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Surah At-Tahrim (التحريم) — “The Prohibition” — is a Medinan chapter with 12 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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At-Tahrim

التحريم

The Prohibition · 12 verses · Medinan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّلِمَتُحَرِّمُمَآأَحَلَّٱللَّهُلَكَ ۖتَبْتَغِىمَرْضَاتَأَزْوَٰجِكَ ۚوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu lima tuḥarrimu mā aḥalla l-lahu laka tabtaghī marḍāta azwājika wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

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

2
قَدْفَرَضَٱللَّهُلَكُمْتَحِلَّةَأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚوَٱللَّهُمَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖوَهُوَٱلْعَلِيمُٱلْحَكِيمُ

qad faraḍa l-lahu lakum taḥillata aymānikum wal-lahu mawlākum wahuwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

Allāh has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allāh is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

3
وَإِذْأَسَرَّٱلنَّبِىُّإِلَىٰبَعْضِأَزْوَٰجِهِۦحَدِيثًۭافَلَمَّانَبَّأَتْبِهِۦوَأَظْهَرَهُٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِعَرَّفَبَعْضَهُۥوَأَعْرَضَعَنۢبَعْضٍۢ ۖفَلَمَّانَبَّأَهَابِهِۦقَالَتْمَنْأَنۢبَأَكَهَـٰذَا ۖقَالَنَبَّأَنِىَٱلْعَلِيمُٱلْخَبِيرُ

wa-idh asarra l-nabiyu ilā baʿḍi azwājihi ḥadīthan falammā nabba-at bihi wa-aẓharahu l-lahu ʿalayhi ʿarrafa baʿḍahu wa-aʿraḍa ʿan baʿḍin falammā nabba-ahā bihi qālat man anba-aka hādhā qāla nabba-aniya l-ʿalīmu l-khabīru

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

4
إِنتَتُوبَآإِلَىٱللَّهِفَقَدْصَغَتْقُلُوبُكُمَا ۖوَإِنتَظَـٰهَرَاعَلَيْهِفَإِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَمَوْلَىٰهُوَجِبْرِيلُوَصَـٰلِحُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُبَعْدَذَٰلِكَظَهِيرٌ

in tatūbā ilā l-lahi faqad ṣaghat qulūbukumā wa-in taẓāharā ʿalayhi fa-inna l-laha huwa mawlāhu wajib'rīlu waṣāliḥu l-mu'minīna wal-malāikatu baʿda dhālika ẓahīrun

If you two [wives] repent to Allāh, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allāh is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.

5
عَسَىٰرَبُّهُۥٓإِنطَلَّقَكُنَّأَنيُبْدِلَهُۥٓأَزْوَٰجًاخَيْرًۭامِّنكُنَّمُسْلِمَـٰتٍۢمُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢقَـٰنِتَـٰتٍۢتَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍعَـٰبِدَٰتٍۢسَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍۢثَيِّبَـٰتٍۢوَأَبْكَارًۭا

ʿasā rabbuhu in ṭallaqakunna an yub'dilahu azwājan khayran minkunna mus'limātin mu'minātin qānitātin tāibātin ʿābidātin sāiḥātin thayyibātin wa-abkāran

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

6
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟قُوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُمْوَأَهْلِيكُمْنَارًۭاوَقُودُهَاٱلنَّاسُوَٱلْحِجَارَةُعَلَيْهَامَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌغِلَاظٌۭشِدَادٌۭلَّايَعْصُونَٱللَّهَمَآأَمَرَهُمْوَيَفْعَلُونَمَايُؤْمَرُونَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū qū anfusakum wa-ahlīkum nāran waqūduhā l-nāsu wal-ḥijāratu ʿalayhā malāikatun ghilāẓun shidādun lā yaʿṣūna l-laha mā amarahum wayafʿalūna mā yu'marūna

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 Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

7
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَاتَعْتَذِرُوا۟ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖإِنَّمَاتُجْزَوْنَمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna kafarū lā taʿtadhirū l-yawma innamā tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

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

8
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟تُوبُوٓا۟إِلَىٱللَّهِتَوْبَةًۭنَّصُوحًاعَسَىٰرَبُّكُمْأَنيُكَفِّرَعَنكُمْسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْوَيُدْخِلَكُمْجَنَّـٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُيَوْمَلَايُخْزِىٱللَّهُٱلنَّبِىَّوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مَعَهُۥ ۖنُورُهُمْيَسْعَىٰبَيْنَأَيْدِيهِمْوَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْيَقُولُونَرَبَّنَآأَتْمِمْلَنَانُورَنَاوَٱغْفِرْلَنَآ ۖإِنَّكَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌۭ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū tūbū ilā l-lahi tawbatan naṣūḥan ʿasā rabbukum an yukaffira ʿankum sayyiātikum wayud'khilakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru yawma lā yukh'zī l-lahu l-nabiya wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu nūruhum yasʿā bayna aydīhim wabi-aymānihim yaqūlūna rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā wa-igh'fir lanā innaka ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

O you who have believed, repent to Allāh with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allāh will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."

9
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّجَـٰهِدِٱلْكُفَّارَوَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَوَٱغْلُظْعَلَيْهِمْ ۚوَمَأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُ ۖوَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu jāhidi l-kufāra wal-munāfiqīna wa-ugh'luẓ ʿalayhim wamawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-maṣīru

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

10
ضَرَبَٱللَّهُمَثَلًۭالِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱمْرَأَتَنُوحٍۢوَٱمْرَأَتَلُوطٍۢ ۖكَانَتَاتَحْتَعَبْدَيْنِمِنْعِبَادِنَاصَـٰلِحَيْنِفَخَانَتَاهُمَافَلَمْيُغْنِيَاعَنْهُمَامِنَٱللَّهِشَيْـًۭٔاوَقِيلَٱدْخُلَاٱلنَّارَمَعَٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ

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

Allāh 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 they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from Allāh at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

11
وَضَرَبَٱللَّهُمَثَلًۭالِّلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱمْرَأَتَفِرْعَوْنَإِذْقَالَتْرَبِّٱبْنِلِىعِندَكَبَيْتًۭافِىٱلْجَنَّةِوَنَجِّنِىمِنفِرْعَوْنَوَعَمَلِهِۦوَنَجِّنِىمِنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

waḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna āmanū im'ra-ata fir'ʿawna idh qālat rabbi ib'ni lī ʿindaka baytan fī l-janati wanajjinī min fir'ʿawna waʿamalihi wanajjinī mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

And Allāh 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."

12
وَمَرْيَمَٱبْنَتَعِمْرَٰنَٱلَّتِىٓأَحْصَنَتْفَرْجَهَافَنَفَخْنَافِيهِمِنرُّوحِنَاوَصَدَّقَتْبِكَلِمَـٰتِرَبِّهَاوَكُتُبِهِۦوَكَانَتْمِنَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ

wamaryama ib'nata ʿim'rāna allatī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhi min rūḥinā waṣaddaqat bikalimāti rabbihā wakutubihi wakānat mina l-qānitīna

And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of ʿImrān, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.