وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُونِي بِهِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللاَّتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ (( 50 )) [ 265 ] 50- AND THE KING SAID:ِ ``BRING HIM, (i.e.JOSEPH) TO ME. BUT WHEN THE MESSENGER CAME TO (TAKE) HIM,'' HE SAID:ِ ``GO BACK TO YOUR LORD AND ASK HIM, WHAT WAS THE CASE OF THE WOMEN WHO CUT THEIR HANDS?
VERILY MY LORD KNOWS THEIR GUILE.'' قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَاوَدتُّنَّ يُوسُفَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ قُلْنَ حَاشَ للهِِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُوء قَالَتْ امْرَأَةُ الْعَزِيزِ الاْنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنْ الصَّادِقِينَ(( 51 )) 51- (THE KING CALLED THE WOMEN TO HIS COURT AND) HE SAID:ِ ``WHAT WAS YOUR AFFAIR WHEN YOU SOUGHT TO ENTICE JOSEPH?'' THEY SAID:ِ ``GOD SAVE US!
WE KNOW NO EVIL OF HIM.'' THE AZIZ'S WIFE SAID: ``NOW HAS THE TRUTH COME TO LIGHT. I SOLICITED HIM, AND HE IS THE TRUTHFUL.'' ذَلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ اللهَ لاَ يَهْدِي كَيْدَ الْخَائِنِينَ (( 52 )) 52- THIS IS TO MAKE HIM KNOW THAT I DID NOT BETRAY HIM IN HIS ABSENCE, AND THAT ALLAH WILL NOT GUIDE THE GUILE OF THE TREACHEROUS.
وَمَا أُبَرِّءُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لاََمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلاَّ مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي إِنَّ رَبِّي غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ(( 53 )) 53- AND YET I DO NOT ACQUIT MY CARNAL SOUL (OF BLAME), THAT THE CARNAL SOUL OF MAN INCITES TO EVIL, UNLESS MY LORD BESTOWS HIS MERCY, THAT MY LORD IS ALL-FORGIVING, COMPASSIONATE. [ 266 ] THE COMMENTARY JOSEPH IS ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES (VERSE NO.
50 - 53) Joseph interpreted the king's dream so logically and reasonably that attracted the attention of the king and all his courtiers. Pharaoh came to know in brief that, Joseph was much more than a slave prisoner, and had been imprisoned some how in a mysterious way and guiltless. He therefore became eager to have a visit with him.