سورة يوسف، الآية ٢٧
وَإِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٧
wa-in kāna qamīṣuhu qudda min duburin fakadhabat wahuwa mina l-ṣādiqīna
But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."
Verse 27 of Surah Yusuf (12:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 238 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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But if his shirt is torn from behind, then that is an indication that he is truthful, because she was trying to seduce him whilst he was running away; and she will be lying.
But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she is lying and he is truthful.”
"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then she has told a lie and he is speaking the truth!"
And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of the truthful.
"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"
And if his shirt is rent from behind, she tells a lie and he is one of the truthful.
And in case his shirt has been ripped from the rear, then she has lied, and he is (one) of the sincere."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالَ هِىَ رَٰوَدَتْنِى عَن نَّفْسِى وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
[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.
فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِيصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ
So when he [i.e., her husband] saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of your [i.e., women's] plan. Indeed, your plan is great [i.e., vehement].
