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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 32of 73

يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ إِنِ ٱتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ ٱلَّذِى فِى قَلْبِهِۦ مَرَضٌۭ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًۭا مَّعْرُوفًۭا﴿٣٢﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allah, then do not be soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰنِسَآءَyānisāaO wives
ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyi(of) the Prophet
لَسْتُنَّlastunnaYou are not
كَأَحَدٍۢka-aḥadinlike anyone
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
إِنِiniIf
ٱتَّقَيْتُنَّittaqaytunnayou fear (Allah)
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تَخْضَعْنَtakhḍaʿnabe soft
بِٱلْقَوْلِbil-qawliin speech
فَيَطْمَعَfayaṭmaʿalest should be moved with desire
ٱلَّذِىalladhīhe who
فِىfīin
قَلْبِهِۦqalbihihis heart
مَرَضٌۭmaraḍun(is) a disease
وَقُلْنَwaqul'nabut say
قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
مَّعْرُوفًۭاmaʿrūfanappropriate

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Enjoining certain Manners so that the Mothers of the Believers may be an Example; and the Prohibition of TabarrujThese are the good manners which Allah enjoined upon the wives of the Prophet so that they would be an example for the women of the Ummah to follow. Allah said, addressing the wives of the Prophet that they should fear Allah as He commanded them, and that no other woman is like them or can be their equal in virtue and status.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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