Sura 66: Al-Tahreem (Prohibition) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[66:1] O you prophet, why do you prohibit what GOD has made lawful for you, just to please your wives? GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.*

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu[the] prophet!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تُحَرِّمُtuḥarrimuyou prohibitمَآmāwhatأَحَلَّaḥalla[He] made lawfulٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكَlakafor you,تَبْتَغِىtabtaghī[you] seekingمَرْضَاتَmarḍāta(to) pleaseأَزْوَٰجِكَazwājikayour wives?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiver,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١﴾

*66:1 Mohammedans around the world believe that Muhammad was infallible. This verse teaches us that he was indeed a fallible human being (18:110, 33:37, 40:66, 80:1).

[66:2] GOD has decreed for you the laws dealing with your oaths. GOD is your Lord, and He is the Omniscient, Most Wise.

قَدْqadIndeed,فَرَضَfaraḍa[He] decreedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]تَحِلَّةَtaḥillata(the) absolution / expiation / atonement / lawfulness (of)أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْaymānikumyour oaths.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)مَوْلَىٰكُمْmawlākumyour Protector / Lord and Masterوَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٢﴾

[66:3] The prophet had trusted some of his wives with a certain statement, then one of them spread it, and GOD let him know about it. He then informed his wife of part of the issue, and disregarded part. She asked him, "Who informed you of this?" He said, "I was informed by the Omniscient, Most Cognizant."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَسَرَّasarra[he] confidedٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuthe prophetإِلَىٰilātoبَعْضِbaʿḍisome (of)أَزْوَٰجِهِۦazwājihihis wivesحَدِيثًاḥadīthana statement.فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenنَبَّأَتْnabba-atshe was informedبِهِۦbihiabout itوَأَظْهَرَهُwa-aẓharahuand [He] made it apparentٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْهِʿalayhito him,عَرَّفَʿarrafahe made knownبَعْضَهُۥbaʿḍahua part of itوَأَعْرَضَwa-aʿraḍaand he avoided (disregarded)عَنۢʿanofبَعْضٍbaʿḍina part.فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenنَبَّأَهَاnabba-ahāhe informed herبِهِۦbihiabout it,قَالَتْqālatshe said,مَنْman"Whoأَنۢبَأَكَanba-akainformed youهَـٰذَاhādhāthis?"قَالَqālaHe said,نَبَّأَنِىَnabba-aniya"[He] informed meٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient,ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruMost Cognizant." ﴿٣﴾

[66:4] If the two of you repent to GOD, then your hearts have listened. But if you band together against him, then GOD is his ally, and so is Gabriel and the righteous believers. Also, the angels are his helpers.

إِنinIfتَتُوبَآtatūbāyou both repentإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,فَقَدْfaqadso indeed,صَغَتْṣaghat[it] inclinedقُلُوبُكُمَاqulūbukumāboth your hearts;وَإِنwa-inbut ifتَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharāyou both backup each otherعَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)مَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhuhis protector / ally,وَجِبْرِيلُwajib'rīluand Gabriel,وَصَـٰلِحُwaṣāliḥuand (the) righteousٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna[the] believers,وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the angelsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatظَهِيرٌẓahīrun(are his) backers / helpers. ﴿٤﴾

[66:5] If he divorces you, his Lord will substitute other wives in your place who are better than you; submitters (Muslims), believers (Mu'mins), obedient, repentant, worshipers, pious, either previously married, or virgins.

عَسَىٰʿasāPerhapsرَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhuhis Lord,إِنinifطَلَّقَكُنَّṭallaqakunnahe divorced you [all],أَنanthatيُبْدِلَهُۥٓyub'dilahuHe will substitute for himأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanwivesخَيْرًاkhayranbetterمِّنكُنَّminkunnathan you [all]مُسْلِمَـٰتٍmus'limātinsubmitter women,مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍmu'minātinfaithful / believing women,قَـٰنِتَـٰتٍqānitātindevout / obedient women,تَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍtāibātinrepentant women,عَـٰبِدَٰتٍʿābidātinworshipping women,سَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍsāiḥātinfasting / pious women,ثَيِّبَـٰتٍthayyibātinpreviously married womenوَأَبْكَارًاwa-abkāranand virgins. ﴿٥﴾

[66:6] O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from the Hellfire whose fuel is people and rocks. Guarding it are stern and powerful angels who never disobey GOD; they do whatever they are commanded to do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!قُوٓا۟qūSave / Protect [you all]أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselvesوَأَهْلِيكُمْwa-ahlīkumand your familiesنَارًاnāran(from) a Fireوَقُودُهَاwaqūduhāits fuel (is)ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] peopleوَٱلْحِجَارَةُwal-ḥijāratuand the stones / rocks.عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāOver it (are)مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌmalāikatunangelsغِلَاظٌghilāẓunstern,شِدَادٌshidādunstrong / powerful;لَّاlānotيَعْصُونَyaʿṣūnathey disobeyٱللَّهَl-lahaGodمَآmā(in) whatأَمَرَهُمْamarahumHe commanded themوَيَفْعَلُونَwayafʿalūnaand they doمَاmāwhatيُؤْمَرُونَyu'marūnathey are commanded. ﴿٦﴾

[66:7] O you who disbelieved, do not apologize today. You are being requited only for what you did.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā"Oٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved!لَاlā(Do) notتَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirū[you all] make excuses / apologizeٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyتُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou [all] will be requitedمَاmā(for) whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿٧﴾

[66:8] O you who believe, you shall repent to GOD a firm repentance. Your Lord will then remit your sins and admit you into gardens with flowing streams. On that day, GOD will not disappoint the prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will radiate in front of them and to their right. They will say, "Our Lord, perfect our light for us, and forgive us; You are Omnipotent."

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn [in repentance you all]إِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتَوْبَةًtawbatan(in) repentanceنَّصُوحًاnaṣūḥansincere!عَسَىٰʿasāPerhapsرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour LordأَنanthatيُكَفِّرَyukaffiraHe will remitعَنكُمْʿankumfrom you [all]سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deedsوَيُدْخِلَكُمْwayud'khilakumand He will admit you [all]جَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(into) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,يَوْمَyawma(on the) Dayلَاlānotيُخْزِىyukh'zī[He] will disgraceٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiyathe prophetوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him.نُورُهُمْnūruhumTheir lightيَسْعَىٰyasʿāit running (radiating)بَيْنَbayna between / before*أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*in front of them)وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْwabi-aymānihimand on their right;يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey will say,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our LordأَتْمِمْatmimPerfect / Completeلَنَاlanāfor usنُورَنَاnūranāour lightوَٱغْفِرْwa-igh'firand forgiveلَنَآlanāfor us.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You (are)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent." ﴿٨﴾

[66:9] O prophet, struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be stern with them. Their abode is Gehenna, and a miserable destiny.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu[the] prophet!جَـٰهِدِjāhidiStrive (against) ٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe disbelieversوَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَwal-munāfiqīnaand the hypocrites,وَٱغْلُظْwa-ugh'luẓand be sternعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimwith them.وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumAnd their abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuGehenna,وَبِئْسَwabi'saand miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿٩﴾

[66:10] GOD cites as examples of those who disbelieved the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were married to two of our righteous servants, but they betrayed them and, consequently, they could not help them at all against GOD. The two of them were told, "Enter the Hellfire with those who deserved it."

ضَرَبَḍaraba[He] presented / citedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَثَلًاmathalanan exampleلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wife (of)نُوحٍnūḥinNoahوَٱمْرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ataand (the) wife (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLot.كَانَتَاkānatāThey were bothتَحْتَtaḥtaunderعَبْدَيْنِʿabdaynitwo servantsمِنْminofعِبَادِنَاʿibādinā[both] our servantsصَـٰلِحَيْنِṣāliḥayni[both] righteous,فَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumābut they both betrayed both of them,فَلَمْfalamso notيُغْنِيَاyugh'niyāthey [both] avail / help,عَنْهُمَاʿanhumā[to] both of them,مِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything,وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said,ٱدْخُلَاud'khulā"Enterٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireمَعَmaʿawithٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīnathose who enter." ﴿١٠﴾

[66:11] And GOD cites as an example of those who believed the wife of Pharaoh. She said, "My Lord, build a home for me at You in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his works; save me from the transgressing people."

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd [He] set forth / presented / citedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَثَلًاmathalanan exampleلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wife (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaoh,إِذْidhwhenقَالَتْqālatshe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!ٱبْنِib'niBuildلِىlīfor meعِندَكَʿindakanear Youبَيْتًاbaytana houseفِىfīinٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradise,وَنَجِّنِىwanajjinīand save meمِنminfromفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَعَمَلِهِۦwaʿamalihiand his worksوَنَجِّنِىwanajjinīand save meمِنَminafromٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors." ﴿١١﴾

[66:12] Also Mary, the Amramite. She maintained her chastity, then we blew into her from our spirit. She believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures; she was obedient.

وَمَرْيَمَwamaryamaAnd Mary,ٱبْنَتَib'nata(the) daughter (of)عِمْرَٰنَʿim'rānaAmramٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhoأَحْصَنَتْaḥṣanatshe guarded / maintainedفَرْجَهَاfarjahāher chastity,فَنَفَخْنَاfanafakhnāso we breathed / blewفِيهِfīhithereinمِنminfromرُّوحِنَاrūḥināour spirit.وَصَدَّقَتْwaṣaddaqatAnd she confirmed / believedبِكَلِمَـٰتِbikalimātiin (the) wordsرَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) her Lordوَكُتُبِهِۦwakutubihiand His books / scriptures,وَكَانَتْwakānatand she wasمِنَminaamongٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَl-qānitīnathe [ones] devoutly obedient. ﴿١٢﴾

Sura 66: Al-Tahreem (Prohibition) التحريم

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