Surah Yusuf Tafseer

قَالَتْ فَذَلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ

"This is none other than a noble angel!"

She said:"This is he (the young man) about whom you did blame me..."

She said these words to them so that they excuse her behavior, for a man who looks this beautiful and perfect, is worthy of being loved, she thought.

She said,

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ فَاسَتَعْصَمَ

and I did seek to seduce him, but he refused, (to obey me).

Some scholars said that;

when the women saw Yusuf's beauty, she told them about his inner beauty that they did not know of, being chaste and beautiful from the inside and outside.

She then threatened him,

وَلَيِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا امُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ

And now if he refuses to obey my order, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and will be one of those who are disgraced.

This is when Prophet Yusuf sought refuge with Allah from their evil and wicked plots