Surah 24 An-Noor — Ayah 26
ٱلْخَبِيثَٰتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَٰتِ ۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَرِزْقٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
Të këqiat (fra ose fjalë) janë për të këqinjtë edhe të këqinjtë janë për të këqijat, ndërsa të ndershmet janë për të ndershmit edhe të ndershmit janë për të ndershmet. Ata janë të pafajshëm nga ajo që u thotë atyre. Ata kanë falje të madhe dhe furnizimtë begatshëm.
al-khabīthātu lil'khabīthīna wal-khabīthūna lil'khabīthāti wal-ṭayibātu lilṭṭayyibīna wal-ṭayibūna lilṭṭayyibāti ulāika mubarraūna mimmā yaqūlūna lahum maghfiratun wariz'qun karīmun
Word by word
- ٱلْخَبِيثَـٰتُ al-khabīthātu Evil women
- لِلْخَبِيثِينَ lil'khabīthīna (are) for evil men
- وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ wal-khabīthūna and evil men
- لِلْخَبِيثَـٰتِ ۖ lil'khabīthāti (are) for evil women
- وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ wal-ṭayibātu And good women
- لِلطَّيِّبِينَ lilṭṭayyibīna (are) for good men
- وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ wal-ṭayibūna and good men
- لِلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ lilṭṭayyibāti (are) for good women
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ulāika Those
- مُبَرَّءُونَ mubarraūna (are) innocent
- مِمَّا mimmā of what
- يَقُولُونَ ۖ yaqūlūna they say
- لَهُم lahum For them
- مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ maghfiratun (is) forgiveness
- وَرِزْقٌۭ wariz'qun and a provision
- كَرِيمٌۭ karīmun noble
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Goodness of `A'ishah because She is married to the best of Mankind
Ibn `Abbas said, "Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are for evil words; good words are for good men and good men are for good words. This was revealed concerning `A'ishah and the people of the slander." This was also narrated from Mujahid, `Ata', Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ash-Sha`bi, Al-Hasan bin Abu Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Habib bin Abi Thabit and Ad-Dahhak, and it was also the view favored by Ibn Jarir. He interpreted it to mean that evil speech is more suited to evil people, and good speech is more suited to good people. What the hypocrites attributed to `A'ishah was more suited to them, and she was most suited to innocence and having nothing to do with them. Allah said:
أُوْلَـئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ
(such (good people) are innocent of (every) bad statement which they say;) `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said, "Evil women are for evil men and evil men are for evil women, and good women are for good men and good men are for good women." This also necessarily refers back to what they said, i.e., Allah would not have made `A'ishah the wife of His Messenger unless she had been good, because he is the best of the best of mankind. If she had been evil, she would not have been a suitable partner either according to His Laws or His decree. Allah said:
أُوْلَـئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ
(such are innocent of (every) bad statement which they say;) meaning, they are remote from what the people of slander and enmity say.
لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ
(for them is forgiveness,) means, because of the lies that were told about them,
وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
(and honored provision.) meaning, with Allah in the Gardens of Delight. This implies a promise that she will be the wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Paradise.