فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًۭٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًۭا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
How to read it
Falammā samiʻat' bimak'rihinna 'ar'salat' 'ilay'hinna wa'aʻ'tadat' lahunna muttaka'an wa'ātat' kulla wāḥidatin mmin'hunna sikkīnan waqālati (u)kh'ruj' ʻalay'hinna . falammā ra'ay'nahu 'ak'bar'nahu waqaṭṭaʻ'na 'ay'diyahunna waqulna ḥāsha lillahi mā hādhā basharan 'in' hādhā 'illā malakun karīmun
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!"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
