Surah 33. Al-Ahzab

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Verses [Section]: 1-8[1], 9-20 [2], 21-27 [3], 28-34 [4], 35-40 [5], 41-52 [6], 53-58 [7], 59-68 [8], 69-73 [9]

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Quran Text of Verse 59-68یٰۤاَیُّهَاO ProphetالنَّبِیُّO ProphetقُلْSayلِّاَزْوَاجِكَto your wivesوَ بَنٰتِكَand your daughtersوَ نِسَآءِand (the) womenالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ(of) the believersیُدْنِیْنَto bring downعَلَیْهِنَّover themselvesمِنْofجَلَابِیْبِهِنَّ ؕtheir outer garmentsذٰلِكَThatاَدْنٰۤی(is) more suitableاَنْthatیُّعْرَفْنَthey should be knownفَلَاand notیُؤْذَیْنَ ؕharmedوَ كَانَAnd isاللّٰهُAllahغَفُوْرًاOft-Forgivingرَّحِیْمًا Most Merciful لَىِٕنْIfلَّمْ(do) notیَنْتَهِceaseالْمُنٰفِقُوْنَthe hypocritesوَ الَّذِیْنَand those whoفِیْinقُلُوْبِهِمْtheir heartsمَّرَضٌ(is) a diseaseوَّ الْمُرْجِفُوْنَand those who spread rumorsفِیinالْمَدِیْنَةِthe cityلَنُغْرِیَنَّكَWe will let you overpower themبِهِمْWe will let you overpower themثُمَّthenلَاnotیُجَاوِرُوْنَكَthey will remain your neighborsفِیْهَاۤthereinاِلَّاexceptقَلِیْلًا(for) a little مَّلْعُوْنِیْنَ ۛۚAccursedاَیْنَمَاwhereverثُقِفُوْۤاthey are foundاُخِذُوْاthey are seizedوَ قُتِّلُوْاand massacred completelyتَقْتِیْلًا and massacred completely سُنَّةَ(Such is the) Wayاللّٰهِ(of) Allahفِیwithالَّذِیْنَthose whoخَلَوْاpassed awayمِنْbeforeقَبْلُ ۚbeforeوَ لَنْand neverتَجِدَyou will findلِسُنَّةِin (the) Wayاللّٰهِ(of) Allahتَبْدِیْلًا any change 33. Al-Ahzab Page 427یَسْـَٔلُكَAsk youالنَّاسُthe peopleعَنِaboutالسَّاعَةِ ؕthe HourقُلْSayاِنَّمَاOnlyعِلْمُهَاits knowledgeعِنْدَ(is) withاللّٰهِ ؕAllahوَ مَاAnd whatیُدْرِیْكَwill make you knowلَعَلَّPerhapsالسَّاعَةَthe Hourتَكُوْنُisقَرِیْبًا near اِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahلَعَنَhas cursedالْكٰفِرِیْنَthe disbelieversوَ اَعَدَّand has preparedلَهُمْfor themسَعِیْرًاۙa Blaze خٰلِدِیْنَAbidingفِیْهَاۤthereinاَبَدًا ۚforeverلَاnotیَجِدُوْنَthey will findوَلِیًّاany protectorوَّ لَاand notنَصِیْرًاۚany helper یَوْمَ(The) Dayتُقَلَّبُwill be turned aboutوُجُوْهُهُمْtheir facesفِیinالنَّارِthe Fireیَقُوْلُوْنَthey will sayیٰلَیْتَنَاۤO we wishاَطَعْنَاwe (had) obeyedاللّٰهَAllahوَ اَطَعْنَاand obeyedالرَّسُوْلَا the Messenger! وَ قَالُوْاAnd they will sayرَبَّنَاۤOur Lord!اِنَّاۤIndeed weاَطَعْنَا[we] obeyedسَادَتَنَاour chiefsوَ كُبَرَآءَنَاand our great menفَاَضَلُّوْنَاand they misled usالسَّبِیْلَا (from) the Way رَبَّنَاۤOur Lord!اٰتِهِمْGive themضِعْفَیْنِdoubleمِنَ[of]الْعَذَابِpunishmentوَ الْعَنْهُمْand curse themلَعْنًا(with) a curseكَبِیْرًا۠great

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Translation of Verse 59-68

59. O Prophet! Ask your wives, daughters, and believing women to draw their cloaks over their bodies. In this way it is more likely that they will be recognized ˹as virtuous˺ and not be harassed. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ⁸⁷²

60. If the hypocrites, and those with sickness in their hearts, and rumour-mongers in Medina do not desist, We will certainly incite you ˹O Prophet˺ against them, and then they will not be your neighbours there any longer.

61. ˹They deserve to be˺ condemned. ˹If they were to persist,˺ they would get themselves seized and killed relentlessly wherever they are found! ⁸⁷³

62. That was Allah's way with those ˹hypocrites˺ who have gone before. And you will find no change in Allah's way.

63. People ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the Hour. Say, "That knowledge is only with Allah. You never know, perhaps the Hour is near."

64. Surely Allah condemns the disbelievers, and has prepared for them a blazing Fire,

65. to stay there for ever and ever-never will they find any protector or helper.

66. On the Day their faces are ˹constantly˺ flipped in the Fire, they will cry, "Oh! If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!"

67. And they will say, "Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elite, but they led us astray from the ˹Right˺ Way.

68. Our Lord! Give them double ˹our˺ punishment, and condemn them tremendously."

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Commentary

872. He has forgiven what Muslim women did in the past because they were not obligated to cover up.

873. This verse is intended to deter the hypocrites. The Prophet ( ﷺ ) never killed any hypocrite as long as they did not join the enemy to attack and kill Muslims.