At-Tahrim

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِيُّl-nabiyuProphetلِمَlimaWhy (do)تُحَرِّمُtuḥarrimuyou prohibitمَآmāwhatأَحَلَّaḥallahas made lawfulٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلَكَۖlakafor youتَبۡتَغِيtabtaghīseekingمَرۡضَاتَmarḍāta(to) pleaseأَزۡوَٰجِكَۚazwājikayour wivesوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahغَفُورٞghafūrun(is) Oft-ForgivingرَّحِيمٞraḥīmunMost Merciful

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu lima tuḥarrimu mā aḥalla l-lahu laka tabtaghī marḍāta azwājika wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

O Prophet! Why do you prohibit ˹yourself˺ from what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

قَدۡqadIndeedفَرَضَfaraḍahas ordainedٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلَكُمۡlakumfor youتَحِلَّةَtaḥillata(the) dissolutionأَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡۚaymānikum(of) your oathsوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahمَوۡلَىٰكُمۡۖmawlākum(is) your Protectorوَهُوَwahuwaand Heٱلۡعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu(is) the All-Knowerٱلۡحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

qad faraḍa l-lahu lakum taḥillata aymānikum wal-lahu mawlākum wahuwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

Allah has already ordained for you ˹believers˺ the way to absolve yourselves from your oaths. For Allah is your Guardian. And He is the All-Knowing, All-Wise.

وَإِذۡwa-idhAnd whenأَسَرَّasarraconfidedٱلنَّبِيُّl-nabiyuthe Prophetإِلَىٰilātoبَعۡضِbaʿḍioneأَزۡوَٰجِهِۦazwājihi(of) his wivesحَدِيثٗاḥadīthana statementفَلَمَّاfalammāand whenنَبَّأَتۡnabba-atshe informedبِهِۦbihiabout itوَأَظۡهَرَهُwa-aẓharahuand made it apparentٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahعَلَيۡهِʿalayhito himعَرَّفَʿarrafahe made knownبَعۡضَهُۥbaʿḍahua part of itوَأَعۡرَضَwa-aʿraḍaand avoidedعَنۢʿan[of]بَعۡضٖۖbaʿḍina partفَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenنَبَّأَهَاnabba-ahāhe informed herبِهِۦbihiabout itقَالَتۡqālatshe saidمَنۡmanWhoأَنۢبَأَكَanba-akainformed youهَٰذَاۖhādhāthisقَالَqālaHe saidنَبَّأَنِيَnabba-aniyaHas informed meٱلۡعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowerٱلۡخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe All-Aware

wa-idh asarra l-nabiyu ilā baʿḍi azwājihi ḥadīthan falammā nabba-at bihi wa-aẓharahu l-lahu ʿalayhi ʿarrafa baʿḍahu wa-aʿraḍa ʿan baʿḍin falammā nabba-ahā bihi qālat man anba-aka hādhā qāla nabba-aniya l-ʿalīmu l-khabīru

˹Remember˺ when the Prophet had ˹once˺ confided something to one of his wives, then when she disclosed it ˹to another wife˺ and Allah made it known to him, he presented ˹to her˺ part of what was disclosed and overlooked a part. So when he informed her of it, she exclaimed, “Who told you this?” He replied, “I was informed by the All-Knowing, All-Aware.”

إِنinIfتَتُوبَآtatūbāyou both turnإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahفَقَدۡfaqadso indeedصَغَتۡṣaghat(are) inclinedقُلُوبُكُمَاۖqulūbukumāyour heartsوَإِنwa-inbut ifتَظَٰهَرَاtaẓāharāyou backup each otherعَلَيۡهِʿalayhiagainst himفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahهُوَhuwaHeمَوۡلَىٰهُmawlāhu(is) his Protectorوَجِبۡرِيلُwajib'rīluand Jibreelوَصَٰلِحُwaṣāliḥuand (the) righteousٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۖl-mu'minīnabelieversوَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angelsبَعۡدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatظَهِيرٌẓahīrun(are his) assistants

in tatūbā ilā l-lahi faqad ṣaghat qulūbukumā wa-in taẓāharā ʿalayhi fa-inna l-laha huwa mawlāhu wajib'rīlu waṣāliḥu l-mu'minīna wal-malāikatu baʿda dhālika ẓahīrun

˹It will be better˺ if you ˹wives˺ both turn to Allah in repentance, for your hearts have certainly faltered. But if you ˹continue to˺ collaborate against him, then ˹know that˺ Allah Himself is his Guardian. And Gabriel, the righteous believers, and the angels are ˹all˺ his supporters as well.

عَسَىٰʿasāPerhapsرَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhuhis Lordإِنinifطَلَّقَكُنَّṭallaqakunnahe divorced youأَنan[that]يُبۡدِلَهُۥٓyub'dilahuHe will substitute for himأَزۡوَٰجًاazwājanwivesخَيۡرٗاkhayranbetterمِّنكُنَّminkunnathan youمُسۡلِمَٰتٖmus'limātinsubmissiveمُّؤۡمِنَٰتٖmu'minātinfaithfulقَٰنِتَٰتٖqānitātinobedientتَٰٓئِبَٰتٍtāibātinrepentantعَٰبِدَٰتٖʿābidātinwho worshipسَٰٓئِحَٰتٖsāiḥātinwho fastثَيِّبَٰتٖthayyibātinpreviously marriedوَأَبۡكَارٗاwa-abkāranand virgins

ʿasā rabbuhu in ṭallaqakunna an yub'dilahu azwājan khayran minkunna mus'limātin mu'minātin qānitātin tāibātin ʿābidātin sāiḥātin thayyibātin wa-abkāran

Perhaps, if he were to divorce you ˹all˺, his Lord would replace you with better wives who are submissive ˹to Allah˺, faithful ˹to Him˺, devout, repentant, dedicated to worship and fasting—previously married or virgins.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveقُوٓاْqūProtectأَنفُسَكُمۡanfusakumyourselvesوَأَهۡلِيكُمۡwa-ahlīkumand your familiesنَارٗاnāran(from) a Fireوَقُودُهَاwaqūduhāwhose fuelٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu(is) peopleوَٱلۡحِجَارَةُwal-ḥijāratuand stonesعَلَيۡهَاʿalayhāover itمَلَٰٓئِكَةٌmalāikatun(are) Angelsغِلَاظٞghilāẓunsternشِدَادٞshidādunsevereلَّاlānotيَعۡصُونَyaʿṣūnathey disobeyٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahمَآmā(in) whatأَمَرَهُمۡamarahumHe Commands themوَيَفۡعَلُونَwayafʿalūnabut they doمَاmāwhatيُؤۡمَرُونَyu'marūnathey are commanded

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū qū anfusakum wa-ahlīkum nāran waqūduhā l-nāsu wal-ḥijāratu ʿalayhā malāikatun ghilāẓun shidādun lā yaʿṣūna l-laha mā amarahum wayafʿalūna mā yu'marūna

O believers! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, overseen by formidable and severe angels, who never disobey whatever Allah orders—always doing as commanded.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) whoكَفَرُواْkafarūdisbelieveلَاlā(Do) notتَعۡتَذِرُواْtaʿtadhirūmake excusesٱلۡيَوۡمَۖl-yawmatodayإِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyتُجۡزَوۡنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensedمَاmā(for) whatكُنتُمۡkuntumyou used toتَعۡمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

yāayyuhā alladhīna kafarū lā taʿtadhirū l-yawma innamā tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

˹The deniers will then be told,˺ “O disbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! You are only rewarded for what you used to do.”

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who believeءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveتُوبُوٓاْtūbūTurnإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahتَوۡبَةٗtawbatan(in) repentanceنَّصُوحًاnaṣūḥansincereعَسَىٰʿasāPerhapsرَبُّكُمۡrabbukumyour Lordأَنanwillيُكَفِّرَyukaffiraremoveعَنكُمۡʿankumfrom youسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡsayyiātikumyour evil deedsوَيُدۡخِلَكُمۡwayud'khilakumand admit youجَنَّٰتٖjannātin(into) Gardensتَجۡرِيtajrīflowمِنminfromتَحۡتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُl-anhāruthe riversيَوۡمَyawma(on the) Dayلَاlānotيُخۡزِيyukh'zīwill be disgracedٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allahٱلنَّبِيَّl-nabiyathe Prophetوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelievedمَعَهُۥۖmaʿahuwith himنُورُهُمۡnūruhumTheir lightيَسۡعَىٰyasʿāwill runبَيۡنَbaynabeforeأَيۡدِيهِمۡaydīhimtheir handsوَبِأَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡwabi-aymānihimand on their rightيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey will sayرَبَّنَآrabbanāOur LordأَتۡمِمۡatmimPerfectلَنَاlanāfor usنُورَنَاnūranāour lightوَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand grant forgivenessلَنَآۖlanāto usإِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, Youعَلَىٰʿalā(are) overكُلِّkullieveryشَيۡءٖshayinthingقَدِيرٞqadīrunAll-Powerful

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū tūbū ilā l-lahi tawbatan naṣūḥan ʿasā rabbukum an yukaffira ʿankum sayyiātikum wayud'khilakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru yawma lā yukh'zī l-lahu l-nabiya wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu nūruhum yasʿā bayna aydīhim wabi-aymānihim yaqūlūna rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā wa-igh'fir lanā innaka ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

O believers! Turn to Allah in sincere repentance, so your Lord may absolve you of your sins and admit you into Gardens, under which rivers flow, on the Day Allah will not disgrace the Prophet or the believers with him. Their light will shine ahead of them and on their right. They will say, “Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us. ˹For˺ You are truly Most Capable of everything.”

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِيُّl-nabiyuProphetجَٰهِدِjāhidiStriveٱلۡكُفَّارَl-kufāra(against) the disbelieversوَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَwal-munāfiqīnaand the hypocritesوَٱغۡلُظۡwa-ugh'luẓand be sternعَلَيۡهِمۡۚʿalayhimwith themوَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡwamawāhumAnd their abodeجَهَنَّمُۖjahannamu(is) Hellوَبِئۡسَwabi'saand wretched isٱلۡمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu jāhidi l-kufāra wal-munāfiqīna wa-ugh'luẓ ʿalayhim wamawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-maṣīru

O Prophet! Struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be firm with them. Hell will be their home. What an evil destination!

ضَرَبَḍarabaPresentsٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahمَثَلٗاmathalanan exampleلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُواْkafarūdisbelieved ٱمۡرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wifeنُوحٖnūḥin(of) Nuhوَٱمۡرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ata(and the) wifeلُوطٖۖlūṭin(of) LutكَانَتَاkānatāThey wereتَحۡتَtaḥtaunderعَبۡدَيۡنِʿabdaynitwo [slaves]مِنۡminofعِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slavesصَٰلِحَيۡنِṣāliḥaynirighteousفَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumābut they both betrayed themفَلَمۡfalamso notيُغۡنِيَاyugh'niyāthey availedعَنۡهُمَاʿanhumāboth of themمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahشَيۡـٔٗاshayan(in) anythingوَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was saidٱدۡخُلَاud'khulāEnterٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireمَعَmaʿawithٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīnathose who enter

ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū im'ra-ata nūḥin wa-im'ra-ata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yugh'niyā ʿanhumā mina l-lahi shayan waqīla ud'khulā l-nāra maʿa l-dākhilīna

Allah sets forth an example for the disbelievers: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. Each was married to one of Our righteous servants, yet betrayed them. So their husbands were of no benefit to them against Allah whatsoever. Both were told, “Enter the Fire, along with the others!”

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd presentsٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahمَثَلٗاmathalanan exampleلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieved ٱمۡرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wifeفِرۡعَوۡنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaunإِذۡidhwhenقَالَتۡqālatshe saidرَبِّrabbiMy Lordٱبۡنِib'niBuildلِيlīfor meعِندَكَʿindakanear Youبَيۡتٗاbaytana houseفِيfīinٱلۡجَنَّةِl-janatiParadiseوَنَجِّنِيwanajjinīand save meمِنminfromفِرۡعَوۡنَfir'ʿawnaFiraunوَعَمَلِهِۦwaʿamalihiand his deedsوَنَجِّنِيwanajjinīand save meمِنَminafromٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

waḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna āmanū im'ra-ata fir'ʿawna idh qālat rabbi ib'ni lī ʿindaka baytan fī l-janati wanajjinī min fir'ʿawna waʿamalihi wanajjinī mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

And Allah sets forth an example for the believers: the wife of Pharaoh, who prayed, “My Lord! Build me a house in Paradise near You, deliver me from Pharaoh and his ˹evil˺ doing, and save me from the wrongdoing people.”

وَمَرۡيَمَwamaryamaAnd Maryamٱبۡنَتَib'nata(the) daughterعِمۡرَٰنَʿim'rāna(of) Imranٱلَّتِيٓallatīwhoأَحۡصَنَتۡaḥṣanatguardedفَرۡجَهَاfarjahāher chastityفَنَفَخۡنَاfanafakhnāso We breathedفِيهِfīhiinto itمِنminofرُّوحِنَاrūḥināOur SpiritوَصَدَّقَتۡwaṣaddaqatAnd she believedبِكَلِمَٰتِbikalimāti(in the) Wordsرَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) her Lordوَكُتُبِهِۦwakutubihiand His Booksوَكَانَتۡwakānatand she wasمِنَminaofٱلۡقَٰنِتِينَl-qānitīnathe devoutly obedient

wamaryama ib'nata ʿim'rāna allatī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhi min rūḥinā waṣaddaqat bikalimāti rabbihā wakutubihi wakānat mina l-qānitīna

˹There is˺ also ˹the example of˺ Mary, the daughter of ’Imrân, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her ˹womb˺ through Our angel ˹Gabriel˺. She testified to the words of her Lord and His Scriptures, and was one of the ˹sincerely˺ devout.