1. O Prophet (Muhammad
)!
Keep your duty to Allah, and obey not the disbelievers and the
hypocrites (i.e., do not follow their advices). Verily! Allah is Ever
All-Knower, All-Wise.
2. And follow that which is inspired in you from your Lord. Verily, Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.
3. And put your trust in Allah, and Sufficient is Allah as a
Wakil (Trustee, or Disposer of affairs).
4. Allah
has not put for any man two hearts inside his body. Neither has He made
your wives whom you declare to be like your mothers' backs, your real
mothers. [
Az-
Zihar is the saying of a husband to his wife,
"You are to me like the back of my mother" i.e. You are unlawful for me
to approach.], nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons. That
is but your saying with your mouths. But Allah says the truth, and He
guides to the (Right) Way.
5. Call them
(adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with
Allah. But if you know not their father's (names, call them) your
brothers in faith and
Mawalikum (your freed slaves). And there is
no sin on you if you make a mistake therein, except in regard to what
your hearts deliberately intend. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
6. The Prophet is closer to the
believers than their ownselves, and his wives are their (believers')
mothers (as regards respect and marriage). And blood relations among
each other have closer personal ties in the Decree of Allah (regarding
inheritance) than (the brotherhood of) the believers and the
Muhajirun (emigrants from Makkah, etc.), except that you do kindness to those brothers (when the Prophet
joined them in brotherhood ties). This has been written in the (Allah's Book of Divine) Decrees (
Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz)."
7. And (remember) when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you (O Muhammad
),
and from Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), and 'Iesa
(Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). We took from them a strong covenant.
8. That
He may ask the truthfuls (Allah's Messengers and His Prophets) about
their truth (i.e. the conveyance of Allah's Message that which they were
charged with). And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful
torment (Hell-fire).
9. O you who believe!
Remember Allah's Favour to you, when there came against you hosts, and
We sent against them a wind and forces that you saw not [i.e. troops of
angels during the battle of
Al-Ahzab (the Confederates)]. And Allah is Ever All-Seer of what you do.
10. When
they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes
grew wild and the hearts reached to the throats, and you were
harbouring doubts about Allah.
11. There, the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking.
12. And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubts) said: "Allah and His Messenger (
) promised us nothing but delusions!"
13. And
when a party of them said: "O people of Yathrib (Al-Madinah)! There is
no stand (possible) for you (against the enemy attack!) Therefore go
back!" And a band of them ask for permission of the Prophet (
) saying: "Truly, our homes lie open (to the enemy)." And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.
14. And if the enemy had entered from all sides (of the city), and they had been exhorted to
Al-Fitnah (i.e. to renegade from Islam to polytheism) they would surely have committed it and would have hesitated thereupon but little.
15. And indeed they had already made a covenant with Allah not to turn their backs, and a covenant with Allah must be answered for.
16. Say (O Muhammad
to these hypocrites who ask your permission to run away from you):
"Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or killing, and then
you will enjoy no more than a little while!"
17. Say:
"Who is he who can protect you from Allah if He intends to harm you, or
intends mercy on you?" And they will not find, besides Allah, for
themselves any
Wali (protector, supporter, etc.) or any helper.
18. Allah
already knows those among you who keep back (men) from fighting in
Allah's Cause, and those who say to their brethren "Come here towards
us," while they (themselves) come not to the battle except a little.
19. Being
miserly towards you (as regards help and aid in Allah's Cause). Then
when fear comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes revolving
like (those of) one over whom hovers death, but when the fear departs,
they will smite you with sharp tongues, miserly towards (spending
anything in any) good (and only covetous of booty and wealth). Such have
not believed. Therefore Allah makes their deeds fruitless, and that is
ever easy for Allah.
20. They think that
Al-Ahzab (the Confederates) have not yet withdrawn, and if
Al-Ahzab
(the Confederates) should come (again), they would wish they were in
the deserts (wandering) among the bedouins, seeking news about you (from
a far place); and if they (happen) to be among you, they would not
fight but little.
21. Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad
) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.
22. And when the believers saw
Al-Ahzab (the Confederates), they said: "This is what Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad
) had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad
) had spoken the truth, and it only added to their faith and to their submissiveness (to Allah).
23. Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah [i.e. they have gone out for
Jihad
(holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers], of
them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred),
and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed
[i.e.they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they
concluded with Allah] in the least.
24. That
Allah may reward the men of truth for their truth (i.e. for their
patience at the accomplishment of that which they covenanted with
Allah), and punish the hypocrites if He will or accept their repentance
by turning to them in Mercy. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
25. And Allah drove back those
who disbelieved in their rage, they gained no advantage (booty, etc.).
Allah sufficed for the believers in the fighting (by sending against the
disbelievers a severe wind and troops of angels). And Allah is Ever
All-Strong, All-Mighty.
26. And those of
the people of the Scripture who backed them (the disbelievers) Allah
brought them down from their forts and cast terror into their hearts,
(so that) a group (of them) you killed, and a group (of them) you made
captives.
27. And He caused you to inherit
their lands, and their houses, and their riches, and a land which you
had not trodden (before). And Allah is Able to do all things.
28. O Prophet (Muhammad
)!
Say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world, and its
glitter, Then come! I will make a provision for you and set you free in a
handsome manner (divorce).
29. But if you desire Allah and His Messenger, and the home of the Hereafter, then verily, Allah has prepared for
Al-Muhsinat (good-doers) amongst you an enormous reward.
30. O
wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits an open illegal sexual
intercourse, the torment for her will be doubled, and that is ever easy
for Allah.
31. And whosoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger
, and does righteous good deeds, We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her
Rizqan Karima (a noble provision Paradise).
32. O
wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women. If you keep
your duty (to Allah), then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart
is a disease (of hypocrisy, or evil desire for adultery, etc.) should
be moved with desire, but speak in an honourable manner.
33. And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform
As-Salat (
Iqamat-as-Salat), and give
Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove
Ar-Rijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet
), and to purify you with a thorough purification.
34. And
remember (O you the members of the Prophet's family, the Graces of your
Lord), that which is recited in your houses of the Verses of Allah and
Al-Hikmah (i.e. Prophet's
Sunnah legal ways, etc. so give your thanks to Allah and glorify His Praises for this Qur'an and the Sunnah). Verily, Allah is Ever Most Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things.
35. Verily,
the Muslims (those who submit to Allah in Islam) men and women, the
believers men and women (who believe in Islamic Monotheism), the men and
the women who are obedient (to Allah), the men and women who are
truthful (in their speech and deeds), the men and the women who are
patient (in performing all the duties which Allah has ordered and in
abstaining from all that Allah has forbidden), the men and the women who
are humble (before their Lord Allah), the men and the women who give
Sadaqat (i.e.
Zakat, and alms, etc.), the men and the women who observe
Saum (fast) (the obligatory fasting during the month of Ramadan, and the optional
Nawafil fasting),
the men and the women who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual
acts) and the men and the women who remember Allah much with their
hearts and tongues (while sitting, standing, lying, etc. for more than
300 times extra over the remembrance of Allah during the five compulsory
congregational prayers) or praying extra additional
Nawafil prayers of night in the last part of night, etc.) Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise).
36. It
is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have
decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And
whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a
plain error.
37. And (remember) when you said to him (Zaid bin Harithah; the freed-slave of the Prophet
) on whom Allah has bestowed Grace (by guiding him to Islam) and you (O Muhammad
too) have done favour (by manumitting him) "Keep your wife to yourself,
and fear Allah." But you did hide in yourself (i.e. what Allah has
already made known to you that He will give her to you in marriage) that
which Allah will make manifest, you did fear the people (i.e., Muhammad
married the divorced wife of his manumitted slave) whereas Allah had a
better right that you should fear Him. So when Zaid had accomplished his
desire from her (i.e. divorced her), We gave her to you in marriage, so
that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the believers in respect
of (the marriage of) the wives of their adopted sons when the latter
have no desire to keep them (i.e. they have divorced them). And Allah's
Command must be fulfilled.
38. There is no blame on the Prophet (
)
in that which Allah has made legal for him.That has been Allah's Way
with those who have passed away of (the Prophets of) old. And the
Command of Allah is a decree determined.
39. Those who convey the Message of Allah and fear Him, and fear none save Allah. And Sufficient is Allah as a Reckoner.
40. Muhammad (
)
is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Messenger of
Allah and the last (end) of the Prophets. And Allah is Ever All-Aware of
everything.
41. O you who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance.
42. And glorify His Praises morning and afternoon [the early morning (
Fajr) and
'Asr prayers].
43. He it is Who sends
Salat (His
blessings) on you, and His angels too (ask Allah to bless and forgive
you), that He may bring you out from darkness (of disbelief and
polytheism) into light (of Belief and Islamic Monotheism). And He is
Ever Most Merciful to the believers.
44. Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be "
Salam: Peace (i.e. the angels will say to them:
Salamu 'Alaikum)!" And He has prepared for them a generous reward (i.e. Paradise).
45. O Prophet (Muhammad
SAW )! Verily, We have sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner,
46. And
as one who invites to Allah [Islamic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none
but Allah (Alone)] by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light (through
your instructions from the Qur'an and the
Sunnah the legal ways of the Prophet ).
47. And announce to the believers (in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger Muhammad
) the glad tidings, that they will have from Allah a Great Bounty.
48. And
obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and harm them not (till
you are ordered). And put your trust in Allah, and Sufficient is Allah
as a
Wakil (Trustee, or Disposer of affairs).
49. O you who believe! When you marry believing women, and then divorce them before you have sexual intercourse with them, no
'Iddah [divorce
prescribed period, see (V.65:4)] have you to count in respect of them.
So give them a present, and set them free i.e. divorce, in a handsome
manner.
50. O Prophet (Muhammad
)! Verily, We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their
Mahr (bridal
money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), and
those (captives or slaves) whom your right hand possesses - whom Allah
has given to you, and the daughters of your
'Amm (paternal uncles) and the daughters of your
'Ammah (paternal aunts) and the daughters of your
Khal (maternal uncles) and the daughters of your
Khalah
(maternal aunts) who migrated (from Makkah) with you, and a believing
woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, and the Prophet wishes to
marry her; a privilege for you only, not for the (rest of) the
believers. Indeed We know what We have enjoined upon them about their
wives and those (captives or slaves) whom their right hands possess, -
in order that there should be no difficulty on you. And Allah is Ever
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
51. You (O Muhammad
)
can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you
may receive whom you will. And whomsoever you desire of those whom you
have set aside (her turn temporarily), it is no sin on you (to receive
her again), that is better; that they may be comforted and not grieved,
and may all be pleased with what you give them. Allah knows what is in
your hearts. And Allah is Ever All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
52. It
is not lawful for you (to marry other) women after this, nor to change
them for other wives even though their beauty attracts you, except those
(captives or slaves) whom your right hand possesses. And Allah is Ever a
Watcher over all things.
53. O you who
believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses, except when leave is given to
you for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its
preparation. But when you are invited, enter, and when you have taken
your meal, disperse, without sitting for a talk. Verily, such
(behaviour) annoys the Prophet, and he is shy of (asking) you (to go),
but Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. And when you ask (his
wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a screen, that is
purer for your hearts and for their hearts. And it is not (right) for
you that you should annoy Allah's Messenger, nor that you should ever
marry his wives after him (his death). Verily! With Allah that shall be
an enormity.
54. Whether you reveal anything or conceal it, verily, Allah is Ever All-Knower of everything.
55. It
is no sin on them (the Prophet's wives, if they appear unveiled) before
their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brother's
sons, or the sons of their sisters, or their own (believing) women, or
their (female) slaves, and keep your duty to Allah. Verily, Allah is
Ever All-Witness over everything.
56. Allah sends His
Salat (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.) on the Prophet (Muhammad
) and also His angels too (ask Allah to bless and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your
Salat on (ask Allah to bless) him (Muhammad
), and (you should) greet (salute) him with the Islamic way of greeting (salutation i.e.
As-Salamu 'Alaikum).
57. Verily, those who annoy Allah and His Messenger (
) Allah has cursed them in this world, and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating torment.
58. And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear on themselves the crime of slander and plain sin.
59. O
Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the
believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e.screen
themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That
will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so
as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
60. If
the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease (evil desire for
adultery, etc.), and those who spread false news among the people in
Al-Madinah, cease not, We shall certainly let you overpower them, then
they will not be able to stay in it as your neighbours but a little
while.
61. Accursed, wherever found, they shall be seized and killed with a (terrible) slaughter.
62. That was the Way of Allah in the case of those who passed away of old, and you will not find any change in the Way of Allah.
63. People
ask you concerning the Hour, say: "The knowledge of it is with Allah
only. What do you know? It may be that the Hour is near!"
64. Verily, Allah has cursed the disbelievers, and has prepared for them a flaming Fire (Hell).
65. Wherein they will abide for ever, and they will find neither a
Wali (a protector) nor a helper.
66. On
the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will
say: "Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger
(Muhammad
)."
67. And they will say: "Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) Way.
68. Our Lord! give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse!"
69. O
you who believe! Be not like those who annoyed Musa (Moses), but Allah
cleared him of that which they alleged, and he was honourable before
Allah.
70. O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth.
71. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (
) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise).
72. Truly, We did offer
Al-Amanah
(the trust or moral responsibility or honesty and all the duties which
Allah has ordained) to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but
they declined to bear it and were afraid of it (i.e. afraid of Allah's
Torment). But man bore it. Verily, he was unjust (to himself) and
ignorant (of its results).
73. So that Allah will punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the men and women who are Al-Mushrikun (the polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, and in His Messenger Muhammad
). And Allah will pardon (accept the repentance of) the true believers
of the Islamic Monotheism, men and women. And Allah is Ever
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
said: "Two words are light on the tongue, weigh heavily in the balance, they are loved by the Most Merciful One."
reported that the Prophet 
.