Speaker: That is so he would know that I did not betray him in his absence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and also in His saying, the Exalted:[Yusuf 12:52] Is this from the words of Yusuf?
Answer:
The woman’s statement when she said[Yusuf 12:51-52], meaning that she repented of what had happened from her. Yes. Or so that the king would know that she did not betray him in any way during his absence. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and also in His saying, the Exalted:
That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِAnswer:
The woman’s statement when she said
(51) 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, "Now the truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful. (52) That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers.
الْآنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما نجاسة الذنوب والمعاصي — islamhouse.com (54:47)
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