Joseph
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[12:52]
[When Joseph learned what had happened, he said: "I asked for] this, so that [my former master] might know that I did not betray him behind his back, and that God does not bless with His guidance the artful schemes of those who betray their trust.

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* v.52 : Some of the commentators (e.g., Ibn Kathīr and, among the moderns, Rashīd Ridā’ in Manār XII, 323 f.) regard this and the next verse as a continuation of the woman’s confession; but the great majority of the classical authorities, including Tabarī, Baghawī, and Zamakhsharī, attribute the speech that follows unequivocally – and, in my opinion, most convincingly – to Joseph: hence my interpolation at the beginning of this verse.
* Lit., “in [his] absence” or “in secret” (bi’l-ghayb).