Hearing of their sly talk the chief's wife sent for those ladies, and arranged for them a banquet, and got ready couches, and gave each guest a knife. Then, while they were cutting and eating the fruit, she signalled Joseph: "Come out to them." When the ladies saw him they were so struck with admiration that they cut their hands, exclaiming: "Allah preserve us. This is no mortal human. This is nothing but a noble angel!"
چون افسونشان را شنيد، نزدشان كس فرستاد و براى هر يك تا تكيه دهد متكايى ترتيب داد و به هر يك كاردى داد، و گفت: بيرون آى تا تو را بنگرند. چون او را ديدند، بزرگش شمردند و دست خويش ببريدند و گفتند: معاذ اللّه، اين آدمى نيست، اين جز فرشته‌اى بزرگوار نيست.