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الآية رقم (33) - قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ وَإِلاَّ تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ

(33) - He said, "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. And if You do not avert from me their plan, I might incline toward them and [thus] be of the ignorant

( قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْه...) ( He said, “My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me…): This verse indicates that the wife of the Aziz had resumed her attempt to seduce Yusuf (PBUH) and threatened him with imprisonment if he did not comply with her demands. Therefore, he (PBUH) chose imprisonment over yielding to her advances.