فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتۡ بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ أَرۡسَلَتۡ إِلَيۡهِنَّ وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـٔٗا وَءَاتَتۡ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ سِكِّينٗا وَقَالَتِ ٱخۡرُجۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيۡنَهُۥٓ أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعۡنَ أَيۡدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلۡنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٞ كَرِيمٞ ٣١
Falammā sami'at bimakrihinna arsalat ilayhinna wa a'tadat lahunna muttaka'an wa ātat kulla wāhidatim minhunna sikkīnan waqālatikhruj 'alayhinna falammā ra'aynahū akbarnahū waqatta'na aydiyahunna waqulna hāsha lillāhi mā hādhā basharan in hādhā illā malakun karīm
So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands593 and said, "Perfect is Allāh!594 This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
Footnotes
593 So distracted were they at the sight of him.
594 In His ability to create such beauty.