Q 12:23

وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ ۚ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Translations

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

Sahih International · EN

Or celle [Zulikha] qui l'avait reçu dans sa maison essaya de le séduire. Et elle ferma bien les portes et dit: «Viens, (je suis prête pour toi!)» - Il dit: «Qu'Allah me protège! C'est mon maître qui m'a accordé un bon asile. Vraiment les injustes ne réussissent pas».

Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

The wife of the minister tried cunningly and by the use of a trick to get Joseph (peace be upon him) to commit an indecent act. She shut the doors to ensure that they were alone and she said to him, ‘Come towards me!’ Joseph said: I seek protection in Allah from what you are calling me toward. My master has taken good care of me in my stay here and I will never betray him. If I betray him, I will be a wrongdoer; and those who do wrong do not succeed.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies

Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him (to do an evil act), and she closed the doors and said: "Come on, O you." He said: "I seek refuge in Allah! Truly, he is my Rabb! He made my living in a great comfort! Verily, the wrongdoers will never be successful. (23) Wife of the 'Aziz loves Yusuf and plots against Him Allah states that the wife of the 'Aziz of Egypt, in whose house Yusuf resided and whose husband recommended that she takes care of him and be generous to him, tried to seduce Yusuf! She called him to do an evil act with her, because she loved him very much. Yusuf was very handsome, filled with manhood and beauty. She beautified herself for him, closed the doors and called him, وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ (and (she) said: "Come on, O you.") But he categorically refused her call, قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ (He said: "I seek refuge in Allah! Truly, he is my Rabb! He made my living in a great comfort!") as they used to call the chief and master a 'Rabb', Yusuf said to her, 'your husband is my master who provided me with comfortable living and was kind to me, so I will never betray him by committing immoral sins with his wife,' إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ (Verily, the wrongdoers will never be successful.) This was said by Mujahid, As-Suddi, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others. The scholars differ in their recitation of, هَيْتَ لَكَ (Hayta Laka), whereby Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid and several other scholars said that it means that she was calling him to herself. Al-Bukhari said; "Ikrimah said that, هَيْتَ لَكَ (Hayta Laka') means, 'come on, O you', in the Aramaic language." Al-Bukhari collected this statement from 'Ikrimah without a chain of narration. Other scholars read it with the meaning, 'I am ready for you'. Ibn 'Abbas, Abu 'Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami, Abu Wa'il, 'Ikrimah and Qatadah were reported to have read this part of the Ayah this way and explained it in the manner we mentioned, as 'I am ready for you'.

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net