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At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Verse 10of 12

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًۭٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

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."

Word-by-word meaning

ضَرَبَḍarabaPresents
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wife
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
وَٱمْرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ata(and the) wife
لُوطٍۢ ۖlūṭin(of) Lut
كَانَتَاkānatāThey were
تَحْتَtaḥtaunder
عَبْدَيْنِʿabdaynitwo [slaves]
مِنْminof
عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
صَـٰلِحَيْنِṣāliḥaynirighteous
فَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumābut they both betrayed them
فَلَمْfalamso not
يُغْنِيَاyugh'niyāthey availed
عَنْهُمَاʿanhumāboth of them
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said
ٱدْخُلَاud'khulāEnter
ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīnathose who enter

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the HypocritesAllah the Exalted orders His Messenger to perform Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites, the former with weapons and armaments and the later by establishing Allah's legislated penal code,وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ(and be severe against them) meaning, in this life,وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ(their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) that is, in the Hereafter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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