Surat Yusuf (30-31)

{وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ امْرَأَةُ الْعَزِيزِ تُرَاوِدُ فَتَاهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبّاً إِنَّا لَنَرَاهَا فِي ضَلاَلٍ مُّبِينٍ} (يوسف : 30)

30- The news of Yusuf and the wife of Al `Aziz spread in the city and some women said in denial: The wife of Al `Aziz asked her boy to practice fornication with her! No doubt, she has been fascinated by him and loved him passionately, but her action was a terrible mistake and away from the truth.

{فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّيناً وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّهِ مَا هَـذَا بَشَراً إِنْ هَـذَا إِلاَّ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ} (يوسف : 31)

31- When she heard their words and expression and they were from the high-class people, she invited them to a banquet in the palace and prepared pillows for them to lean to and decorated her banquet by different kinds of fruits and food. They came and sat, and each one of them was given a knife. When they were cutting meat and fruits, she said to Yusuf: Go to them. Yusuf was so handsome, so when he appeared, they were fascinated by his charm and instead of cutting meat and fruits, they cut their hands with knifes.

It was said that they did not feel pain because they were greatly fascinated by Yusuf, and said in amazement: God Forbid! He is no human, for he has no example, verily he is not a human, he must be an angel.

That was a plot from the wife of Al `Aziz to take a confession from him of his beauty.