قمص

Core meaning

The tunic: the garment worn on the body, whose state, in the account of Youssof, serves as proof.

Uses

1. قَمِيص → "his shirt", "shirt of mine" : Youssof's garment, three times brought forward as proof.

   • «وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍۢ كَذِبٍۢ» — "They brought his shirt stained with lying blood" (12:18)
   • «إِن كَانَ قَمِيصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن قُبُلٍۢ فَصَدَقَتْ» — "If his shirt is torn from the front, she speaks truly" (12:26)
   • «ٱذْهَبُوا۟ بِقَمِيصِى هَٰذَا» — "Go with this shirt of mine" (12:93)

Evidence from the text

All six uses are in the account of Youssof, and the shirt speaks there three times. Stained with lying blood, it serves the brothers' lie (12:18). Torn from behind, it clears Youssof, by the rule set by a man of her family (12:26-28). Cast upon the father's face, it gives him back his sight: "he will regain his sight" (12:93).

See also

ثوب (the garment) · لبس (to clothe)