them ilayhinna and [I] be wa-akun of mina the ignorant l-jāhilīna
He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant."
فَٱسْتَجَابَ So responded fa-is'tajāba to him lahu his Lord rabbuhu and turned away faṣarafa from him ʿanhu their plot kaydahunna Indeed, [He] innahu He huwa (is) All-Hearer l-samīʿu All-Knower l-ʿalīmu
So his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
ثُمَّ Then thumma (it) appeared badā to them lahum after min after baʿdi [what] mā they had seen ra-awū the signs l-āyāti surely they should imprison him layasjununnahu until ḥattā a time ḥīnin
Then it appeared to them after they had seen the signs1 that he [i.e., al-ʿAzeez] should surely imprison him for a time.2
وَدَخَلَ And entered wadakhala with him maʿahu (in) the prison l-sij'na two young men fatayāni Said qāla one of them aḥaduhumā Indeed, I innī [I] see myself arānī pressing aʿṣiru wine khamran And said waqāla the other l-ākharu Indeed, I innī [I] see myself arānī [I am] carrying aḥmilu over fawqa my head rasī bread khub'zan (were) eating takulu the birds l-ṭayru from it min'hu Inform us nabbi'nā of its interpretation bitawīlihi indeed, we innā [we] see you narāka of mina the good-doers l-muḥ'sinīna
And there entered the prison with him two young men. One of them said, "Indeed, I have seen myself [in a dream] pressing [grapes for] wine." The other said, "Indeed, I have seen myself carrying upon my head [some] bread, from which the birds were eating. Inform us of its interpretation; indeed, we see you to be of those who do good."
قَالَ He said qāla Not lā (will) come to both of you yatīkumā food ṭaʿāmun you are provided with tur'zaqānihi but illā I will inform both of you nabbatukumā of its interpretation bitawīlihi before qabla [that] an [it] comes to both of you yatiyakumā That dhālikumā (is) of what mimmā has taught me ʿallamanī my Lord rabbī Indeed, I innī [I] abandon taraktu (the) religion millata (of) a people qawmin not lā they believe yu'minūna in Allah bil-lahi and they wahum in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati [they] hum (are) disbelievers kāfirūna
He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me. Indeed, I have left the religion of a people who do not believe in Allāh, and they, in the Hereafter, are disbelievers.