Surah 66 At-Tahrim — Ayah 10
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًۭٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ
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ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū im'ra-ata nūḥin wa-im'ra-ata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yugh'niyā ʿanhumā mina l-lahi shayan waqīla ud'khulā l-nāra maʿa l-dākhilīna
Word by word
- ضَرَبَ ḍaraba Presents
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
- مَثَلًۭا mathalan an example
- لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna for those who
- كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved
- ٱمْرَأَتَ im'ra-ata (the) wife
- نُوحٍۢ nūḥin (of) Nuh
- وَٱمْرَأَتَ wa-im'ra-ata (and the) wife
- لُوطٍۢ ۖ lūṭin (of) Lut
- كَانَتَا kānatā They were
- تَحْتَ taḥta under
- عَبْدَيْنِ ʿabdayni two [slaves]
- مِنْ min of
- عِبَادِنَا ʿibādinā Our slaves
- صَـٰلِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni righteous
- فَخَانَتَاهُمَا fakhānatāhumā but they both betrayed them
- فَلَمْ falam so not
- يُغْنِيَا yugh'niyā they availed
- عَنْهُمَا ʿanhumā both of them
- مِنَ mina from
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- شَيْـًۭٔا shayan (in) anything
- وَقِيلَ waqīla and it was said
- ٱدْخُلَا ud'khulā Enter
- ٱلنَّارَ l-nāra the Fire
- مَعَ maʿa with
- ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ l-dākhilīna those who enter
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites
Allah the Exalted orders His Messenger to perform Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites, the former with weapons and armaments and the later by establishing Allah's legislated penal code,
(and be severe against them) meaning, in this life,
(their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) that is, in the Hereafter.
The Disbeliever shall never benefit from His Believing Relative on the Day of Resurrection
Allah the exalted said,
(Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve) meaning, the disbelievers who live together in this life with Muslims, their mixing and mingling with Muslims will not help the disbelievers, nor will it avail them with Allah, until and unless they gain faith in their hearts. Then Allah mentioned the parable, saying,
(the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They were under two of our righteous servants,) means, they were the wives of two of Allah's Messengers and were their companions by day and night, eating with them and sleeping with them, as much as any marriage contains of interaction between spouses. However,
(they both betrayed them.) meaning, in the faith, they did not adhere to the faith sent through their husbands nor accepted their message. Therefore, all the intimate knowledge of their husbands neither helped them nor prevented punishment, hence Allah's statement,
(So, they availed them not against Allah) means, because their wives were disbelievers,
(and it was said) meaning, to these wives,
(Enter the Fire along with those who enter!) The part of the Ayah that reads,
(but they both betrayed them) does not pertain to committing illegal sexual intercourse, but to refusing to accept the religion. Surely, the wives of the Prophets were immune from committing illegal sexual intercourse on account of the honor that Allah has granted His Prophets, as we explained in Surat An-Nur. Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "They betrayed them by not following their religion. The wife of Prophet Nuh used to expose his secrets, informing his oppressive people whenever any person embraced the faith with Nuh. As for the wife of Prophet Lut, she used to inform the people of the city (Sodom), who committed the awful sexual act (sodomy), whenever a guest was entertained by her husband." Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "No wife of a Prophet ever committed adultery and fornication. Rather, they betrayed them by refusing to follow their religion." Similar was said by `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and others.