Al-Ahzab

يَاأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā

O Prophet!

النَّبِيُّl-nabiyu

O Prophet!

اتَّقِittaqi

Fear

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

وَلَاwalā

and (do) not

تُطِعِtuṭiʿi

obey

الْكَافِرِينَl-kāfirīna

the disbelievers

وَالْمُنَافِقِينَwal-munāfiqīna

and the hypocrites.

إِنَّinna

Indeed,

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

كَانَkāna

عَلِيمًاʿalīman

All-Knower,

حَكِيمًاḥakīman

All-Wise.

Prophet, be mindful of God and do not give in to the disbelievers and the hypocrites: God is all knowing, all wise.

وَاتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿ

And follow

مَاmā

what

يُوحَىyūḥā

is inspired

إِلَيْكَilayka

to you

مِنْmin

from

رَبِّكَrabbika

your Lord.

إِنَّinna

Indeed,

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

كَانَkāna

بِمَاbimā

of what

تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna

you do

خَبِيرًاkhabīran

All-Aware.

Follow what your Lord reveals to you: God is well aware of all your actions.

وَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkal

And put your trust

عَلَىʿalā

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah.

وَكَفَىwakafā

And Allah is sufficient

بِاللَّهِbil-lahi

And Allah is sufficient

وَكِيلًاwakīlan

(as) Disposer of affairs.

Put your trust in God: God is enough to trust.

مَاmā

Not

جَعَلَjaʿala

Allah (has) made

اللَّهُl-lahu

Allah (has) made

لِرَجُلٍlirajulin

for any man

مِنْmin

[of]

قَلْبَيْنِqalbayni

two hearts

فِيfī

جَوْفِهِjawfihi

his interior.

وَمَاwamā

And not

جَعَلَjaʿala

He (has) made

أَزْوَاجَكُمُazwājakumu

your wives

اللَّائِيallāī

whom

تُظَاهِرُونَtuẓāhirūna

you declare unlawful

مِنْهُنَّmin'hunna

[of them]

أُمَّهَاتِكُمْummahātikum

(as) your mothers.

وَمَاwamā

And not

جَعَلَjaʿala

He has made

أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْadʿiyāakum

your adopted sons

أَبْنَاءَكُمْabnāakum

your sons.

ذَلِكُمْdhālikum

That

قَوْلُكُمْqawlukum

(is) your saying

بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْbi-afwāhikum

by your mouths,

وَاللَّهُwal-lahu

but Allah

يَقُولُyaqūlu

says

الْحَقَّl-ḥaqa

the truth,

وَهُوَwahuwa

and He

يَهْدِيyahdī

guides

السَّبِيلَl-sabīla

(to) the Way.

God does not put two hearts within a man’s breast. He does not turn the wives you reject and liken to your mothers’ backs into your real mothers; nor does He make your adopted sons into real sons. These are only words from your mouths, while God speaks the truth and guides people to the right path.

ادْعُوهُمْid'ʿūhum

Call them

لِءَابَائِهِمْliābāihim

by their fathers;

هُوَhuwa

أَقْسَطُaqsaṭu

(is) more just

عِنْدَʿinda

near

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah.

فَإِنْfa-in

But if

لَمْlam

not

تَعْلَمُواtaʿlamū

you know

ءَابَاءَهُمْābāahum

their fathers -

فَإِخْوَانُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukum

then (they are) your brothers

فِيfī

الدِّينِl-dīni

[the] religion

وَمَوَالِيكُمْwamawālīkum

and your friends.

وَلَيْسَwalaysa

But not is

عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum

upon you

جُنَاحٌjunāḥun

any blame

فِيمَاfīmā

in what

أَخْطَأْتُمْakhṭatum

you made a mistake

بِهِbihi

in it,

وَلَكِنْwalākin

but

مَاmā

what

تَعَمَّدَتْtaʿammadat

intended

قُلُوبُكُمْqulūbukum

your hearts.

وَكَانَwakāna

And Allah

اللَّهُl-lahu

And Allah

غَفُورًاghafūran

(is) Oft-Forgiving,

رَحِيمًاraḥīman

Most Merciful.

Name your adopted sons after their real fathers: this is more equitable in God’s eyes––if you do not know who their fathers are [they are your] ‘brothers-in-religion’ and proteges. You will not be blamed if you make a mistake, only for what your hearts deliberately intend; God is most forgiving and merciful.

النَّبِيُّal-nabiyu

The Prophet

أَوْلَىawlā

(is) closer

بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīna

to the believers

مِنْmin

than

أَنْفُسِهِمْanfusihim

their own selves,

وَأَزْوَاجُهُwa-azwājuhu

and his wives

أُمَّهَاتُهُمْummahātuhum

(are) their mothers.

وَأُولُواwa-ulū

And possessors

الْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmi

(of) relationships,

بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum

some of them

أَوْلَىawlā

(are) closer

بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍin

to another

فِيfī

كِتَابِkitābi

(the) Decree

اللَّهِl-lahi

(of) Allah

مِنَmina

than

الْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna

the believers

وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَwal-muhājirīna

and the emigrants,

إِلَّاillā

except

أَنْan

that

تَفْعَلُواtafʿalū

you do

إِلَىilā

أَوْلِيَائِكُمْawliyāikum

your friends

مَعْرُوفًاmaʿrūfan

a kindness.

كَانَkāna

That is

ذَلِكَdhālika

That is

فِيfī

الْكِتَابِl-kitābi

the Book

مَسْطُورًاmasṭūran

written.

The Prophet is more protective towards the believers than they are themselves, while his wives are their mothers. In God’s Scripture, blood-relatives have a stronger claim than other believers and emigrants, though you may still bestow gifts on your proteges. All this is written in the Scripture.

وَإِذْwa-idh

And when

أَخَذْنَاakhadhnā

We took

مِنَmina

from

النَّبِيِّينَl-nabiyīna

the Prophets

مِيثَاقَهُمْmīthāqahum

their Covenant

وَمِنْكَwaminka

and from you

وَمِنْwamin

and from

نُوحٍnūḥin

Nuh

وَإِبْرَاهِيمَwa-ib'rāhīma

and Ibrahim

وَمُوسَىwamūsā

and Musa

وَعِيسَىwaʿīsā

and Isa,

ابْنِib'ni

son

مَرْيَمَmaryama

(of) Maryam.

وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnā

And We took

مِنْهُمْmin'hum

from them

مِيثَاقًاmīthāqan

a covenant

غَلِيظًاghalīẓan

strong

We took a solemn pledge from the prophets- from you [Muhammad], from Noah, from Abraham, from Moses, from Jesus, son of Mary- We took a solemn pledge from all of them:

لِيَسْءَلَliyasala

That He may ask

الصَّادِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna

the truthful

عَنْʿan

about

صِدْقِهِمْṣid'qihim

their truth.

وَأَعَدَّwa-aʿadda

And He has prepared

لِلْكَافِرِينَlil'kāfirīna

for the disbelievers

عَذَابًاʿadhāban

a punishment

أَلِيمًاalīman

painful.

God will question [even] the truthful about their sincerity, and for those who reject the truth He has prepared a painful torment.

يَاأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā

O you

الَّذِينَalladhīna

who

ءَامَنُواāmanū

believe!

اذْكُرُواudh'kurū

Remember

نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata

(the) Favor

اللَّهِl-lahi

(of) Allah

عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum

upon you

إِذْidh

when

جَاءَتْكُمْjāatkum

came to you

جُنُودٌjunūdun

(the) hosts

فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnā

and We sent

عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim

upon them

رِيحًاrīḥan

a wind

وَجُنُودًاwajunūdan

and hosts

لَمْlam

not

تَرَوْهَاtarawhā

you (could) see them.

وَكَانَwakāna

And Allah is

اللَّهُl-lahu

And Allah is

بِمَاbimā

of what

تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna

you do

بَصِيرًاbaṣīran

All-Seer.

You who believe, remember God’s goodness to you when mighty armies massed against you: We sent a violent wind and invisible forces against them. God sees all that you do.

إِذْidh

When

جَاءُوكُمْjāūkum

they came upon you

مِنْmin

from

فَوْقِكُمْfawqikum

above you

وَمِنْwamin

and from

أَسْفَلَasfala

below

مِنْكُمْminkum

you,

وَإِذْwa-idh

and when

زَاغَتِzāghati

grew wild

الْأَبْصَارُl-abṣāru

the eyes

وَبَلَغَتِwabalaghati

and reached

الْقُلُوبُl-qulūbu

the hearts

الْحَنَاجِرَl-ḥanājira

the throats,

وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūna

and you assumed

بِاللَّهِbil-lahi

about Allah

الظُّنُونَاl-ẓunūnā

the assumptions.

They massed against you from above and below; your eyes rolled [with fear], your hearts rose into your throats, and you thought [ill] thoughts of God.

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