فَلَمَّا So when سَمِعَتْ she heard بِمَكْرِهِنَّ of their scheming أَرْسَلَتْ she sent إِلَيْهِنَّ for them وَأَعْتَدَتْ and she prepared لَهُنَّ for them مُتَّكَـًۭٔا a banquet وَءَاتَتْ and she gave كُلَّ each وَٰحِدَةٍۢ one مِّنْهُنَّ of them سِكِّينًۭا a knife وَقَالَتِ and she said ٱخْرُجْ Come out عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ before them فَلَمَّا Then when رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ they saw him أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ they greatly admired him وَقَطَّعْنَ and cut أَيْدِيَهُنَّ their hands وَقُلْنَ they said حَـٰشَ Forbid لِلَّهِ Allah مَا not هَـٰذَا (is) this بَشَرًا a man إِنْ not هَـٰذَآ (is) this إِلَّا but مَلَكٌۭ an angel كَرِيمٌۭ noble ٣١

قَالَتْ She said فَذَٰلِكُنَّ That ٱلَّذِى (is) the one لُمْتُنَّنِى you blamed me فِيهِ ۖ about him وَلَقَدْ And certainly رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ I sought to seduce him عَن [from] نَّفْسِهِۦ [himself] فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ ۖ but he saved himself وَلَئِن and if لَّمْ not يَفْعَلْ he does مَآ what ءَامُرُهُۥ I order him لَيُسْجَنَنَّ surely, he will be imprisoned وَلَيَكُونًۭا and certainly will be مِّنَ of ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ those who are disgraced ٣٢

قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord ٱلسِّجْنُ the prison أَحَبُّ (is) dearer إِلَىَّ to me مِمَّا than what يَدْعُونَنِىٓ they invite me إِلَيْهِ ۖ to it وَإِلَّا And unless تَصْرِفْ You turn away عَنِّى from me كَيْدَهُنَّ their plot أَصْبُ I might incline إِلَيْهِنَّ towards them وَأَكُن and [I] be مِّنَ of ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ the ignorant ٣٣

فَٱسْتَجَابَ So responded لَهُۥ to him رَبُّهُۥ his Lord فَصَرَفَ and turned away عَنْهُ from him كَيْدَهُنَّ ۚ their plot إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, [He] هُوَ He ٱلسَّمِيعُ (is) All-Hearer ٱلْعَلِيمُ All-Knower ٣٤

ثُمَّ Then بَدَا (it) appeared لَهُم to them مِّنۢ after بَعْدِ after مَا [what] رَأَوُا۟ they had seen ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ the signs لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُۥ surely they should imprison him حَتَّىٰ until حِينٍۢ a time ٣٥

وَدَخَلَ And entered مَعَهُ with him ٱلسِّجْنَ (in) the prison فَتَيَانِ ۖ two young men قَالَ Said أَحَدُهُمَآ one of them إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَرَىٰنِىٓ [I] see myself أَعْصِرُ pressing خَمْرًۭا ۖ wine وَقَالَ And said ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ the other إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَرَىٰنِىٓ [I] see myself أَحْمِلُ [I am] carrying فَوْقَ over رَأْسِى my head خُبْزًۭا bread تَأْكُلُ (were) eating ٱلطَّيْرُ the birds مِنْهُ ۖ from it نَبِّئْنَا Inform us بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ of its interpretation إِنَّا indeed, we نَرَىٰكَ [we] see you مِنَ of ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ the good-doers ٣٦

قَالَ He said لَا Not يَأْتِيكُمَا (will) come to both of you طَعَامٌۭ food تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ you are provided with إِلَّا but نَبَّأْتُكُمَا I will inform both of you بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ of its interpretation قَبْلَ before أَن [that] يَأْتِيَكُمَا ۚ [it] comes to both of you ذَٰلِكُمَا That مِمَّا (is) of what عَلَّمَنِى has taught me رَبِّىٓ ۚ my Lord إِنِّى Indeed, I تَرَكْتُ [I] abandon مِلَّةَ (the) religion قَوْمٍۢ (of) a people لَّا not يُؤْمِنُونَ they believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَهُم and they بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ in the Hereafter هُمْ [they] كَـٰفِرُونَ (are) disbelievers ٣٧