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Quran 12:30

Surah Yusuf (Joseph), verse 30 of 111 · Juz 12

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

Translations of Quran 12:30
EnglishTalal Itani

Some ladies in the city said, “The governor’s wife is trying to seduce her servant. She is deeply in love with him. We see she has gone astray.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And women in the city said: The ruler's wife is asking of her slave-boy an ill-deed. Indeed he has smitten her to the heart with love. We behold her in plain aberration.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Şehirde bir takım kadınlar da Azîzin karısı, dediler: delikanlısının nefsinden murad isteyormuş ona aşkından yüreğinin zarı çatlamış, karı bes belli çıldırmış

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Les femmes de la ville se racontaient l’aventure, en disant : La femme de l’Aziz a eu des vues sur son jeune homme, qui l’a rendue folle de lui. Nous trouvons qu’elle est dans une fausse voie manifeste !

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En zekere vrouwen zeiden in het openbaar in de stad: De vrouw van den edelman heeft den knecht verzocht hij haar te liggen; hij heeft hare borst door zijne liefde ontvlamd. Wij zien dat zij op een duidelijken dwaalweg is.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Le donne della città si raccontavano il fatto, dicendo: la moglie dell’Asis voleva godere del suo schiavo del quale è innamorata alla follia. E nella via falsa!

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.