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At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Verse 4of 12

إِن تَتُوبَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ وَإِن تَظَٰهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰهُ وَجِبْرِيلُ وَصَٰلِحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ ظَهِيرٌ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

If you two [wives] repent to Allah, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنinIf
تَتُوبَآtatūbāyou both turn
إِلَىilāto
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فَقَدْfaqadso indeed
صَغَتْṣaghat(are) inclined
قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖqulūbukumāyour hearts
وَإِنwa-inbut if
تَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharāyou backup each other
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
هُوَhuwaHe
مَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhu(is) his Protector
وَجِبْرِيلُwajib'rīluand Jibreel
وَصَـٰلِحُwaṣāliḥuand (the) righteous
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖl-mu'minīnabelievers
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
ظَهِيرٌẓahīrun(are his) assistants

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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