Surah At-Tahrim English Translation & Transliteration

¹O Prophet, why do you make unlawful for yourself what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please some of your wives? Yet even so, Allah is matchless in forgiveness and possesses boundless mercy.

²Allah has made it lawful for you to break your oaths, when necessary, by making expiation (kaffara). For Allah is your Patron (Mawla)/the One who protects and watches over you, and He is the One who knows all things and puts everything in its proper place.

³Recall when the Prophet told one of his wives a statement/word that was to remain a secret between them. When that wife disclosed the secret to another of his wives, Allah brought it to light. The Prophet then told the wife who had disclosed the secret part of what she had said, and made no mention at all of the rest. Thereupon his wife asked: "Who told you this?" and the Prophet replied: "Allah, who knows all things and is aware of all things, told me."

⁴Both of you must turn to Allah in remorse and repent/turn back from your wrong. For your hearts have inclined toward wrong thoughts about the Prophet. But if you do not repent and continue to band together against the Prophet, know that his Patron (Mawla)/Friend is Allah, Gabriel, and the righteous believers. Moreover, the angels too stand behind him.

⁵If the Prophet divorces you, know that his Lord may grant him, in your place, other wives better than you: women who are Muslim, who are believers believing in and trusting Him wholeheartedly, who bow to His judgment, who know how to repent, who are devoted to their worship, and who are ready to undertake emigration (hijra) in Allah's way, whether previously married or virgins.

⁶O you who believe! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones. Over Hell stand angels, extremely stern and merciless, who never disobey anything Allah commands them and who carry out to the letter whatever they are commanded.

⁷O disbelievers who cover up the truths, offer no excuses now, on this day, for you will only suffer the punishment for what you have done.

⁸O you who believe, turn to Allah in sincere and resolute repentance, so that your Lord may cover over your sins and, on that day when He will never put to shame the Prophet and those who are with him, settle you in gardens beneath which rivers flow. On that day they will hasten toward the gardens, lit before them and on their right by the light of faith, and will humbly pray: "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us, for You have power over all things."

⁹O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the two-faced hypocrites, who pretend to believe when they do not. Be uncompromising toward them and show them no leniency, for their final destination is Hell. What an evil journey's end Hell is!

¹⁰Allah sets forth the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot as an example for the disbelievers. Both women were married to two of Our good servants, but they betrayed them by not believing. On that day when they are told, "Enter the Fire with those who enter it," their husbands will not be able to protect them from Allah's punishment.

¹¹And Allah sets forth Pharaoh's wife as an example for those who believe. Recall when she said: —My Lord, grant me from Your presence a mansion in Paradise! Save me from Pharaoh and his evil deeds, and from the hands of this people!

¹²Allah also gives as an example Mary, daughter of Imran, who guarded her honor and chastity. We breathed into her of Our spirit. She was a deeply devout and obedient woman who affirmed the words of her Lord and His books as true.