Surah At Tahrim | The Prohibition (سورۃ التحریم)

Transliteration of Surah At-Tahrim (Verse by Verse)

Transliteration (Verse by Verse)

1. Yā ayyuhan-nabiyyu limā tuḥarrimu mā aḥallallāhu laka tabtaghī marḍāta azwājik, wallāhu ghafūrun raḥīm.
2. Qad faradallāhu lakum taḥillata aymānikum, wallāhu mawlākum, wa huwa al-ʿalīmu al-ḥakīm.
3. Wa idh asarra an-nabiyyu ilā baʿḍi azwājihi ḥadīthan, fa lammā nabba’at bihi wa aẓharahullāhu ʿalayhi ʿarrafa baʿḍahu wa aʿraḍa ʿan baʿḍin, fa lammā nabba’ahā bihi qālat man anba’aka hādhā, qāla nabba’anī al-ʿalīmu al-khabīr.
4. In tatūbā ilallāhi fa qad ṣaghat qulūbukumā, wa in taẓāharā ʿalayhi fa innallāha huwa mawlāhu wa Jibrīlu wa ṣāliḥul-mu’minīn, wall-malā’ikatu baʿda dhālika ẓahīr.
5. ʿAsā rabbuhu in ṭallaqakunna an yubdilahū azwājan khayran minkunna muslimātin mu’minātin qānitātin tā’ibātin ʿābidātin sā’iḥātin thayyibātin wa abkārā.
6. Yā ayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū qū anfusakum wa ahlikum nārān waqūduhan-nāsu wal-ḥijārah, ʿalayhā malā’ikatun ghilāẓun shidādun lā yaʿṣūna allāha mā amarahum wa yafʿalūna mā yu’marūn.
7. Yā ayyuhal-ladhīna kafarū lā taʿtadhirū al-yawma, innamā tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn.
8. Yā ayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū tūbū ilallāhi tawbatan naṣūḥā, ʿasā rabbukum an yukaffira ʿankum sayyi’ātikum wa yudkhilakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru yawma lā yukhzi allāhu an-nabiyya walladhīna āmanū maʿah, nūruhum yasʿā bayna aydīhim wa bi’aymānihim yaqūlūna rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā waghfir lanā innaka ʿalā kulli shay’in qadīr.
9. Yā ayyuhan-nabiyyu jāhidil-kuffāra wal-munāfiqīna waghluẓ ʿalayhim, wa ma’wāhum jahannam, wa bi’sal-maṣīr.
10. Ḍaraba allāhu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū imra’ata Nūḥin wamra’ata Lūṭin, kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fa khānatāhumā fa lam yughniyā ʿanhumā minallāhi shay’an wa qīla adkhulā an-nāra maʿad-dākhilīn.
11. Wa ḍaraba allāhu mathalan lilladhīna āmanū imra’ata Firʿawna idh qālat rabbi bni lī ʿindaka baytan fil-jannati wa najjinī min Firʿawna wa ʿamalihi wa najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.
12. Wa Maryama bnata ʿImrāna allatī aḥṣanat farjahā fa nafakhna fīhi min rūḥinā wa ṣaddaqat bi kalimāti rabbihā wa kutubihī wa kānat minal-qānitīn.

Surah At-Tahrim (The Prohibition) – 12 Verses

Ayah 1 Arabic: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

English Translation: O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Ayah 2 Arabic: قَدْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَانِكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

English Translation: Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your Master, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

Ayah 3 Arabic: وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيثًا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِ وَأَظْهَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُ وَأَعْرَضَ عَن بَعْضٍ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنبَأَكَ هَٰذَا ۖ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِيَ الْعَلِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ

English Translation: And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored part. And when he informed her about it, she said, “Who told you this?” He said, “I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted.”

Ayah 4 Arabic: إِن تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللَّهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ وَإِن تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ مَوْلَاهُ وَجِبْرِيلُ وَصَالِحُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ ظَهِيرٌ

English Translation: If you two [wives] repent to Allah, your hearts have deviated, but if you cooperate against him, then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are his assistants.

Ayah 5 Arabic: عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُ أَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُّؤْمِنَاتٍ قَانِتَاتٍ تَائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَاتٍ سَائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَأَبْكَارًا

English Translation: Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you – submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling – [ones] previously married and virgins.

Ayah 6 Arabic: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

English Translation: O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

Ayah 7 Arabic: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا الْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

English Translation: O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

Ayah 8 Arabic: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

English Translation: O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him.

Ayah 9 Arabic: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

English Translation: O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

Ayah 10 Arabic: ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَقِيلَ ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِينَ

English Translation: Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, “Enter the Fire with those who enter.”

Ayah 11 Arabic: وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

English Translation: And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, “My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people.”

Ayah 12 Arabic: وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرَانَ الَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ

English Translation: And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of ʿImrān, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her [a spirit] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.