his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the
liar, and he is telling the truth!"

P: And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of
the truthful.

S: And if his shirt is rent from behind, she tells a lie and he is one
of the truthful.

012.028
Y: So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her
husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly, mighty is
your snare!"

P: So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: Lo! this is of
the guile of you women. Lo! the guile of you is very great.

S: So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said: Surely it is a
guile of you women; surely your guile is great:

012.029
Y: "O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy sin, for
truly thou hast been at fault!"

P: O Joseph! Turn away from this, and thou, (O woman), ask forgiveness
for thy sin. Lo! thou art of the faulty.

S: O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask forgiveness for
your fault, surely you are one of the wrong-doers.

012.030
Y: Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking to
seduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her with
violent love: we see she is evidently going astray."

P: And women in the city said: The ruler's wife is asking of her
slave-boy an ill-deed. Indeed he has smitten her to the heart with
love. We behold her in plain aberration.

S: And women in the city said: The chief's wife seeks her slave to yield
himself (to her), surely he has affected her deeply with (his) love;
most surely we see her in manifest error.

012.031
Y: When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and
prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she
said (to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, they did
extol him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said, "Allah
preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!"

P: And when she heard of their sly talk, she sent to them and prepared
for them a cushioned couch (to lie on at the feast) and gave to every
one of them a knife and said (to Joseph): Come out unto them! And when
they saw him they exalted him and cut their hands, exclaiming: Allah
Blameless! This is no a human being. This is not other than some
gracious angel.

S: So when she heard of their sly talk she sent for them and prepared
for them a repast, and gave each of them a knife, and said (to Yusuf