Surah Al-Ahzaab

لَّقَدْكَانَلَكُمْفِىرَسُولِٱللَّهِأُسْوَةٌحَسَنَةٌۭلِّمَنكَانَيَرْجُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱلْيَوْمَٱلْءَاخِرَوَذَكَرَٱللَّهَكَثِيرًۭا

VERILY, in the Apostle of God you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to God and the Last Day, and remembers God unceasingly.

وَلَمَّارَءَاٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَٱلْأَحْزَابَقَالُوا۟هَٰذَامَاوَعَدَنَاٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَصَدَقَٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَمَازَادَهُمْإِلَّآإِيمَٰنًۭاوَتَسْلِيمًۭا

And [so,] when the believers saw the Con­federates [advancing against them], they said, “This is what God and His Apostle have promised us!”- and, “Truly spoke God and His Apostle!” and all this but increased their faith and their readiness to surrender themselves unto God.

مِّنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَرِجَالٌۭصَدَقُوا۟مَاعَٰهَدُوا۟ٱللَّهَعَلَيْهِفَمِنْهُممَّنقَضَىٰنَحْبَهُۥوَمِنْهُممَّنيَنتَظِرُوَمَابَدَّلُوا۟تَبْدِيلًۭا

Among the believers are men who have [always] been true to what they have vowed before God; and among them are such as have [already] redeemed their pledge by death, and such as yet await [its fulfillment] without having changed [their resolve] in the least.

لِّيَجْزِىَٱللَّهُٱلصَّٰدِقِينَبِصِدْقِهِمْوَيُعَذِّبَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَإِنشَآءَأَوْيَتُوبَعَلَيْهِمْإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

[Such trials are imposed upon man] so that God may reward the truthful for having been true to their word, and cause the hypocrites to suffer - if that be His will - or [if they repent,] accept their repen­tance: for, verily, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

وَرَدَّٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِغَيْظِهِمْلَمْيَنَالُوا۟خَيْرًۭاوَكَفَىٱللَّهُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَٱلْقِتَالَوَكَانَٱللَّهُقَوِيًّاعَزِيزًۭا

Thus, for all their fury, God repulsed those who were bent on denying the truth; no advantage did they gain, since God was enough to [protect] the believers in battle - seeing that God is most powerful, almighty;

وَأَنزَلَٱلَّذِينَظَٰهَرُوهُممِّنْأَهْلِٱلْكِتَٰبِمِنصَيَاصِيهِمْوَقَذَفَفِىقُلُوبِهِمُٱلرُّعْبَفَرِيقًۭاتَقْتُلُونَوَتَأْسِرُونَفَرِيقًۭا

and He brought down from their strongholds those of the followers of earlier reve­lation who had aided the aggressors, and cast terror into their hearts: some you slew, and some you made captive;

وَأَوْرَثَكُمْأَرْضَهُمْوَدِيَٰرَهُمْوَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْوَأَرْضًۭالَّمْتَطَـُٔوهَاوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرًۭا

and He made you heirs to their lands, and their houses, and their goods - and [promised you] lands on which you had never yet set foot: for God has indeed the power to will anything.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّقُللِّأَزْوَٰجِكَإِنكُنتُنَّتُرِدْنَٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَاوَزِينَتَهَافَتَعَالَيْنَأُمَتِّعْكُنَّوَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّسَرَاحًۭاجَمِيلًۭا

O PROPHET! Say unto thy wives: “If you desire [but] the life of this world and its charms - well, then, I shall provide for you and release you in a becoming manner;

وَإِنكُنتُنَّتُرِدْنَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥوَٱلدَّارَٱلْءَاخِرَةَفَإِنَّٱللَّهَأَعَدَّلِلْمُحْسِنَٰتِمِنكُنَّأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

but if you desire God and His Apostle, and [thus the good of] the life in the hereafter, then [know that], verily, for the doers of good among you God has readied a mighty reward!”

يَٰنِسَآءَٱلنَّبِىِّمَنيَأْتِمِنكُنَّبِفَٰحِشَةٍۢمُّبَيِّنَةٍۢيُضَٰعَفْلَهَاٱلْعَذَابُضِعْفَيْنِوَكَانَذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِيَسِيرًۭا

O wives of the Prophet! If any of you were to become guilty of manifestly immoral conduct, double [that of other sinners] would be her suffering [in the hereafter]: for that is indeed easy for God.

وَمَنيَقْنُتْمِنكُنَّلِلَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَتَعْمَلْصَٰلِحًۭانُّؤْتِهَآأَجْرَهَامَرَّتَيْنِوَأَعْتَدْنَالَهَارِزْقًۭاكَرِيمًۭا

But if any of you devoutly obeys God and His Apostle and does good deeds, on her shall We bestow her reward twice-over: for We shall have readied for her a most excellent sustenance [in the life to come].

يَٰنِسَآءَٱلنَّبِىِّلَسْتُنَّكَأَحَدٍۢمِّنَٱلنِّسَآءِإِنِٱتَّقَيْتُنَّفَلَاتَخْضَعْنَبِٱلْقَوْلِفَيَطْمَعَٱلَّذِىفِىقَلْبِهِۦمَرَضٌۭوَقُلْنَقَوْلًۭامَّعْرُوفًۭا

O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any of the [other] women, provided that you remain [truly] conscious of God. Hence, be not over-soft in your speech, lest any whose heart is diseased should be moved to desire [you]: but, withal, speak in a kindly way.

وَقَرْنَفِىبُيُوتِكُنَّوَلَاتَبَرَّجْنَتَبَرُّجَٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِٱلْأُولَىٰوَأَقِمْنَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتِينَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَأَطِعْنَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥٓإِنَّمَايُرِيدُٱللَّهُلِيُذْهِبَعَنكُمُٱلرِّجْسَأَهْلَٱلْبَيْتِوَيُطَهِّرَكُمْتَطْهِيرًۭا

And abide quietly in your homes, and do not flaunt your charms as they used to flaunt them in the old days of pagan ignorance; and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle: for God only wants to remove from you all that might be loathsome, O you members of the [Prophet’s] household, and to purify you to utmost purity.

وَٱذْكُرْنَمَايُتْلَىٰفِىبُيُوتِكُنَّمِنْءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَٱلْحِكْمَةِإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَلَطِيفًاخَبِيرًا

And bear in mind all that is recited in your homes of God’s messages and [His] wisdom: for God is unfathomable [in His wisdom], all-aware.

إِنَّٱلْمُسْلِمِينَوَٱلْمُسْلِمَٰتِوَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِوَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَوَٱلْقَٰنِتَٰتِوَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَوَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِوَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَوَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِوَٱلْخَٰشِعِينَوَٱلْخَٰشِعَٰتِوَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَوَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِوَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَوَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِوَٱلْحَٰفِظِينَفُرُوجَهُمْوَٱلْحَٰفِظَٰتِوَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَٱللَّهَكَثِيرًۭاوَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِأَعَدَّٱللَّهُلَهُممَّغْفِرَةًۭوَأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

VERILY, for all men and women who have sur­rendered themselves unto God, and all believing men and believing women, and all truly devout men and truly devout women, and all men and women who are true to their word, and all men and women who are patient in adversity, and all men and women who humble themselves [before God], and all men and women who give in charity, and all self-denying men and self-denying women, and all men and women who are mindful of their chastity, and all men and women who remember God unceasingly: for [all of] them has God readied forgiveness of sins and a mighty reward.

وَمَاكَانَلِمُؤْمِنٍۢوَلَامُؤْمِنَةٍإِذَاقَضَىٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥٓأَمْرًاأَنيَكُونَلَهُمُٱلْخِيَرَةُمِنْأَمْرِهِمْوَمَنيَعْصِٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥفَقَدْضَلَّضَلَٰلًۭامُّبِينًۭا

Now whenever God and His Apostle have decided a matter, it is not for a believing man or a believing woman to claim freedom of choice insofar as they themselves are concerned: for he who [thus] rebels against God and His Apostle has already, most obviously, gone astray.

وَإِذْتَقُولُلِلَّذِىٓأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِوَأَنْعَمْتَعَلَيْهِأَمْسِكْعَلَيْكَزَوْجَكَوَٱتَّقِٱللَّهَوَتُخْفِىفِىنَفْسِكَمَاٱللَّهُمُبْدِيهِوَتَخْشَىٱلنَّاسَوَٱللَّهُأَحَقُّأَنتَخْشَىٰهُفَلَمَّاقَضَىٰزَيْدٌۭمِّنْهَاوَطَرًۭازَوَّجْنَٰكَهَالِكَىْلَايَكُونَعَلَىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَحَرَجٌۭفِىٓأَزْوَٰجِأَدْعِيَآئِهِمْإِذَاقَضَوْا۟مِنْهُنَّوَطَرًۭاوَكَانَأَمْرُٱللَّهِمَفْعُولًۭا

AND LO, [O Muhammad,] thou didst say unto the one to whom God had shown favour and to whom thou hadst shown favour, “Hold on to thy wife, and remain conscious of God!” And [thus] wouldst thou hide within thyself something that God was about to bring to light for thou didst stand in awe of [what] people [might think], whereas it was God alone of whom thou shouldst have stood in awe! [But] then, when Zayd had come to the end of his union with her, We gave her to thee in marriage, so that [in future] no blame should attach to the be­lievers for [marrying] the spouses of their adopted children when the latter have come to the end of their union with them. And [thus] God’s will was done.

مَّاكَانَعَلَىٱلنَّبِىِّمِنْحَرَجٍۢفِيمَافَرَضَٱللَّهُلَهُۥسُنَّةَٱللَّهِفِىٱلَّذِينَخَلَوْا۟مِنقَبْلُوَكَانَأَمْرُٱللَّهِقَدَرًۭامَّقْدُورًا

[Hence,] no blame whatever attaches to the Prophet for [having done] what God has ordained for him. [Indeed, such was] God’s way with those that have passed away aforetime and [remember that] God’s will is always destiny absolute-;

ٱلَّذِينَيُبَلِّغُونَرِسَٰلَٰتِٱللَّهِوَيَخْشَوْنَهُۥوَلَايَخْشَوْنَأَحَدًاإِلَّاٱللَّهَوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِحَسِيبًۭا

[and such will always be His way with] those who convey God’s messages [to the world], and stand in awe of Him, and hold none but God in awe: for none can take count [of man’s doings] as God does!

مَّاكَانَمُحَمَّدٌأَبَآأَحَدٍۢمِّنرِّجَالِكُمْوَلَٰكِنرَّسُولَٱللَّهِوَخَاتَمَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَوَكَانَٱللَّهُبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمًۭا

[And know, O believers, that] Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but is God’s Apostle and the Seal of all Prophets. And God has indeed full knowledge of everything.