Skip to main content
VerseSurah

Surah Al-Ahzab Verses 51–73

Verses 51–73Page 2 of 2
51

۞ تُرْجِى مَن تَشَآءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُـْٔوِىٓ إِلَيْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ وَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن تَقَرَّ أَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَلِيمًۭا

You, [O Muḥammad], may put aside whom you will of them1206 or take to yourself whom you will. And any that you desire of those [wives] from whom you had [temporarily] separated - there is no blame upon you [in returning her]. That is more suitable that they should be content and not grieve and that they should be satisfied with what you have given them - all of them. And Allāh knows what is in your hearts. And ever is Allāh Knowing and Forbearing.

  1. [1206] Those mentioned in the previous verse as being lawful to the Prophet (ﷺ) or his wives to which he was married.

Word by Word
تُرْجِىYou may defertur'jī
مَنwhomman
تَشَآءُyou willtashāu
مِنْهُنَّof themmin'hunna
وَتُـْٔوِىٓor you may takewatu'wī
إِلَيْكَto yourselfilayka
مَنwhomman
تَشَآءُyou willtashāu
وَمَنِAnd whoeverwamani
ٱبْتَغَيْتَyou desireib'taghayta
مِمَّنْof those whommimman
عَزَلْتَyou (had) set asideʿazalta
فَلَاthen (there is) nofalā
جُنَاحَblamejunāḥa
عَلَيْكَupon youʿalayka
ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
أَدْنَىٰٓ(is) more suitableadnā
أَنthatan
تَقَرَّmay be cooledtaqarra
أَعْيُنُهُنَّtheir eyesaʿyunuhunna
وَلَاand notwalā
يَحْزَنَّthey grieveyaḥzanna
وَيَرْضَيْنَand they may be pleasedwayarḍayna
بِمَآwith whatbimā
ءَاتَيْتَهُنَّyou have given themātaytahunna
كُلُّهُنَّall of themkulluhunna
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
يَعْلَمُknowsyaʿlamu
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
قُلُوبِكُمْyour heartsqulūbikum
وَكَانَAnd Allah iswakāna
ٱللَّهُAnd Allah isl-lahu
عَلِيمًاAll-Knowerʿalīman
حَلِيمًۭاMost Forbearingḥalīman
52

لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍۢ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ رَّقِيبًۭا

Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.1207

  1. [1207] See footnote to verse 4:1.

Word by Word
لَّا(It is) not
يَحِلُّlawfulyaḥillu
لَكَfor youlaka
ٱلنِّسَآءُ(to marry) womenl-nisāu
مِنۢafter (this)min
بَعْدُafter (this)baʿdu
وَلَآand notwalā
أَنtoan
تَبَدَّلَexchangetabaddala
بِهِنَّthembihinna
مِنْformin
أَزْوَٰجٍۢ(other) wivesazwājin
وَلَوْeven ifwalaw
أَعْجَبَكَpleases youaʿjabaka
حُسْنُهُنَّtheir beautyḥus'nuhunna
إِلَّاexceptillā
مَاwhom
مَلَكَتْyou rightfully possessmalakat
يَمِينُكَyou rightfully possessyamīnuka
وَكَانَAnd Allah iswakāna
ٱللَّهُAnd Allah isl-lahu
عَلَىٰoverʿalā
كُلِّallkulli
شَىْءٍۢthingsshayin
رَّقِيبًۭاan Observerraqīban
53

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَٰظِرِينَ إِنَىٰهُ وَلَٰكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَٱدْخُلُوا۟ فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ وَلَا مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِى ٱلنَّبِىَّ فَيَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنكُمْ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَٰعًۭا فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَآءِ حِجَابٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُؤْذُوا۟ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَن تَنكِحُوٓا۟ أَزْوَٰجَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمًا

O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allāh is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allāh or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allāh an enormity.

Word by Word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
لَا(Do) not
تَدْخُلُوا۟entertadkhulū
بُيُوتَ(the) housesbuyūta
ٱلنَّبِىِّ(of) the Prophetl-nabiyi
إِلَّآexceptillā
أَنwhenan
يُؤْذَنَpermission is givenyu'dhana
لَكُمْto youlakum
إِلَىٰforilā
طَعَامٍa mealṭaʿāmin
غَيْرَwithoutghayra
نَٰظِرِينَawaitingnāẓirīna
إِنَىٰهُits preparationināhu
وَلَٰكِنْButwalākin
إِذَاwhenidhā
دُعِيتُمْyou are invitedduʿītum
فَٱدْخُلُوا۟then enterfa-ud'khulū
فَإِذَاand whenfa-idhā
طَعِمْتُمْyou have eatenṭaʿim'tum
فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟then dispersefa-intashirū
وَلَاand notwalā
مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَseeking to remainmus'tanisīna
لِحَدِيثٍfor a conversationliḥadīthin
إِنَّIndeedinna
ذَٰلِكُمْthatdhālikum
كَانَwaskāna
يُؤْذِىtroublingyu'dhī
ٱلنَّبِىَّthe Prophetl-nabiya
فَيَسْتَحْىِۦand he is shyfayastaḥyī
مِنكُمْof (dismissing) youminkum
وَٱللَّهُBut Allahwal-lahu
لَاis not shy
يَسْتَحْىِۦis not shyyastaḥyī
مِنَofmina
ٱلْحَقِّthe truthl-ḥaqi
وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّyou ask themsa-altumūhunna
مَتَٰعًۭا(for) anythingmatāʿan
فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّthen ask themfasalūhunna
مِنfrommin
وَرَآءِbehindwarāi
حِجَابٍۢa screenḥijābin
ذَٰلِكُمْThatdhālikum
أَطْهَرُ(is) pureraṭharu
لِقُلُوبِكُمْfor your heartsliqulūbikum
وَقُلُوبِهِنَّand their heartswaqulūbihinna
وَمَاAnd notwamā
كَانَiskāna
لَكُمْfor youlakum
أَنthatan
تُؤْذُوا۟you troubletu'dhū
رَسُولَ(the) Messengerrasūla
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
وَلَآand notwalā
أَنthatan
تَنكِحُوٓا۟you should marrytankiḥū
أَزْوَٰجَهُۥhis wivesazwājahu
مِنۢafter himmin
بَعْدِهِۦٓafter himbaʿdihi
أَبَدًاeverabadan
إِنَّIndeedinna
ذَٰلِكُمْthatdhālikum
كَانَiskāna
عِندَnearʿinda
ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
عَظِيمًاan enormityʿaẓīman
54

إِن تُبْدُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا

Whether you reveal a thing or conceal it, indeed Allāh is ever, of all things, Knowing.

Word by Word
إِنWhetherin
تُبْدُوا۟you revealtub'dū
شَيْـًٔاa thingshayan
أَوْoraw
تُخْفُوهُconceal ittukh'fūhu
فَإِنَّindeedfa-inna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
كَانَiskāna
بِكُلِّof allbikulli
شَىْءٍthingsshayin
عَلِيمًۭاAll-Knowerʿalīman
55

لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِىٓ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَآئِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ ۗ وَٱتَّقِينَ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدًا

There is no blame upon them [i.e., women] concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess [i.e., slaves].1208 And fear Allāh. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, Witness.

  1. [1208] It is permissible for a woman to appear before these people without complete covering and to be alone with them. The brothers of both parents (uncles) are included as "fathers" or "parents," according to ḥadīth.

Word by Word
لَّا(There is) no
جُنَاحَblamejunāḥa
عَلَيْهِنَّupon themʿalayhinna
فِىٓconcerning
ءَابَآئِهِنَّtheir fathersābāihinna
وَلَآand notwalā
أَبْنَآئِهِنَّtheir sonsabnāihinna
وَلَآand notwalā
إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّtheir brothersikh'wānihinna
وَلَآand notwalā
أَبْنَآءِsonsabnāi
إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ(of) their brothersikh'wānihinna
وَلَآand notwalā
أَبْنَآءِsonsabnāi
أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ(of) their sistersakhawātihinna
وَلَاand notwalā
نِسَآئِهِنَّtheir womennisāihinna
وَلَاand notwalā
مَاwhat
مَلَكَتْthey rightfully possessmalakat
أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّthey rightfully possessaymānuhunna
وَٱتَّقِينَAnd fearwa-ittaqīna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
كَانَiskāna
عَلَىٰoverʿalā
كُلِّallkulli
شَىْءٍۢthingsshayin
شَهِيدًاa Witnessshahīdan
56

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

Indeed, Allāh confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allāh to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allāh to grant him] peace.

Word by Word
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥand His Angelswamalāikatahu
يُصَلُّونَsend blessingsyuṣallūna
عَلَىuponʿalā
ٱلنَّبِىِّthe Prophetl-nabiyi
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
صَلُّوا۟Send blessingsṣallū
عَلَيْهِon himʿalayhi
وَسَلِّمُوا۟and greet himwasallimū
تَسْلِيمًا(with) greetingstaslīman
57

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا

Indeed, those who abuse Allāh and His Messenger - Allāh has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

Word by Word
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
يُؤْذُونَannoyyu'dhūna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
وَرَسُولَهُۥand His Messengerwarasūlahu
لَعَنَهُمُAllah has cursed themlaʿanahumu
ٱللَّهُAllah has cursed theml-lahu
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِand the Hereafterwal-ākhirati
وَأَعَدَّand preparedwa-aʿadda
لَهُمْfor themlahum
عَذَابًۭاa punishmentʿadhāban
مُّهِينًۭاhumiliatingmuhīnan
58

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭا

And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned [i.e., deserved] have certainly borne upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

Word by Word
وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
يُؤْذُونَharmyu'dhūna
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَthe believing menl-mu'minīna
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِand the believing womenwal-mu'mināti
بِغَيْرِfor other thanbighayri
مَاwhat
ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟they have earnedik'tasabū
فَقَدِthen certainlyfaqadi
ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟they beariḥ'tamalū
بُهْتَٰنًۭاfalse accusationbuh'tānan
وَإِثْمًۭاand sinwa-ith'man
مُّبِينًۭاmanifestmubīnan
59

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا

O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments.1209 That is more suitable that they will be known1210 and not be abused. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.1211

  1. [1209] The jilbāb, which is defined as a cloak covering the head and reaching to the ground, thereby covering the woman's entire body.
  2. [1210] As chaste believing women.
  3. [1211] Or "and Allāh was Forgiving and Merciful" of what occurred before this injunction or before knowledge of it.

Word by Word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO Prophetyāayyuhā
ٱلنَّبِىُّO Prophetl-nabiyu
قُلSayqul
لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَto your wivesli-azwājika
وَبَنَاتِكَand your daughterswabanātika
وَنِسَآءِand (the) womenwanisāi
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ(of) the believersl-mu'minīna
يُدْنِينَto drawyud'nīna
عَلَيْهِنَّover themselvesʿalayhinna
مِن[of]min
جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّtheir outer garmentsjalābībihinna
ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
أَدْنَىٰٓ(is) more suitableadnā
أَنthatan
يُعْرَفْنَthey should be knownyuʿ'rafna
فَلَاand notfalā
يُؤْذَيْنَharmedyu'dhayna
وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
غَفُورًۭاOft-Forgivingghafūran
رَّحِيمًۭاMost Mercifulraḥīman
60

۞ لَّئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا

If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease1212 and those who spread rumors in al-Madīnah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little,

  1. [1212] Referring here to those who commit adultery or fornication.

Word by Word
لَّئِنIfla-in
لَّمْ(do) notlam
يَنتَهِceaseyantahi
ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَthe hypocritesl-munāfiqūna
وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمtheir heartsqulūbihim
مَّرَضٌۭ(is) a diseasemaraḍun
وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَand those who spread rumorswal-mur'jifūna
فِىin
ٱلْمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnati
لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَWe will let you overpower themlanugh'riyannaka
بِهِمْWe will let you overpower thembihim
ثُمَّthenthumma
لَاnot
يُجَاوِرُونَكَthey will remain your neighborsyujāwirūnaka
فِيهَآthereinfīhā
إِلَّاexceptillā
قَلِيلًۭا(for) a littleqalīlan
61

مَّلْعُونِينَ ۖ أَيْنَمَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ أُخِذُوا۟ وَقُتِّلُوا۟ تَقْتِيلًۭا

Accursed wherever they are found, [being] seized and massacred completely.

Word by Word
مَّلْعُونِينَAccursedmalʿūnīna
أَيْنَمَاwhereveraynamā
ثُقِفُوٓا۟they are foundthuqifū
أُخِذُوا۟they are seizedukhidhū
وَقُتِّلُوا۟and massacred completelywaquttilū
تَقْتِيلًۭاand massacred completelytaqtīlan
62

سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًۭا

[This is] the established way of Allāh with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allāh any change.

Word by Word
سُنَّةَ(Such is the) Waysunnata
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
فِىwith
ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
خَلَوْا۟passed awaykhalaw
مِنbeforemin
قَبْلُbeforeqablu
وَلَنand neverwalan
تَجِدَyou will findtajida
لِسُنَّةِin (the) Waylisunnati
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
تَبْدِيلًۭاany changetabdīlan
63

يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

Word by Word
يَسْـَٔلُكَAsk youyasaluka
ٱلنَّاسُthe peoplel-nāsu
عَنِaboutʿani
ٱلسَّاعَةِthe Hourl-sāʿati
قُلْSayqul
إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
عِلْمُهَاits knowledgeʿil'muhā
عِندَ(is) withʿinda
ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
وَمَاAnd whatwamā
يُدْرِيكَwill make you knowyud'rīka
لَعَلَّPerhapslaʿalla
ٱلسَّاعَةَthe Hourl-sāʿata
تَكُونُistakūnu
قَرِيبًاnearqarīban
64

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيرًا

Indeed, Allāh has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze.

Word by Word
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
لَعَنَhas cursedlaʿana
ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
وَأَعَدَّand has preparedwa-aʿadda
لَهُمْfor themlahum
سَعِيرًاa Blazesaʿīran
65

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا ۖ لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا

Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper.

Word by Word
خَٰلِدِينَAbidingkhālidīna
فِيهَآthereinfīhā
أَبَدًۭاforeverabadan
لَّاnot
يَجِدُونَthey will findyajidūna
وَلِيًّۭاany protectorwaliyyan
وَلَاand notwalā
نَصِيرًۭاany helpernaṣīran
66

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيْتَنَآ أَطَعْنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَا۠

The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger."

Word by Word
يَوْمَ(The) Dayyawma
تُقَلَّبُwill be turned abouttuqallabu
وُجُوهُهُمْtheir faceswujūhuhum
فِىin
ٱلنَّارِthe Firel-nāri
يَقُولُونَthey will sayyaqūlūna
يَٰلَيْتَنَآO we wishyālaytanā
أَطَعْنَاwe (had) obeyedaṭaʿnā
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
وَأَطَعْنَاand obeyedwa-aṭaʿnā
ٱلرَّسُولَا۠the Messengerl-rasūlā
67

وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries,1213 and they led us astray from the [right] way.

  1. [1213] Also interpreted to mean "our noble ones and our elders [i.e., distinguished scholars]."

Word by Word
وَقَالُوا۟And they will saywaqālū
رَبَّنَآOur Lordrabbanā
إِنَّآIndeed, weinnā
أَطَعْنَا[we] obeyedaṭaʿnā
سَادَتَنَاour chiefssādatanā
وَكُبَرَآءَنَاand our great menwakubarāanā
فَأَضَلُّونَاand they misled usfa-aḍallūnā
ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠(from) the Wayl-sabīlā
68

رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا

Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."

Word by Word
رَبَّنَآOur Lordrabbanā
ءَاتِهِمْGive themātihim
ضِعْفَيْنِdoubleḍiʿ'fayni
مِنَ[of]mina
ٱلْعَذَابِpunishmentl-ʿadhābi
وَٱلْعَنْهُمْand curse themwal-ʿanhum
لَعْنًۭا(with) a curselaʿnan
كَبِيرًۭاgreatkabīran
69

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ ۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًۭا

O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allāh cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allāh, was distinguished.

Word by Word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
لَا(Do) not
تَكُونُوا۟betakūnū
كَٱلَّذِينَlike those whoka-alladhīna
ءَاذَوْا۟abusedādhaw
مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
فَبَرَّأَهُthen Allah cleared himfabarra-ahu
ٱللَّهُthen Allah cleared himl-lahu
مِمَّاof whatmimmā
قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
وَكَانَAnd he waswakāna
عِندَnearʿinda
ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
وَجِيهًۭاhonorablewajīhan
70

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًۭا سَدِيدًۭا

O you who have believed, fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

Word by Word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
ٱتَّقُوا۟Fearittaqū
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
وَقُولُوا۟and speakwaqūlū
قَوْلًۭاa wordqawlan
سَدِيدًۭاrightsadīdan
71

يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.

Word by Word
يُصْلِحْHe will amendyuṣ'liḥ
لَكُمْfor youlakum
أَعْمَٰلَكُمْyour deedsaʿmālakum
وَيَغْفِرْand forgivewayaghfir
لَكُمْfor youlakum
ذُنُوبَكُمْyour sinsdhunūbakum
وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
يُطِعِobeysyuṭiʿi
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
وَرَسُولَهُۥand His Messengerwarasūlahu
فَقَدْcertainlyfaqad
فَازَhas attainedfāza
فَوْزًاan attainmentfawzan
عَظِيمًاgreatʿaẓīman
72

إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا ٱلْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومًۭا جَهُولًۭا

Indeed, We offered the Trust1214 to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.1215

  1. [1214] The acceptance of obligations and obedience to Allāh.
  2. [1215] Coveting its reward while forgetting the penalty for failure to keep his commitment.

Word by Word
إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
عَرَضْنَا[We] offeredʿaraḍnā
ٱلْأَمَانَةَthe Trustl-amānata
عَلَىtoʿalā
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
وَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthwal-arḍi
وَٱلْجِبَالِand the mountainswal-jibāli
فَأَبَيْنَbut they refusedfa-abayna
أَنtoan
يَحْمِلْنَهَاbear ityaḥmil'nahā
وَأَشْفَقْنَand they fearedwa-ashfaqna
مِنْهَاfrom itmin'hā
وَحَمَلَهَاbut bore itwaḥamalahā
ٱلْإِنسَٰنُthe manl-insānu
إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
كَانَwaskāna
ظَلُومًۭاunjustẓalūman
جَهُولًۭاignorantjahūlan
73

لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۢا

[It1216 was] so that Allāh may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allāh may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

  1. [1216] The reason for which mankind was permitted to carry the Trust.

Word by Word
لِّيُعَذِّبَSo that Allah may punishliyuʿadhiba
ٱللَّهُSo that Allah may punishl-lahu
ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَthe hypocrite menl-munāfiqīna
وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِand the hypocrite womenwal-munāfiqāti
وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَand the polytheist menwal-mush'rikīna
وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِand the polytheist womenwal-mush'rikāti
وَيَتُوبَand Allah will turn (in Mercy)wayatūba
ٱللَّهُand Allah will turn (in Mercy)l-lahu
عَلَىtoʿalā
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَthe believing menl-mu'minīna
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِand the believing womenwal-mu'mināti
وَكَانَAnd Allah iswakāna
ٱللَّهُAnd Allah isl-lahu
غَفُورًۭاOft-Forgivingghafūran
رَّحِيمًۢاMost Mercifulraḥīman