35ثُمَّ بَدا لَهُم مِن بَعدِ ما رَأَوُا الآياتِ لَيَسجُنُنَّهُ حَتّىٰ حينٍMuhammad AsadFor, presently it occurred to the nobleman and his household1 [even] after they had seen all the signs [of Joseph's innocence] - that they might as well imprison him for a time.2Lit., "it occurred to them".Thus, according to the Qur'an, Joseph was imprisoned not because his master believed him to be guilty, but because, in his weakness, he wanted to appease his wife, "being entirely submissive to her, and behaving like a riding-camel whose reins she held in her hand" (Zamakhshari).