At-Tahrim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which
Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy
wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (1)
Allah hath made lawful for you
(Muslims) absolution from your oaths (of such a kind),
and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.
(2)
When the Prophet confided a fact unto
one of his wives and when she afterward divulged it and
Allah apprised him thereof, he made known (to her) part
thereof and passed over part. And when he told it her
she said: Who hath told thee? He said: The Knower, the
Aware hath told me. (3)
If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant,
(ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the
ban); and if ye aid one another against him (Muhammad)
then lo! Allah, even He, is his Protecting Friend, and
Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and
furthermore the angels are his helpers. (4)
It may happen that his Lord, if he
divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better
than you, submissive (to Allah), believing, pious,
penitent, devout, inclined to fasting, widows and maids.
(5)
O ye who believe! Ward off from
yourselves and your families a Fire whereof the fuel is
men and stones, over which are set angels strong, severe,
who resist not Allah in that which He commandeth them,
but do that which they are commanded. (6)
(Then it will be said): O ye who
disbelieve! Make no excuses for yourselves this Day. Ye
are only being paid for what ye used to do. (7)
O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in
sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit
from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will
not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him.
Their light will run before them and on their right
hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us,
and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things. (8)
O Prophet! Strive against the
disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them.
Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end. (9)
Allah citeth an example for those who
disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot, who
were under two of Our righteous slaves yet betrayed them
so that they (the husbands) availed them naught against
Allah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along
with those who enter. (10)
And Allah citeth an example for those
who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord!
Build for me a home with thee in the Garden, and deliver
me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from
evil-doing folk; (11)
And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose
body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein something
of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her
Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient. (12)
