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At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Verse 6of 12

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًۭا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌۭ شِدَادٌۭ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
قُوٓا۟Protect
أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
وَأَهْلِيكُمْwa-ahlīkumand your families
نَارًۭاnāran(from) a Fire
وَقُودُهَاwaqūduhāwhose fuel
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu(is) people
وَٱلْحِجَارَةُwal-ḥijāratuand stones
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover it
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌmalāikatun(are) Angels
غِلَاظٌۭghilāẓunstern
شِدَادٌۭshidādunsevere
لَّاnot
يَعْصُونَyaʿṣūnathey disobey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَآ(in) what
أَمَرَهُمْamarahumHe Commands them
وَيَفْعَلُونَwayafʿalūnabut they do
مَاwhat
يُؤْمَرُونَyu'marūnathey are commanded

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Teaching One's Family the Religion and Good Behavior`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas;قُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَاراً(Protect yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell)) He said, "Work in the obedience of Allah, avoid disobedience of Allah and order your families to remember Allah, then Allah will save you from the Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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