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At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Verse 3of 12

وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَٰجِهِۦ حَدِيثًۭا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِۦ وَأَظْهَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُۥ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنۢ بَعْضٍۢ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِۦ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنۢبَأَكَ هَٰذَا ۖ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِىَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah 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 Acquainted."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
أَسَرَّasarraconfided
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuthe Prophet
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضِbaʿḍione
أَزْوَٰجِهِۦazwājihi(of) his wives
حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthana statement
فَلَمَّاfalammāand when
نَبَّأَتْnabba-atshe informed
بِهِۦbihiabout it
وَأَظْهَرَهُwa-aẓharahuand made it apparent
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
عَرَّفَʿarrafahe made known
بَعْضَهُۥbaʿḍahua part of it
وَأَعْرَضَwa-aʿraḍaand avoided
عَنۢʿan[of]
بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍina part
فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
نَبَّأَهَاnabba-ahāhe informed her
بِهِۦbihiabout it
قَالَتْqālatshe said
مَنْmanWho
أَنۢبَأَكَanba-akainformed you
هَـٰذَا ۖhādhāthis
قَالَqālaHe said
نَبَّأَنِىَnabba-aniyaHas informed me
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower
ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe All-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-Madinahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Allah censures His Prophet for Prohibiting Himself from what He has allowed for Him In the BookAl-Bukhari recorded that `Ubayd bin `Umayr said that he heard `A'ishah claiming that Allah's Messenger ﷺ used to stay for a period in the house of Zaynab bint Jahsh and drink honey in her house.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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