Surah At-Tahrim
(The Prohibition)
Chapter 66
It is 12 Verses 3 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Madinah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
1. O Prophet! Why do you forbid (yourself from) that which Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
2. Allah indeed has ordained for you the expiation of your oaths, for Allah is your Protector, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
3. And remember when the Prophet confided to one of his wives (i.e., Hafsah) a statement; and when she informed (another, Aishah) of it and Allah showed it to him; he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said: ‘Who told you this?’ He said, ‘I was informed by (Allah) the All-Knowing, the All-Acquainted.’
4. If you both (i.e., Hafsah and ‘Aishah, the Prophet’s wives) turn (in repentance) to Allah (you shall be pardoned), since your hearts have inclined (from what is right toward the Prophet); but if you help each other against him, then surely Allah is his Protector, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers, and the Angels (furthermore) are (his) helpers.
5. Maybe, his Lord (Allah), if he (the Prophet) were to divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you - submissive (to Allah), believing (in Him), devoutly obedient, repentant, dedicated to worship, inclined to fasting, (ones)
previously married and virgins.
6. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones (i.e., the idols they make for themselves to worship instead of Allah and the people who worship them); over it (Hell) are Angels stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah (God) in what He commands them, and do as they are commanded.
7. O you who disbelieve (in Allah, His last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day)! Do not urge excuses this Day; you shall be recompensed only according to what you used to do (of evil).
8. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Turn to Allah (in repentance) a sincere turning; it may be that (Allah) your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and cause you to enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the Day on which Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believe with him; their light will run on before them and in their right hands (will be their books of deeds, with every bit of good they did in this life recorded therein); they will say: (O Allah) Our Lord! Make perfect for us our light (to safely cross the bridge over Hell), and forgive us, surely You are Able to do all things.
9. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Strive hard against the disbelievers (by showing them the ways of peace and salvation, and that you may fight them if they oppose and stand against Islam, the Message of Love, Truth, Peace, Justice, and Morality). And (against) the hypocrites (by implementing law and justice on them) and be hard on them (i.e., the disbelievers when you meet them in war); and their abode is Hell, and evil is the destination.
10. Allah sets forth an example to the disbelievers: The wife of Noah and the wife of Lot; they were both under two of Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously toward them (in opposing the Message that they had been sent with), so they availed them nothing against Allah (God), and it was said: ‘Enter the Fire (both of you) with those who enter.’
11. And Allah sets forth an example to the believers: The wife of Pharaoh (‘Asiyah, Bithiah) when she said: ‘(O Allah) my Lord! Build for me a house near to You in Paradise, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his (heinous) work, and deliver me from the workers of iniquity (the evildoers).’
12. And Mary, the daughter of Imran (the second Amram i.e., Joachim), who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her (garment) through Our Angel (Gabriel), and she believed in the Words of her Lord (Allah) and His Scriptures, and she was of the devoutly obedient (to her Lord, Allah).