bolted
the doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my
lord, who hath treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper.

S: And she in whose house he was sought to make himself yield (to her),
and she made fast the doors and said: Come forward. He said: I seek
Allah's refuge, surely my Lord made good my abode: Surely the unjust do
not prosper.

012.024
Y: And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her,
but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We
might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one
of Our servants, sincere and purified.

P: She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not
been that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might
ward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.

S: And certainly she made for him, and he would have made for her, were
it not that he had seen the manifest evidence of his Lord; thus (it
was) that We might turn away from him evil and indecency, surely he was
one of Our sincere servants.

012.025
Y: So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt
from the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: "What
is the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil design against
thy wife, but prison or a grievous chastisement?"

P: And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt
from behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said:
What shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or
a painful doom?

S: And they both hastened to the door, and she rent his shirt from
behind and they met her husband at the door. She said: What is the
punishment of him who intends evil to your wife except imprisonment or
a painful chastisement?

012.026
Y: He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self."
And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it
be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he
is a liar!"

P: (Joseph) said: She it was who asked of me an evil act. And a witness
of her own folk testified: If his shirt is torn from before, then she
speaketh truth and he is of the liars.

S: He said: She sought to make me yield (to her); and a witness of her
own family bore witness: If his shirt is rent from front, she speaks
the truth and he is one of the liars:

012.027
Y: "But if it be that