Surah Yusuf · Ayah 26·Makkī

26

هِىَ عَن مِّنْ إِن مِن وَهُوَ مِنَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified. "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

شاهد بی‌گناهی یوسف

از روایات اهل بیت(ع) استفاده می‌شود که این شاهد» طفل شیرخواری از خانوادة زن عزیز مصر بود که به خواست خدا و به صورت اعجاز در گهواره زبان گشود و حقیقت را بیان کرد و بی‌گناهی حضرت یوسف(ع) را ثابت کرد؛ چنان که در روایتی از امام سجاد(ع) به این نکته اشاره شده است.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 11 roots in 12 of 19 words

Rarest here: ق-د-د 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 19 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)6
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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Shape

19 words · 66 letters · āyah 26 of 111

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ فَٱسْتَعْصَمَ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَآ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

    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…

  • قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَٰوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ قُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوٓءٍ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَنَا۠ رَٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    Said [the king to the women], "What was your condition when you sought to seduce Joseph?" They said, "Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil." The wife of al-'Azeez said…

  • قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the…

  • أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

    Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

  • قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    [Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

  • وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Yusuf 12:275 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ق-د-دق-م-صص-د-قك-ذ-بك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:275 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ق-د-دق-م-صص-د-قك-ذ-بك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:283 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:283 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:255 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صأ-ه-لر-و-دق-و-ل

  • Yusuf 12:255 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ق-د-دق-م-صأ-ه-لر-و-دق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:26?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:26 include Quran 12:32 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 12:51 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 2:71 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 54:25 (Surah Al-Qamar). For example, 12:32 reads: “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…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 12:26 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:26 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified. "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.”

Which surah is verse 12:26 in?

Quran 12:26 is āyah 26 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 12:26?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 12:26 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:26?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:26 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.