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66. HOLDING SOMETHING UNLAWFUL (Al – Tahrim)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

 

1. O prophet! why do you hold unlawful that which Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives, and Allah is Protectively Forgiving, Merciful.

2. Allah has indeed appointed for you (the procedure for the) dissolution of your oaths*, and Allah is your Guardian and He is the Knowing, the Wise. Chapter 5, Verse 89

3. And when the prophet secretly (communicated details of) an event to one of his wives, but when she informed (others) about it and Allah made it known to him, he made known (to her, in turn) a part of it and avoided a part. So when he informed her about it she said, “Who informed you of this?”  He said, “The Knower, the Informed, gave me the news.”

4. If both of you turn to Allah (in repentance), then indeed your hearts are inclined, and if you help each other against him, then certainly Allah is his Guardian and Jibreel and the righteous believers and besides that, the angels (are there for his) help.

5. Maybe his Fosterer, if he divorces you, will give him in your place, wives better than you:(Those who are) submissive, believing, obeying, penitent, worshipping, fasting, widows and virgins.

6. O you who believe ! save yourselves and your people from a fire, the fuel of  which is human beings and stones, over it are angels stern, severe, who do not disobey Allah in that which He commands them (to do) and they do as they are commanded.

7. O you who do not believe ! do not make (any) excuse this day, you will be rewarded only for that which you used to do. ( R l )

8. O you who believe ! turn towards Allah with sincere repentance, perhaps your Fosterer will remove from you (the effect of) your evil deeds and make you enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not disgrace the prophet and those who believed with him, their light will be running before them and on their right hands, they will say, “Our Fosterer ! perfect our light for us and prote