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"https://quran.com/33:37/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Madinan period boundaries · Britannica 1911", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mahomet" } ], "titles": [ "An opening call to duty", "Following the entrusted revelation", "Trust beyond the immediate crisis", "Words do not rewrite parentage", "Truthful names and merciful correction", "The Prophet and bonds of responsibility", "A solemn covenant with the prophets", "Truthfulness will be examined", "Remembering deliverance from the hosts", "Fear during encirclement", "A community severely shaken", "A promise called delusion", "Yathrib and the wish to withdraw", "How quickly a pledge might fail", "A promise already made", "The limits of flight", "Protection and mercy belong to Allah", "Discouraging others while holding back", "Fear, sharp speech, and greed", "Seeking news from a safe distance", "An example within the ordeal", "The believers interpret the same crisis differently", "Steadfast in a pledged commitment", "Truth rewarded and repentance possible", "The attackers depart without their aim", "The strongholds of wartime supporters", "Land and property after the conflict", "A choice offered to the wives", "A commitment with lasting reward", "Heightened responsibility in a visible household", "Obedience and good work honored", "Speech within a distinctive role", "Worship and the Prophet's household", "Remembering what is recited at home", "Women and men named together", "Commitment when a matter is decided", "Zayd, marriage, and social assumptions", "The Prophet's responsibility within divine ordinance", "Conveying without making people the final judge", "The messenger and the seal of prophethood", "Abundant remembrance", "Praise at the edges of the day", "From darkness toward light", "A greeting of peace", "Witness, good news, and warning", "A caller and an illuminating lamp", "Good news of abundant favor", "Trust while enduring hurtful speech", "A considerate release before consummation", "Rules addressed specifically to the Prophet", "Consideration within household arrangements", "Limits alongside particular permissions", "Hospitality and the right to privacy", "What is concealed remains known", "Specified family relationships", "Blessing and salutation", "The gravity of malicious offense", "Protecting believers from undeserved injury", "Dress and protection from harassment", "A warning to persistent disruptors", "A severe historical threat", "A warning placed within a wider pattern", "The Hour's knowledge belongs to Allah", "A warning about the final outcome", "No substitute protection in judgment", "Obedience wished for after refusal", "Leaders blamed for a lost path", "A demand against misleading leaders", "Moses and the harm of slander", "Speech that is straight and sound", "Conduct repaired through faithful obedience", "The weight of the trust", "Responsibility and mercy for women and men" ], "notes": [ "The Prophet is addressed with a command to remain mindful of Allah rather than yield to hostile and hypocritical pressure. Knowledge and wisdom frame the instruction. The verse concerns the direction of leadership within a demanding historical community.", "The instruction is to follow what comes from the Lord, with divine awareness of conduct emphasized. The messenger's authority remains connected to revelation. The verse prepares a chapter where public crises and intimate household matters both require principled responsibility.", "Reliance on Allah follows the command to obey revelation. Trust does not remove the responsibilities described throughout the chapter; it gives them a foundation. The image of a sufficient trustee places ultimate security beyond political pressure and changing human approval.", "The verse challenges declarations that falsely alter family relationships, including treating a wife as a mother and assigning another parentage to a child. Its concern is truthful kinship. It should not be read as a rejection of caring for vulnerable children.", "Known parentage should be preserved, while those whose fathers are unknown remain brothers and associates in faith. The distinction between an unintended mistake and deliberate falsehood matters. Accuracy about lineage is joined to belonging and forgiveness rather than exclusion.", "The Prophet's claim upon believers and the honored position of his wives are stated alongside the priority of kinship. Kindness toward friends remains expressly possible. The verse orders relationships without reducing every form of care to biological family alone.", "Muhammad, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus son of Mary are named within a serious prophetic covenant. The sequence identifies a shared responsibility rather than supplying a complete chronology. The verse places the present mission within an enduring history of entrusted revelation.", "The covenant leads to questioning the truthful about their truthfulness. Claimed loyalty is therefore not a substitute for faithful conduct. The verse joins the prophets' responsibility to the broader seriousness of how people respond to the messages entrusted to them.", "The believers are asked to remember enemy forces, a wind, and unseen help during the siege. Gratitude begins with recalling vulnerability accurately. The unseen forces are not visually reconstructed, and the verse itself does not supply a civil calendar date.", "Threat from different directions produces alarm, constricted hearts, and troubled thoughts about Allah. The verse does not hide the psychological weight of siege. Its account allows the reader to understand steadfastness as a response within fear, rather than the absence of fear.", "The believers are described as tested and deeply shaken. The brevity gives the ordeal its full seriousness. Read with the surrounding verses, it distinguishes the experience of being frightened from the different moral choices people make while under pressure.", "Hypocritical speakers interpret the crisis as proof that Allah and His messenger promised only deception. These are their claims within the narrative. The chapter will contrast that interpretation with the believers' response without pretending that the outward threat was small.", "A group calls the people of Yathrib to turn back, while others offer a false excuse about exposed homes. The verse distinguishes a stated concern from the intention it concealed. It addresses a particular siege, not every decision to seek safety.", "The verse imagines the enemy entering and these people responding readily to a demand for betrayal. It exposes the fragility of their professed commitment. The warning concerns conduct in this described conflict, rather than a license to suspect entire communities.", "Their earlier pledge not to flee is recalled, and an oath to Allah is made answerable. The contrast places present conduct beside previous words. Commitments are measured when circumstances become demanding, not only when making them brings approval or confidence.", "Escape cannot abolish mortality, and any worldly comfort remains brief. Within the siege narrative, this challenges the calculation behind abandoning a solemn commitment. It is not a general instruction to refuse sensible protection from danger in unrelated circumstances.", "The question asks who could prevent either harm or mercy intended by Allah. It challenges the illusion of complete control that underlies the preceding excuses. Reliance on other supports cannot replace the ultimate dependence the chapter repeatedly asks its hearers to recognize.", "Those who hinder participation and summon companions away are known to Allah. Their limited involvement contrasts with the influence they exert over others. The verse asks how words that sound protective can function as a refusal of shared responsibility.", "The portrait moves from frightened looks to harsh speech after danger passes, joined to reluctance to help and greed for gains. These changing responses reveal inconsistency. The passage does not treat fear alone as proof of hypocrisy or spiritual failure.", "Even after withdrawal, the opponents remain fearful of returning armies and wish to watch events from outside the community. The verse exposes a desire for distance without responsibility. It belongs to the particular conflict described, rather than a judgment of ordinary travelers.", "The messenger is presented as a good example for those who hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Him often. The placement matters: example is visible amid pressure. Faithful leadership becomes a pattern of conduct rather than a slogan.", "Seeing the confederates strengthens the believers' trust in the promise rather than undoing it. The contrast concerns how hardship is understood. Their response does not deny the danger; it places that danger within an expectation of testing and perseverance.", "Some believers have fulfilled their pledge through death, while others continue waiting without changing their commitment. The verse honors constancy across different outcomes. Survival and death are not made competing measures of sincerity within the same shared responsibility.", "The truthful receive reward for their truthfulness, while the hypocrites face punishment or the possibility of divine relenting. Forgiveness and mercy close the verse. The account leaves judgment with Allah rather than giving readers unrestricted authority over another person's final condition.", "The hostile forces are turned back in frustration, and the believers are spared the encounter their enemies sought. The verse attributes the outcome to divine strength. Its account does not require embellishing the scene with invented troop numbers or dramatic unseen figures.", "The verse describes the defeat, killing, and captivity of scriptural people who supported the besiegers. The scope is a particular wartime group and episode. It is not a statement about all Jews, all scriptural communities, or an instruction for present private violence.", "The narrative describes the transfer of land, houses, and wealth after the defeat. The verse supplies no modern cadastral map or complete list of properties. Its historical setting must remain distinct from a general entitlement to seize another person's possessions.", "The Prophet is told to offer his wives a dignified release with provision if they prefer worldly adornment. The verse makes the choice explicit rather than concealing its cost. The following alternative concerns commitment to the household's religious responsibilities.", "The alternative is to seek Allah, His messenger, and the Hereafter, with a great reward for those doing good. The wording joins household belonging to conduct. Remaining in an honored relationship is not presented as replacing the responsibility to act faithfully.", "The Prophet's wives are warned of a doubled consequence for manifest misconduct. Their public and religious position carries a heightened obligation. The verse is an address to that household, and its wording should not be used to invent an accusation against any wife.", "The corresponding promise is a doubled reward for devoted obedience and righteous conduct. This balances the preceding warning. The household's distinctive responsibilities are joined to distinctive recognition, while both statements measure actual behavior rather than prestige detached from practice.", "The wives are directly addressed about reverent conduct and appropriate speech within their distinctive position. The concern includes predatory intentions in others. The verse does not imply that harassment becomes a woman's fault or that her voice has no legitimate place.", "The instruction to the wives joins their domestic setting with prayer, giving, and obedience, then speaks of purification of the household. Read the connected address carefully. This short note does not settle the wider interpretive discussion about every inclusion in that term.", "The wives are told to remember the revelations and wisdom recited in their houses. The home is therefore a place of learning and responsibility. The verse's closing divine awareness gives significance to attention within private life as well as public conduct.", "A sustained parallel names women and men in faith, truthfulness, perseverance, humility, giving, fasting, chastity, and remembrance. Forgiveness and reward are promised to both. The verse makes shared moral agency explicit, refusing to leave women's devotion merely assumed or invisible.", "Believing women and men are called to accept a decision of Allah and His messenger. The verse concerns the authority of revelation within faith. It should not be expanded into an unrestricted power for any human leader to demand unquestioning compliance.", "The verse names Zayd and explains the purpose of the subsequent marriage in relation to adopted sons' former wives. It also records a searching rebuke about fearing people. The reader follows this explicit account without adding sensational stories about hidden romantic motives.", "The marriage is placed within what Allah has appointed for the Prophet and within the pattern of earlier messengers. The verse addresses anticipated blame in that historical setting. It does not turn the Prophet's particular circumstances into a universal personal entitlement.", "Earlier messengers are characterized by conveying Allah's messages and fearing Him above others. The clause about divine accounting reinforces the preceding discussion of public pressure. Integrity requires care about people without allowing their approval to become the ultimate standard.", "Muhammad is distinguished from biological fatherhood of the community's adult men and affirmed as messenger and Seal of the Prophets. The verse connects the lineage discussion with his prophetic role. It does not deny the importance of his other real family relationships.", "The address turns to all believers and calls for frequent remembrance of Allah. After war and difficult social responsibilities, this is a practical spiritual direction. Remembrance belongs within those demands rather than serving as an escape from ethical conduct.", "Morning and evening praise give remembrance a recurring rhythm. The brief verse places devotion within ordinary time rather than only extraordinary crisis. Its simplicity invites consistency, allowing the day's changing conditions to be held within a continuing relationship of gratitude.", "Allah's blessing and the angels' prayers are joined to movement from darkness into light and mercy toward believers. The image communicates guidance and care. Neither the divine nor the unseen angels are offered as subjects for literal visual reconstruction.", "The promised meeting is marked by peace and a generous reward. This assurance follows the call to daily remembrance, extending its horizon beyond present difficulty. The verse emphasizes welcome rather than providing physical details about how that unseen encounter will appear.", "The Prophet's mission is described through three connected roles. Witnessing, encouraging, and warning belong together in his public responsibility. The verse avoids reducing the mission to either comfort alone or threat alone, preparing the further image in the next line.", "The messenger calls to Allah by permission and is compared to a lamp giving light. The image explains the guidance his message offers. It is metaphorical language about his mission, not an instruction to depict the Prophet as a visible luminous figure.", "Believers are told to expect great bounty from Allah. The instruction makes encouragement part of the messenger's work alongside the warning already named. Hope is not incidental to the chapter's demanding responsibilities; it supports their faithful fulfillment.", "The Prophet is told not to yield to hostile and hypocritical pressure, to leave their harm aside, and to trust Allah. The ending repeats the sufficient Trustee. The verse joins conviction with restraint rather than requiring an immediate answer to every insult.", "The verse addresses divorce before marital intimacy, specifying the absence of a waiting period in that circumstance and commanding provision and gracious release. Its practical direction preserves consideration at separation. This note describes the verse, not a ruling for every individual situation.", "Several marital categories are addressed to the Prophet, including an expressly particular permission distinct from other believers. The text also speaks within the historical institution of slavery. These conditions should not be flattened into general permissions or treated as authorization for modern enslavement.", "The Prophet is addressed about household arrangements, with the wives' comfort and freedom from grief explicitly mentioned. Divine knowledge of hearts closes the verse. The passage concerns his particular household and should not be detached from the surrounding specific address.", "Further restrictions are placed beside the preceding permissions, and Allah's watchfulness concludes the instruction. The verse forms part of a connected household passage with historical conditions. Reading only the permissions or only the limits would obscure its carefully bounded address.", "Guests are told to respect invitations, meal timing, and the end of a visit, with additional rules concerning the Prophet's wives. The verse recognizes discomfort that a considerate host may hesitate to voice. Courtesy includes noticing another household's need for privacy.", "Whether something is disclosed or kept hidden, Allah knows it. The statement follows household etiquette and the protection of the Prophet's family. It asks readers to consider intention alongside visible compliance, without authorizing intrusion into another person's private affairs.", "The wives' close family and household relationships are distinguished within the preceding privacy instructions. The verse ends by calling them to reverence before Allah. Its details belong to that connected address, not an excuse to ignore context when discussing wider social practice.", "Believers are invited to join in asking blessings and offering an honorable salutation upon the Prophet. The verse makes respect an active practice of speech. The divine and angelic blessing remains unseen and is not represented through invented images.", "The warning describes the seriousness of maligning Allah and His messenger. It places the final consequence in divine judgment. The verse should not be turned into permission for private retaliation, harassment, or violence against people accused of offensive speech.", "Believing women and men are both protected from unfounded harm and slander. The verse names the wrong as a clear burden of sin. Respect for the Prophet's household expands here into an ethical obligation toward other people's dignity and reputation.", "The Prophet's wives, daughters, and believing women are addressed about drawing outer garments around themselves, with recognition and freedom from harassment stated as purposes. The verse does not excuse an aggressor or make a woman's clothing the measure of her human dignity.", "Hypocrites, those harboring diseased intentions, and alarm spreaders in Madinah are warned to stop. The verse addresses an ongoing public threat within a particular community. Its categories should not be casually assigned to present neighbors or people with whom one disagrees.", "The severe consequence continues the preceding warning to persistent wartime disruptors. Read the verses as a connected address in their historical setting. They do not appoint private readers to pursue, punish, or kill people they choose to label hypocrites.", "The preceding threat is linked to Allah's way with earlier peoples. The verse emphasizes the seriousness of persistent wrongdoing in the narrative. It does not erase the preceding context or create an unrestricted human authority to enforce a self selected punishment.", "The Prophet is asked about the Hour and instructed to place its knowledge with Allah alone. Its possible nearness urges readiness, not prediction. The verse explicitly limits claims about timing even for the messenger who delivers the warning.", "The account turns from historical community affairs to the prepared Fire for those rejecting Allah. This is a scene of ultimate judgment. The reader is warned to respond while able, rather than invited to determine the final fate of named living people.", "The warned people find no patron or helper capable of rescuing them from the final outcome. The verse challenges reliance on the social protections that dominate worldly life. It belongs to the unseen account, not a description of present legal powers.", "The condemned wish they had obeyed Allah and His messenger. Regret now recognizes what the earlier warning asked them to consider. The scene's present purpose is to awaken responsibility before the opportunity for changed conduct has been replaced by recollection.", "The speakers recall following their chiefs and powerful figures into error. Their complaint exposes the moral influence of leadership. It also asks readers to examine whom they obey before later blame becomes the only response left to them.", "The followers ask for doubled punishment and a great curse upon those who misled them. These are their words in the judgment scene. The narrative shows the collapse of loyalty built on error, rather than prescribing personal curses as ordinary social conduct.", "Believers are warned against resembling those who harmed Moses through allegations from which Allah cleared him. The verse affirms his honor without specifying the allegation here. The reader does not add an unverified legend to make the warning more dramatic.", "Reverence toward Allah is joined to speaking accurately and rightly. After scenes of rumor, accusation, and misleading leadership, this instruction gives a concrete alternative. Integrity in speech becomes part of the responsibility the chapter asks believers to carry.", "Sound speech and reverence lead into the promise of rectified deeds and forgiven sins. Obedience to Allah and His messenger is called a great success. The verse connects moral repair with hope, rather than leaving the reader only with warning.", "Heaven, earth, and mountains shrink from the trust that humanity undertakes. The immense image conveys the seriousness of moral responsibility and human vulnerability. It is not an archaeological event or a physical burden whose exact appearance can be reconstructed.", "The closing verse names women and men in each moral category and ends with forgiveness and mercy toward believers. It completes the chapter's account of entrusted responsibility. Public status cannot replace faithful response, while the possibility of divine mercy remains central." ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 8, "title": "Trust, truthful lineage, and a solemn covenant", "summary": "Revelation and reliance on Allah frame the reform of claimed family ties and the prophets' responsibility.", "reflection": "How can accuracy about relationships coexist with generous care?" }, { "start": 9, "end": 27, "title": "Madinah under the confederates", "summary": "Siege exposes fear, broken pledges, and steadfastness before relief and the conflict's aftermath.", "reflection": "Distinguish feeling fear from the choices made in response to it." }, { "start": 28, "end": 40, "title": "The Prophet's household and shared moral agency", "summary": "Particular household responsibilities lead to the explicit recognition of women's and men's virtues and the account of Zayd.", "reflection": "Notice where an honored role increases responsibility rather than removing it." }, { "start": 41, "end": 52, "title": "Remembrance and carefully bounded duties", "summary": "Frequent remembrance and the Prophet's mission stand beside specific marriage and household rules.", "reflection": "Read particular permissions together with their stated conditions and limits." }, { "start": 53, "end": 62, "title": "Privacy, dignity, and public safety", "summary": "Courtesy in homes, respectful speech, dress, and warnings to persistent disruptors concern the community's social conduct.", "reflection": "What does consideration require before another person has to ask for it?" }, { "start": 63, "end": 73, "title": "The Hour and the trust humanity carries", "summary": "The final account challenges misleading authority and slander, then calls for sound speech and faithful responsibility.", "reflection": "Which part of the trust is closest to your next word or action?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "622–632 CE · Madinan period boundaries", "year": 622, "endYear": 632, "body": "The chapter is Madinan. These period boundaries mark the Hijrah and the end of the Prophet's lifetime, not one precise revelation date for all its passages.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mahomet" }, { "title": "The siege of Madinah · 4 or 5 AH in reports", "year": null, "body": "Ibn Kathir favors 5 AH while recording a 4 AH view. This reader preserves that reported difference and does not equate the entire surah with a single day of the siege.", "source": "https://quran.com/33:9/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Zayd, divorce, and a subsequent marriage", "year": null, "body": "Verse 37 names Zayd and states the purpose of the marriage that follows. Later commentary identifies Zaynab; no unsupported private scene or exact date is supplied here.", "source": "https://quran.com/33:37/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Household instructions and public responsibilities", "year": null, "body": "The chapter moves among siege, family, privacy, worship, and accountability. Textual order is not treated as proof that every instruction was revealed on the same occasion.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "madinah", "name": "Madinah / Yathrib · the besieged community", "lat": 24.4672, "lon": 39.6111, "body": "Verse 13 names Yathrib, and the later address names Madinah. The marker gives the broad city setting; the illustrated trench is not a surveyed reconstruction of its complete ancient course.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm", "image": 1 }, { "id": "siege-front", "name": "The siege front · historical setting", "body": "Ibn Kathir's commentary describes the defensive trench and the confederate threat. The scene evokes the pressure of the siege without claiming an exact camp coordinate or showing unseen forces.", "source": "https://quran.com/33:9/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir", "image": 1 }, { "id": "household", "name": "The Prophet's dwellings · privacy and remembrance", "body": "Verses 34 and 53 refer to revelation in the homes and etiquette for visitors. The reader does not claim an exact interior plan or depict the Prophet and his wives.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm", "image": 4 }, { "id": "trust", "name": "Heaven, earth, and mountains · the trust image", "body": "Verse 72 uses the scale of creation to convey the weight of the trust. This is a scriptural image of responsibility rather than a site on an earthly map.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm", "image": 5 } ], "people": [ { "id": "muhammad", "title": "Muhammad · messenger and example", "body": "The chapter describes an example in crisis, a witness, a giver of good news, a warner, and the Seal of the Prophets. His particular household instructions remain distinct from general addresses.", "verse": 21, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" }, { "id": "zayd", "title": "Zayd · named in the Quran", "body": "Verse 37 names Zayd in its account of divorce and a subsequent marriage. Commentary identifies him as Zayd ibn Harithah and the former wife as Zaynab bint Jahsh.", "verse": 37, "url": "https://quran.com/33:37/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "id": "wives", "title": "The Prophet's wives", "body": "They receive distinctive responsibilities and choices, alongside recognition of the revelation recited in their homes. The notes avoid treating hypothetical warnings as allegations against a particular wife.", "verse": 28, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" }, { "id": "women-men", "title": "Believing women and men", "body": "Verse 35 repeatedly names women and men together in devotion, ethical conduct, and promised reward. Both are also protected from undeserved injury and slander in verse 58.", "verse": 35, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" }, { "id": "confederates", "title": "The confederates and those who aided them", "body": "The narrative addresses a particular coalition and wartime supporters. Its warnings are not generalized into claims about every member of a religion or ethnicity.", "verse": 9, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" } ], "history": [ { "title": "Dating the siege cautiously", "body": "Commentary reports 5 AH and 4 AH datings for the confederate siege. The timeline retains the disagreement and uses the wider Madinan period for civil calendar orientation.", "source": "https://quran.com/33:9/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Lineage and care are distinct questions", "body": "Verses 4–5 reject false parentage while preserving brotherhood and association where a father's identity is unknown. The reader describes this reform without equating it with abandonment of children who need care.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" }, { "title": "Zayd and Zaynab without added legends", "body": "Ibn Kathir identifies the couple and discusses the purpose stated in verse 37. The reader follows the explicit narrative and does not embellish it with unverified accounts of private encounters or motives.", "source": "https://quran.com/33:37/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Historical conflict and limited scope", "body": "Verses 26–27 and 60–62 belong to specified conflict and disruption. They are presented in context, without casualty numbers absent from the verses and without turning them into permission for private violence today.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/033.htm" }, { "title": "Juz division within the chapter", "body": "Al-Ahzab begins in Juz 21; verse 31 begins the part of the surah in Juz 22. This reading division is independent of the chapter's six thematic passages.", "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/semarketir/quranjson/master/source/surah/surah_33.json" } ], "revelationNote": "Madinan; 622–632 CE is a broad period range only. Reports date the siege differently to 4 or 5 AH, and the chapter's household passages are not forced into one occasion. Juz 22 starts within this surah at verse 31.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا", "translation": "O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "وَٱتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًۭا", "translation": "And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "مَّا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍۢ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِى جَوْفِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزْوَٰجَكُمُ ٱلَّٰٓـِٔى تُظَٰهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَآءَكُمْ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِكُمْ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَقُولُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِى ٱلسَّبِيلَ", "translation": "Allah has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allah says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "ٱدْعُوهُمْ لِءَابَآئِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌۭ فِيمَآ أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًا", "translation": "Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allah. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you. And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "ٱلنَّبِىُّ أَوْلَىٰ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُۥٓ أُمَّهَٰتُهُمْ ۗ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍۢ فِى كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ إِلَّآ أَن تَفْعَلُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآئِكُم مَّعْرُوفًۭا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭا", "translation": "The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allah than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book inscribed." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمْ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٍۢ وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۖ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا", "translation": "And [mention, O Muhammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "لِّيَسْـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا", "translation": "That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَآءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌۭ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًۭا وَجُنُودًۭا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا", "translation": "O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allah, of what you do, Seeing." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "إِذْ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠", "translation": "[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah [various] assumptions." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "هُنَالِكَ ٱبْتُلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ زِلْزَالًۭا شَدِيدًۭا", "translation": "There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "وَإِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورًۭا", "translation": "And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, \"Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,\"" }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚ وَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌۭ وَمَا هِىَ بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارًۭا", "translation": "And when a faction of them said, \"O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here], so return [home].\" And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, \"Indeed, our houses are unprotected,\" while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ لَءَاتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرًۭا", "translation": "And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ۚ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًۭا", "translation": "And they had already promised Allah before not to turn their backs and flee. And ever is the promise to Allah [that about which one will be] questioned." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "قُل لَّن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَوِ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَإِذًۭا لَّا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little.\"" }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "قُلْ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"Who is it that can protect you from Allah if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?\" And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or any helper." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "۞ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلْقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا", "translation": "Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, \"Come to us,\" and do not go to battle, except for a few," }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ ٱلْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَٱلَّذِى يُغْشَىٰ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ٱلْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَأَحْبَطَ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًۭا", "translation": "Indisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allah has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allah, easy." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "يَحْسَبُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا۟ ۖ وَإِن يَأْتِ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ يَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِى ٱلْأَعْرَابِ يَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ أَنۢبَآئِكُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا قَٰتَلُوٓا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِى رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌۭ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْءَاخِرَ وَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا", "translation": "There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّآ إِيمَٰنًۭا وَتَسْلِيمًۭا", "translation": "And when the believers saw the companies, they said, \"This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.\" And it increased them only in faith and acceptance." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌۭ صَدَقُوا۟ مَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُۥ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا۟ تَبْدِيلًۭا", "translation": "Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -" }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "لِّيَجْزِىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ بِصِدْقِهِمْ وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ إِن شَآءَ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا", "translation": "That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He wills or accept their repentance. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "وَرَدَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا ۚ وَكَفَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلْقِتَالَ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًۭا", "translation": "And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَٰهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًۭا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًۭا", "translation": "And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party you killed, and you took captive a party." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ وَدِيَٰرَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَأَرْضًۭا لَّمْ تَطَـُٔوهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرًۭا", "translation": "And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden. And ever is Allah, over all things, competent." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ إِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًۭا جَمِيلًۭا", "translation": "O Prophet, say to your wives, \"If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَٰتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا", "translation": "But if you should desire Allah and His Messenger and the home of the Hereafter - then indeed, Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward.\"" }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ يُضَٰعَفْ لَهَا ٱلْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًۭا", "translation": "O wives of the Prophet, whoever of you should commit a clear immorality - for her the punishment would be doubled two fold, and ever is that, for Allah, easy." }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "۞ وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًۭا نُّؤْتِهَآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًۭا كَرِيمًۭا", "translation": "And whoever of you devoutly obeys Allah and His Messenger and does righteousness - We will give her her reward twice; and We have prepared for her a noble provision." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ إِنِ ٱتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ ٱلَّذِى فِى قَلْبِهِۦ مَرَضٌۭ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًۭا مَّعْرُوفًۭا", "translation": "O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allah, then do not be soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech." }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتِينَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِعْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ ٱلرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًۭا", "translation": "And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْنَ مَا يُتْلَىٰ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ لَطِيفًا خَبِيرًا", "translation": "And remember what is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and wisdom. Indeed, Allah is ever Subtle and Acquainted [with all things]." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَٱلْمُسْلِمَٰتِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلْخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَٱلْحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةًۭ وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍۢ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ۗ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًۭا مُّبِينًۭا", "translation": "It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error." }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "وَإِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّذِىٓ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ وَٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَتُخْفِى فِى نَفْسِكَ مَا ٱللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَتَخْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَىٰهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ زَيْدٌۭ مِّنْهَا وَطَرًۭا زَوَّجْنَٰكَهَا لِكَىْ لَا يَكُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَرَجٌۭ فِىٓ أَزْوَٰجِ أَدْعِيَآئِهِمْ إِذَا قَضَوْا۟ مِنْهُنَّ وَطَرًۭا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفْعُولًۭا", "translation": "And [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, \"Keep your wife and fear Allah,\" while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished." }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "مَّا كَانَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ مِنْ حَرَجٍۢ فِيمَا فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ ۖ سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قَدَرًۭا مَّقْدُورًا", "translation": "There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allah has imposed upon him. [This is] the established way of Allah with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allah a destiny decreed." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَٰلَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَخْشَوْنَهُۥ وَلَا يَخْشَوْنَ أَحَدًا إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبًۭا", "translation": "[Allah praises] those who convey the messages of Allah and fear Him and do not fear anyone but Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍۢ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا", "translation": "Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ذِكْرًۭا كَثِيرًۭا", "translation": "O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance" }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًا", "translation": "And exalt Him morning and afternoon." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَلِّى عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۚ وَكَانَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًۭا", "translation": "It is He who confers blessing upon you, and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ سَلَٰمٌۭ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًۭا كَرِيمًۭا", "translation": "Their greeting the Day they meet Him will be, \"Peace.\" And He has prepared for them a noble reward." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ شَٰهِدًۭا وَمُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا", "translation": "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا", "translation": "And one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp." }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَضْلًۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "And give good tidings to the believers that they will have from Allah great bounty." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَدَعْ أَذَىٰهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًۭا", "translation": "And do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites but do not harm them, and rely upon Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نَكَحْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ عِدَّةٍۢ تَعْتَدُّونَهَا ۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحًۭا جَمِيلًۭا", "translation": "O You who have believed, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them, then there is not for you any waiting period to count concerning them. So provide for them and give them a gracious release." }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِنَّآ أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَٰجَكَ ٱلَّٰتِىٓ ءَاتَيْتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّٰتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَٰلَٰتِكَ ٱلَّٰتِى هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ وَٱمْرَأَةًۭ مُّؤْمِنَةً إِن وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِىِّ إِنْ أَرَادَ ٱلنَّبِىُّ أَن يَسْتَنكِحَهَا خَالِصَةًۭ لَّكَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۗ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِىٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌۭ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا", "translation": "O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation and those your right hand possesses from what Allah has returned to you [of captives] and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her, [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that there will be upon you no discomfort. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "۞ تُرْجِى مَن تَشَآءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُـْٔوِىٓ إِلَيْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ وَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن تَقَرَّ أَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَلِيمًۭا", "translation": "You, [O Muhammad], may put aside whom you will of them or take to yourself whom you will. And any that you desire of those [wives] from whom you had [temporarily] separated - there is no blame upon you [in returning her]. That is more suitable that they should be content and not grieve and that they should be satisfied with what you have given them - all of them. And Allah knows what is in your hearts. And ever is Allah Knowing and Forbearing." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍۢ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ رَّقِيبًۭا", "translation": "Not lawful to you, [O Muhammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allah, over all things, an Observer." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَٰظِرِينَ إِنَىٰهُ وَلَٰكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَٱدْخُلُوا۟ فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ وَلَا مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِى ٱلنَّبِىَّ فَيَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنكُمْ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَٰعًۭا فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَآءِ حِجَابٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُؤْذُوا۟ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَن تَنكِحُوٓا۟ أَزْوَٰجَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمًا", "translation": "O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allah is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allah or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allah an enormity." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "إِن تُبْدُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا", "translation": "Whether you reveal a thing or conceal it, indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing." }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِىٓ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَآئِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ ۗ وَٱتَّقِينَ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدًا", "translation": "There is no blame upon women concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess. And fear Allah. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, Witness." }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا", "translation": "Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭا", "translation": "And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا", "translation": "O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "۞ لَّئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease and those who spread rumors in al-Madinah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "مَّلْعُونِينَ ۖ أَيْنَمَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ أُخِذُوا۟ وَقُتِّلُوا۟ تَقْتِيلًۭا", "translation": "Accursed wherever they are found, [being] seized and massacred completely." }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًۭا", "translation": "[This is] the established way of Allah with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allah any change." }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا", "translation": "People ask you concerning the Hour. Say,\" Knowledge of it is only with Allah. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.\"" }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيرًا", "translation": "Indeed, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا ۖ لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper." }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيْتَنَآ أَطَعْنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَا۠", "translation": "The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, \"How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.\"" }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠", "translation": "And they will say, \"Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way." }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse.\"" }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ ۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًۭا", "translation": "O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allah cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allah, was distinguished." }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًۭا سَدِيدًۭا", "translation": "O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice." }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا", "translation": "He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment." }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا ٱلْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومًۭا جَهُولًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۢا", "translation": "[It was] so that Allah may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allah may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. 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"[the] religion", "and your friends.", "But not is", "upon you", "any blame", "in what", "you made a mistake", "in it,", "but", "what", "intended", "your hearts.", "and is", "Allah", "(is) Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "The Prophet", "(is) closer", "to the believers", "than", "their own selves,", "and his wives", "(are) their mothers.", "And possessors", "(of) relationships,", "some of them", "(are) closer", "to another", "in", "(the) Decree", "(of) Allah", "than", "the believers", "and the emigrants,", "except", "that", "you do", "to", "your friends", "a kindness.", "is", "that", "in", "the Book", "written." ], [ "And when", "We took", "from", "the Prophets", "their Covenant", "and from you", "and from", "Nuh", "and Ibrahim", "and Musa", "and Isa,", "son", "(of) Maryam.", "And We took", "from them", "a covenant", "strong" ], [ "That He may ask", "the truthful", "about", "their truth.", "And He has prepared", "for the disbelievers", "a punishment", "painful." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "Remember", "(the) Favor", "(of) Allah", "upon you", "when", "came to you", "(the) hosts", "and We sent", "upon them", "a wind", "and hosts", "not", "you (could) see them.", "and is", "Allah", "of what", "you do", "All-Seer." ], [ "When", "they came upon you", "from", "above you", "and from", "below", "you,", "and when", "grew wild", "the eyes", "and reached", "the hearts", "the throats,", "and you assumed", "about Allah", "the assumptions." ], [ "There -", "were tried", "the believers", "and shaken", "(with a) shake", "severe." ], [ "And when", "said", "the hypocrites", "and those", "in", "their hearts", "(was) a disease,", "\"Not", "promised us", "Allah", "and His messenger", "except", "delusion.\"" ], [ "And when", "said", "a party", "of them,", "\"O People", "(of) Yathrib!", "No", "stand", "for you,", "so return.\"", "And asked permission", "a group", "of them", "(from) the Prophet,", "saying,", "\"Indeed,", "our houses", "(are) exposed,\"", "and not", "they", "(were) exposed.", "Not", "they wished", "but", "to flee." ], [ "And if", "had been entered", "upon them", "from", "all its sides", "then", "they had been asked", "the treachery,", "they (would) have certainly done it", "and not", "they (would) have hesitated", "over it", "except", "a little." ], [ "And certainly", "they had", "promised", "Allah", "before,", "before,", "not", "they would turn", "their backs.", "And is", "(the) promise", "(to) Allah", "to be questioned." ], [ "Say,", "\"Never", "will benefit you", "the fleeing,", "if", "you flee", "from", "death", "or", "killing,", "and then", "not", "you will be allowed to enjoy", "except", "a little.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Who", "is it", "who", "(can) protect you", "from", "Allah", "If", "He intends", "for you", "any harm", "or", "He intends", "for you", "a mercy?\"", "And not", "they will find", "for them", "besides", "besides", "Allah", "any protector", "and not", "any helper." ], [ "Verily,", "knows", "Allah", "those who hinder", "among you", "and those who say", "to their brothers,", "\"Come", "to us,\"", "and not", "they come", "(to) the battle", "except", "a few," ], [ "Miserly", "towards you.", "But when", "comes", "the fear,", "you see them", "looking", "at you,", "revolving", "their eyes", "like one who", "faints", "faints", "from", "[the] death.", "But when", "departs", "the fear,", "they smite you", "with tongues", "sharp", "miserly", "towards", "the good.", "Those -", "not", "they have believed,", "so made worthless", "Allah", "their deeds.", "And is", "that", "for", "Allah", "easy." ], [ "They think", "the confederates", "(have) not", "withdrawn.", "And if", "(should) come", "the confederates", "they would wish", "if", "that they (were)", "living in (the) desert", "among", "the Bedouins,", "asking", "about", "your news.", "And if", "they were", "among you", "not", "they would fight", "except", "a little." ], [ "Certainly,", "is", "for you", "in", "(the) Messenger", "(of) Allah", "an example", "excellent", "for (one) who", "has", "hope", "(in) Allah", "and the Day", "the Last,", "and remembers", "Allah", "much." ], [ "And when", "saw", "the believers", "the confederates,", "they said,", "\"This", "(is) what", "promised us", "Allah", "and His Messenger,", "and spoke truth", "Allah", "and His Messenger.\"", "And not", "it increased them", "except", "(in) faith", "and submission." ], [ "Among", "the believers", "(are) men", "(who) have been true", "(to) what", "they covenanted with", "Allah", "[on it].", "And among them", "(is he) who", "has fulfilled", "his vow", "and among them", "(is he) who", "awaits.", "And not", "they alter", "(by) any alteration -" ], [ "so that may reward", "Allah", "the truthful", "for their truth", "and punish", "the hypocrites", "if", "He wills", "or", "turn in mercy", "to them.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "is", "Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "and turned back", "Allah", "those who", "disbelieved,", "in their rage,", "not", "they obtained", "any good.", "And sufficient is", "Allah", "(for) the believers", "(in) the battle,", "and is", "Allah", "All-Strong,", "All-Mighty." ], [ "And He brought down", "those who", "backed them", "among", "(the) People", "(of) the Scripture", "from", "their fortresses", "and cast", "into", "their hearts", "[the] terror,", "a group", "you killed", "and you took captive", "a group." ], [ "And He caused you to inherit", "their land,", "and their houses,", "and their properties", "and a land", "not", "you (had) trodden.", "and is", "Allah", "on", "every", "thing", "All-Powerful." ], [ "O", "Prophet", "Say", "to your wives,", "\"If", "you", "desire", "the life", "(of) the world", "and its adornment,", "then come,", "I will provide for you", "and release you", "(with) a release", "good." ], [ "But if", "you", "desire", "Allah", "and His Messenger", "and the Home", "(of) the Hereafter,", "then indeed,", "Allah", "has prepared", "for the good-doers", "among you", "a reward", "great.\"" ], [ "O wives", "(of) the Prophet!", "Whoever", "commits", "from you", "immorality", "clear,", "will be doubled", "for her", "the punishment", "two fold.", "and is", "that", "for", "Allah", "easy." ], [ "And whoever", "is obedient", "among you", "to Allah", "and His Messenger", "and does", "righteousness,", "We will give her", "her reward", "twice;", "and We have prepared", "for her", "a provision", "noble." ], [ "O wives", "(of) the Prophet!", "You are not", "like anyone", "among", "the women.", "If", "you fear (Allah),", "then (do) not", "be soft", "in speech,", "lest should be moved with desire", "he who,", "in", "his heart", "(is) a disease,", "but say", "a word", "appropriate." ], [ "And stay", "in", "your houses", "and (do) not", "display yourselves", "(as was the) display", "(of the times of) ignorance", "the former.", "And establish", "the prayer", "and give", "zakah", "and obey", "Allah", "and His Messenger.", "Only", "wishes", "Allah", "to remove", "from you", "the impurity,", "(O) People", "(of) the House!", "And to purify you", "(with thorough) purification." ], [ "And remember", "what", "is recited", "in", "your houses", "of", "(the) Verses", "(of) Allah", "and the wisdom.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "is", "All-Subtle,", "All-Aware." ], [ "Indeed,", "the Muslim men", "and the Muslim women,", "and the believing men", "and the believing women,", "and the obedient men", "and the obedient women,", "and the truthful men", "and the truthful women,", "and the patient men", "and the patient women,", "and the humble men", "and the humble women,", "and the men who give charity", "and the women who give charity", "and the men who fast", "and the women who fast,", "and the men who guard", "their chastity", "and the women who guard (it),", "and the men who remember", "Allah", "much", "and the women who remember", "has prepared", "Allah", "for them", "forgiveness", "and a reward", "great." ], [ "And not", "(it) is", "for a believing man", "and not", "(for) a believing woman,", "when", "has decided", "Allah", "and His Messenger", "a matter", "that", "(there) should be", "for them", "(any) choice", "about", "their affair.", "And whoever", "disobeys", "Allah", "and His Messenger", "certainly,", "he (has) strayed", "(into) error", "clear." ], [ "And when", "you said", "to the one,", "bestowed favor", "Allah", "on him", "and you bestowed favor", "on him,", "\"Keep", "to yourself", "your wife", "and fear", "Allah.\"", "But you concealed", "within", "yourself", "what", "Allah", "(was to) disclose.", "And you fear", "the people,", "while Allah", "has more right", "that", "you (should) fear Him.", "So when", "ended", "Zaid", "from her", "necessary (formalities),", "We married her to you", "so that", "not", "there be", "on", "the believers", "any discomfort", "concerning", "the wives", "(of) their adopted sons", "when", "they have ended", "from them", "necessary (formalities).", "And is", "(the) Command", "(of) Allah", "accomplished." ], [ "Not", "(there can) be", "upon", "the Prophet", "any", "discomfort", "in what", "has appointed", "Allah", "on him.", "(That is the) Way", "(of) Allah", "concerning", "those who", "passed away", "before.", "before.", "And is", "(the) Command", "(of) Allah", "a decree", "destined." ], [ "Those who", "convey", "(the) Messages", "(of) Allah", "and fear Him", "and (do) not", "fear", "anyone", "except", "Allah.", "and sufficient is", "Allah", "(as) a Reckoner." ], [ "Not", "is", "Muhammad", "(the) father", "(of) anyone", "of", "your men", "but", "(he is the) Messenger", "(of) Allah", "and Seal", "(of) the Prophets.", "and is", "Allah", "of every", "thing", "All-Knower." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe", "Remember", "Allah", "(with) remembrance", "much" ], [ "And glorify Him", "morning", "and evening." ], [ "He", "(is) the One Who", "sends His blessings", "upon you", "and His Angels", "so that He may bring you out", "from", "the darkness[es]", "to", "the light.", "And He is", "to the believers", "Merciful." ], [ "Their greetings", "(on the) Day", "they will meet Him", "(will be), \"Peace.\"", "and He has prepared", "for them", "a reward", "noble." ], [ "O", "Prophet", "Indeed, We", "have sent you", "(as) a witness", "and a bearer of glad tidings", "and (as) a warner" ], [ "And as one who invites", "to", "Allah", "by His permission,", "and (as) a lamp", "illuminating." ], [ "And give glad tidings", "(to) the believers", "that", "for them", "(is) from", "Allah", "a Bounty", "great." ], [ "And (do) not", "obey", "the disbelievers", "and the hypocrites,", "and disregard", "their harm,", "and put your trust", "in", "Allah.", "and sufficient is", "Allah", "(as) a Trustee." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe", "When", "you marry", "believing women", "and then,", "divorce them", "before", "before", "[that]", "you have touched them,", "then not", "for you", "on them", "any", "waiting period", "(to) count concerning them.", "So provide for them", "and release them", "(with) a release", "good." ], [ "O", "Prophet", "Indeed, We", "[We] have made lawful", "to you", "your wives", "(to) whom", "you have given", "their bridal money", "and whom", "possesses", "your right hand", "from those (whom)", "has granted", "Allah", "to you,", "and (the) daughters", "(of) your paternal uncles", "and (the) daughters", "(of) your paternal aunts", "and (the) daughters", "(of) your maternal uncles", "and (the) daughters", "(of) your maternal aunts", "who", "emigrated", "with you,", "and a woman", "believing", "if", "she gives", "herself", "to the Prophet", "if", "wishes", "the Prophet", "to", "marry her -", "only", "for you,", "excluding", "excluding", "the believers.", "Certainly,", "We know", "what", "We have made obligatory", "upon them", "concerning", "their wives", "and whom", "possess", "their right hands", "that not", "should be", "on you", "any discomfort.", "and is", "Allah", "Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful" ], [ "You may defer", "whom", "you will", "of them", "or you may take", "to yourself", "whom", "you will.", "And whoever", "you desire", "of those whom", "you (had) set aside -", "then (there is) no", "blame", "upon you.", "That", "(is) more suitable", "that", "may be cooled", "their eyes", "and not", "they grieve", "and they may be pleased", "with what", "you have given them -", "all of them.", "And Allah", "knows", "what", "(is) in", "your hearts.", "and is", "Allah", "All-Knower,", "Most Forbearing." ], [ "(It is) not", "lawful", "for you", "(to marry) women", "from", "after this", "and not", "to", "exchange", "them", "for", "(other) wives", "even if", "pleases you", "their beauty,", "except", "whom", "possesses", "your right hand", "and is", "Allah", "over", "all", "things", "an Observer." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe", "(Do) not", "enter", "(the) houses", "(of) the Prophet", "except", "when", "permission is given", "to you", "for", "a meal,", "without", "awaiting", "its preparation.", "But", "when", "you are invited,", "then enter;", "and when", "you have eaten,", "then disperse", "and not", "seeking to remain", "for a conversation.", "Indeed,", "that", "was", "troubling", "the Prophet,", "and he is shy", "of (dismissing) you.", "But Allah", "not", "is shy", "of", "the truth.", "And when", "you ask them", "(for) anything", "then ask them", "from", "behind", "a screen.", "That", "(is) purer", "for your hearts", "and their hearts.", "And not", "is", "for you", "that", "you trouble", "(the) Messenger", "(of) Allah", "and not", "that", "you should marry", "his wives", "from", "after him", "ever.", "Indeed,", "that", "is", "near", "Allah", "an enormity." ], [ "Whether", "you reveal", "a thing", "or", "conceal it,", "indeed,", "Allah", "is", "of all", "things", "All-Knower." ], [ "(There is) no", "blame", "upon them", "concerning", "their fathers", "and not", "their sons", "and not", "their brothers", "and not", "sons", "(of) their brothers", "and not", "sons", "(of) their sisters", "and not", "their women", "and not", "what", "possess", "their right hands", "And fear", "Allah.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "is", "over", "all", "things", "a Witness." ], [ "Indeed,", "Allah", "and His Angels", "send blessings", "upon", "the Prophet.", "O you", "who", "believe", "Send blessings", "on him", "and greet him", "(with) greetings." ], [ "Indeed,", "those who", "annoy", "Allah", "and His Messenger,", "has cursed them", "Allah", "in", "the world", "and the Hereafter", "and prepared", "for them", "a punishment", "humiliating." ], [ "And those who", "harm", "the believing men", "and the believing women", "for other than", "what", "they have earned,", "then certainly,", "they bear", "false accusation", "and sin", "manifest." ], [ "O", "Prophet", "Say", "to your wives", "and your daughters", "and (the) women", "(of) the believers", "to draw", "over themselves", "[of]", "their outer garments.", "That", "(is) more suitable", "that", "they should be known", "and not", "harmed.", "And is", "Allah", "Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "If", "(do) not", "cease", "the hypocrites", "and those who", "in", "their hearts", "(is) a disease", "and those who spread rumors", "in", "the city,", "We will surely incite you", "against them", "then", "not", "they will remain your neighbors", "therein", "except", "(for) a little," ], [ "Accursed,", "wherever", "they are found,", "they are seized", "and slain", "utterly" ], [ "(Such is the) Way", "(of) Allah", "with", "those who", "passed away", "before", "before", "and never", "you will find", "in (the) Way", "(of) Allah", "any change." ], [ "Ask you", "the people", "about", "the Hour.", "Say,", "\"Only", "its knowledge", "(is) with", "Allah.", "And what", "will make you know?", "Perhaps", "the Hour", "is", "near.\"" ], [ "Indeed,", "Allah", "has cursed", "the disbelievers", "and has prepared", "for them", "a Blaze," ], [ "Abiding", "therein", "forever,", "not", "they will find", "any protector", "and not", "any helper." ], [ "(The) Day", "will be turned about", "their faces", "in", "the Fire", "they will say,", "\"O we wish", "we (had) obeyed", "Allah", "and obeyed", "the Messenger!\"" ], [ "And they will say,", "\"Our Lord!", "Indeed, we", "[we] obeyed", "our chiefs", "and our great men,", "and they misled us", "(from) the Way." ], [ "Our Lord!", "Give them", "double", "[of]", "punishment", "and curse them", "(with) a curse", "great.\"" ], [ "O you", "who", "believe", "(Do) not", "be", "like those who", "abused", "Musa", "then cleared him", "Allah", "of what", "they said.", "And he was", "near", "Allah", "honorable." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe", "Fear", "Allah", "and speak", "a word", "right." ], [ "He will amend", "for you", "your deeds", "and forgive", "for you", "your sins.", "And whoever", "obeys", "Allah", "and His Messenger", "certainly", "has attained", "an attainment", "great." ], [ "Indeed, We", "[We] offered", "the Trust", "to", "the heavens", "and the earth", "and the mountains,", "but they refused", "to", "bear it", "and they feared", "from it;", "but bore it", "the man.", "Indeed, he", "was", "unjust", "ignorant." ], [ "so that may punish", "Allah", "the hypocrite men", "and the hypocrite women", "and the polytheist men", "and the polytheist women", "and will turn in mercy", "Allah", "to", "the believing men", "and the believing women.", "and is", "Allah", "Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ] ], "juz": 21, "glossNote": "Word meanings follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. 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