12:24 wa laqad ham-mat bih* wa ham-ma bihaa lawlaa ar ra-aa burhaana rab-bih* kadhaalika li naSrifa ‘Anhus suua wal faHshaa’* in-nahuu min ‘Ibaadinal mukhlaSiyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And indeed the woman desired him; and he too would have desired her were he not to witness the sign of his Lord *; this is what We did, to turn away evil and lewdness from him; indeed He is one of Our chosen bondmen. (* Allah saved him and he never desired this immorality.)

Yusuf Ali:
And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and purified.

Pickthal:
She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might ward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.