(Zulaikha’s trick worked.) She spoke (at this juncture): ‘It is this (embodiment of light) you have been reproaching me for. It is, no doubt, I myself who sought to seduce him (under violent urge) but he remained firmly upright and did not yield. And if (even now) he does not do what I ask him for, he will surely be put into prison and will certainly be disgraced.’