The Quran

قالَ رَبِّ السِّجنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمّا يَدعونَني إِلَيهِ ۖ وَإِلّا تَصرِف عَنّي كَيدَهُنَّ أَصبُ إِلَيهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِنَ الجاهِلينَ

Muhammad Asad

Said he: "O my Sustainer! Prison is more desirable to me than [compliance with] what these women invite me to: for, unless Thou turn away their guile from me, I might yet yield to their allure¹ and become one of those who are unaware [of right and wrong]."

Lit., "incline towards them"; it should, however, be borne in mind that the verb sabd combines the concepts of inclination, yearning and amorous indulgence (cf. Lane IV, 1649); hence my rendering.