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At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)

Verse 14of 18

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدِكُمْ عَدُوًّۭا لَّكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚ وَإِن تَعْفُوا۟ وَتَصْفَحُوا۟ وَتَغْفِرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of them. But if you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
إِنَّinnaIndeed
مِنْminfrom
أَزْوَٰجِكُمْazwājikumyour spouses
وَأَوْلَـٰدِكُمْwa-awlādikumand your children
عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwan(are) enemies
لَّكُمْlakumto you
فَٱحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚfa-iḥ'dharūhumso beware of them
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تَعْفُوا۟taʿfūyou pardon
وَتَصْفَحُوا۟wataṣfaḥūand overlook
وَتَغْفِرُوا۟wataghfirūand forgive
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Warning against the Fitnah of Spouses and OffspringAllah states that some wives and children are enemies to their husbands and fathers, in that they might be busied with them rather than with performing the good deeds. Allah said in another Ayah,يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ(O you who believe! Let not your properties or you children divert you from the remembrance of Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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