Surah Al-Ahzab

26. And He drove down those from the followers of the (earlier) Scripture (the Jews) who backed them (the pagan Arabs) from their fortresses, and He cast panic into their hearts; some you killed, and another party you took captive.

27. And He made you heirs to their land and their homes and their wealth, and (to) a land which you have not yet set foot on (in subsequent conquests), and Allah is Able to do all things.

28. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Say to your wives: If you desire this world’s life and its adornment, then come, I will give you a handsome provision, and allow you to depart a goodly departing

29. But if you desire Allah (God)and His Messenger (Muhammad) and the (good) Home of the Hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you a Great Reward.

30. O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits manifest indecency (lewdness), the suffering will be doubled for her (in the Hereafter); and this is easy for Allah.

31. And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and does (what is) right (and just), We shall give her a double reward, and We have prepared for her an honorable sustenance (in Paradise).

32. O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other of the women (as you are a living example to others); if you would guard against evil, then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (temptation, lust) be moved with desire, but speak a good word.

33. And stay in your houses and do not display your finery (beauty, the shape of your body - when leaving the house) as they used to display them in the old days of (pagan) ignorance; (rather, observe the dress code and your modesty), and perform the prayer perfectly (at their prescribed times), and pay the poor-rate (to its beneficiaries), and obey Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad). Allah only desires to keep all uncleanliness (harm, evil, sin) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet), and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.

34. And remember what is recited in your houses of the Verses of Allah (God)and the Wisdom; surely Allah is Knower of subtleties, All-Aware.

35. Surely the men who submit (to God) and the women who submit, 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 (in reverence to Allah) and the humble women, and the alms giving men and the alms-giving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual acts and avoid exposing their private parts, that is from navel to knees) and the women who guard (their chastity from illegal sexual acts and avoid exposing their private parts, that is she who does not expose her beauty and the shape of her body when going out, but observes her modesty and respectably dresses in hijab, who does not dress or behave in a sexually provocative way), and the men who remember Allah (God) much and the women who remember; Allah has prepared for them Forgiveness and a Great Reward (Paradise).

36. And it is not for a believing man or a believing woman that they should have any option in their decision when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter; and whoever disobeys Allah (God)and His Messenger (Muhammad), he surely strays a manifest straying.

37. And (remember O Prophet Muhammad) when you said to him (Zayd bin Harithah) on whom Allah has favored (by guiding him to Islam) and to whom you have done a favor (by manumitting him): Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and you concealed in yourself what Allah (God)would bring to light, and you did fear the people, whereas Allah had a greater right that you should fear Him. But when Zayd had fulfilled his intention of divorcing her, We gave her to you as a wife, so that there may be no difficulty for the believers concerning the wives of their adopted sons, when they themselves have fulfilled their own intentions of divorcing them; and Allah’s Command is ever fulfilled.

38. There is no blame on the Prophet for doing that which Allah (God) has ordained for him; such has been the Way of Allah to those who have gone before; and the Command of Allah is a Decree that is always absolute and certain.

39. Those who deliver the Messages of Allah (God)and fear Him, and do not fear anyone except Allah; and Allah is Sufficient as a Reckoner.

40. Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the Prophets; and Allah has complete Knowledge of all things.

41. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)!

Remember Allah with much remembrance.

42. And glorify Him morning and evening.

43. He it is Who bestows His blessings on you, and His Angels (beseech Him to do so), that He may bring you forth out of utter darknesses into the light; and He is Ever Merciful to the believers.

44. Their salutation on the Day that they meet Him shall be: ‘Peace,’ and He (Allah) has prepared for them an Honorable Reward (of Paradise).

45. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Surely We have sent you as a witness, and as a bearer of good news (of eternal Bliss for whoever believes and does righteous work) and as a warner (of Chastisement for whoever associates any partner with Allah and works evil),

46. And as one inviting to Allah by His Permission, and as a beacon of light (of Guidance).

47. And give the believers the good news that they will have a great Bounty from Allah (God).

48. And defer not to (the whims of) the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and disregard their annoying talk, and rely on Allah (alone); for Allah is Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.

49. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! When you marry believing women then divorce them before you have touched them (i.e., had sexual intercourse), then there is no waiting period that you should count; so give them a gift, and set them free in a handsome manner.

50. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possess (through rightful legal ways) from what Allah has given 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 migrated with you; and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desires to marry her - a privilege especially for you, not for (the rest of) the believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess (through rightful legal ways), in order that no blame may fall on you; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

51. You may postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive whom you will, and whom you desire of those whom you have set aside (her turn temporarily); no blame is on you (to receive her again); this is most proper, so that they may be comforted and not grieve, and that all of them should be pleased with what you give them, and Allah knows what is in your hearts; and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

52. It is not lawful to you (O Prophet Muhammad) to take (any additional) women beyond this degree, nor that you replace them (with any other women) though their beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand possesses, and Allah is Ever Watchful over all things.

53. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking to be finished; but when you are invited, enter, and when you have eaten, then disperse; not seeking to listen to talk; surely such (behavior) annoys the Prophet, but he feels shy of (asking) you (to go), but Allah is not shy of (informing you of) the Truth. And when you ask (his wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a hijaab (a screen); this is purer for your hearts and (for) their hearts; and it is not (right) for you that you should annoy the Messenger of Allah, nor that you should ever marry his wives after him; surely this to Allah would be an enormity.

54. Whether you reveal a thing, or keep it hidden, surely Allah has full Knowledge of all things.

55. There is no sin on them (if they do not veil i.e., wear hijaab) before their fathers (or their paternal uncles or maternal uncles), or their sons, or their brothers, or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their own women, or what their right hands possess (through rightful legal ways); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is ever a Witness of all things.

56. Surely Allah (God)bestows His Divine Blessings (of praise, grace, and mercy) upon the Prophet (Muhammad) and His Angels (also beseech Him to do so). O believers! Ask (Allah) to bestow His Divine Blessings on him, and salute him with a (worthy) salutation.

57. Surely (as for) those who speak evil things of Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), Allah has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter, and He has prepared for them a humiliating Torment.

58. And those who speak evil things of the believing men and believing women without their having earned (it), they have certainly taken upon themselves slander and a manifest sin.

59. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they draw their cloaks close round them; this will be more proper, that they may be known (as chaste believing women), and not to be harassed; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

60. If the hypocrites and those (lewd people) in whose hearts is a disease and those who spread false rumors and thus cause disturbances (and corruption) in the city (of the Prophet) do not desist, We shall most certainly give you authority over them, then they will not be your neighbors in it except for a short while;

61. Accursed wherever they are found, they will be seized and killed one and all (for their corruption).

62. (Such has been) the Way of Allah to those who have gone before; and you shall not find any change in the Way of Allah.

63. People ask you about the Last Hour (the Day of Resurrection and Judgment),say: Its knowledge is only with Allah, and what will make you know that the Last Hour may be near.

64. Surely Allah (God) has cursed the disbelievers and has prepared for them a burning Fire,

65. To abide therein forever; they will not find any protector (deliverer, savior) nor helper (intercessor).

66. On the Day when their faces shall be turned over in the Fire, they will say: O would that we had obeyed Allah (God) and obeyed the Messenger (Muhammad)!

67. And they will say: (O Allah) our Lord! Surely we obeyed our leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the (right) Way;

68. (O Allah) our Lord! Give them a double suffering and curse them with a great Curse.

69. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Be not like those who slandered Moses, but Allah cleared him of what they said, and he was of great honor in the Sight of Allah.

70. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Uphold your duty to Allah (by obeying Him and abstaining from His prohibitions), and speak the word that is right, true, and just,

71. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds (and accept them from you), and will forgive you your sins; and whoever obeys Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad) has indeed achieved a great Achievement (i.e.,will be saved from the Hellfire and admitted to Paradise).

72. Surely We did offer the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it, because they were afraid of its consequences. But man undertook it; surely he is most unjust (to himself), most ignorant (of its end result);

73. So that Allah (God) will chastise the hypocrite men and women and the men and women who associate others with Him, and that Allah may accept the repentance of the believing men and believing women, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.