Surah Al-Mujadilah
(The Pleading Woman)
Chapter 58
It is 22 Verses 3 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Madinah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
1. Allah (God) indeed has answered the prayer of her (i.e., Khawlah, the daughter of Tha’labah) who pleads with you (O Prophet Muhammad) about her husband (Aws, the son of Samit), and complains to Allah, and Allah hears your dialogue; surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
2. (As for) those of you who separate from their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers, they are not their mothers; their mothers are no other than those who gave birth to them; and most surely they utter an objectionable statement and a falsehood, and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
3. And (as for) those who separate from their wives by likening their backs to the backs of their mothers then (wish to) go back on that which they have said, they should free a slave before they touch each other (i.e., have sexual intercourse); to that you are admonished (to conform to); and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
4. But whoever does not find (a slave to free), let him fast for two months successively before they touch each other (i.e., have sexual intercourse); then as for him who is not able (to fast), let him feed sixty needy people; this is to affirm that you indeed have Faith in Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad), and these are Allah’s set Limits; and for the disbelievers there is a painful Torment.
5. Surely those who oppose Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad) will be disgraced as those before them (who opposed their Messengers) were disgraced; and indeed We have sent down clear Verses, and the disbelievers shall have a humiliating Torment.
6. On the Day when Allah will raise them all up (from the dead), then inform them of what they did (in this life): Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it; and Allah is ever a Witness over all things.
7. Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? No where is there a secret counsel between three but He is the Fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the Sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they may be (by His Knowledge and Power); then on the Day of Resurrection He will inform them of what they did (during their entire lives); surely Allah is All-Knowing of every thing.
8. Have you not seen those who were forbidden from secret counsels (of ridicule and conspiracy), then they return to what they were forbidden, and they hold secret counsels for sin and wrong doing and disobedience to the Messenger (Muhammad)? And when they come to you, they greet you with that (word) by which Allah does not greet you with, and they say within themselves: Why does not Allah (God) chastise us for what we say? Hell is enough for them; they will enter it, and evil is the destination.
9. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! When you hold private counsel, do not urge one another to sin and wrongdoing and disobedience to the Messenger (of Allah, Muhammad), but urge each other to goodness and to the guarding against evil; and adhere to the Commandments of Allah, to Whom you shall (all) be gathered together.
10. Secret counsels are only (the work) of Satan, that he may cause to grieve those who believe (in Allah, His last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day), and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah’s Permission, and on Allah (alone) let the believers place their complete trust.
11. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! When it is said to you: Make room in (your) assemblies, then make ample room, Allah (God) will give you ample room (from His Mercy), and when it is said: Rise up (for a good deed), then rise up. Allah will exalt by high degrees those of you who believe (in the Truth), and (above) all those who are given (right) knowledge (with sound Faith and good deeds); for Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
12. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! When you consult the Messenger, then offer something in charity before your consultation; that is better for you and purer; but if you do not find (anything), then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
13. Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give charity before your consultation? And when you do not do it and Allah has forgiven you, then (at least) perform the prayer perfectly (at their prescribed times) and pay the poor-rate (to its beneficiaries) and obey Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad); and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
14. Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who make allies of a people upon whom is the Wrath of Allah (i.e., the disbelieving Jews)? They are neither of you (O believers) nor of them (the disbelievers), and they (the hypocrites) swear falsely while they know.
15. Allah (God) has prepared for them a severe Torment; surely evil is what they were doing.
16. They make their oaths to serve as a cover (for their misdeeds), thus they turn people from Allah’s Way; therefore they shall have a humiliating Torment.
17. Neither their wealth nor their children will benefit them anything against Allah (God); they are the inmates of the Hellfire, therein they will abide.
18. On the Day when Allah (God) will raise them all (from the dead for Judgment), then they will swear to Him as they swear (now) to you (O believers), and they think that they have something (to stand upon); know, surely they are the liars.
19. Satan has gained mastery over them, so he has made them forget the Remembrance of Allah (God); they are the party of Satan; know, surely the party of Satan are the losers.
20. Surely (as for) those who oppose Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad); they will be among the most humiliated.
21. Allah (God) has decreed (that): I shall most certainly prevail, I and My Messengers; surely Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty.
22. You shall not find a people who (truly) believe in Allah and the Last Day having love for those who oppose Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad), even though they be their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred; these are the ones in whose hearts He (Allah) has inscribed true Faith, and whom He has strengthened with true Guidance from Him: and He will cause them to enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; Allah is Well-Pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him. These are the Party of Allah; know, surely it is the Party of Allah that will be successful.