and assuredly she besought him and he would have besoughther were it not that he had seen the argument of his lord. thus we did in order that we might avert from him all evil and indecency verily he was of our bondmen singlehearted.
ولقد همت به وهم بها لولا أن رأى برهان ربه كذلك لنصرف عنه السوء والفحشاء إنه من عبادنا المخلصين