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The Pleading Woman22 Versesmadinah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

58:1
قَدۡ
Indeed
سَمِعَ
Allah has heard
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has heard
قَوۡلَ
(the) speech
ٱلَّتِى
(of one) who
تُجَـٰدِلُكَ
disputes with you
فِى
concerning
زَوۡجِهَا
her husband
وَتَشۡتَكِىٓ
and she directs her complaint
إِلَى
to
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
يَسۡمَعُ
hears
تَحَاوُرَكُمَآ‌ۚ
(the) dialogue of both of you
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
سَمِيعُۢ
(is) All-Hearer
بَصِيرٌ
All-Seer
١
Certainly has Allāh heard the speech of the one who argues [i.e., pleads] with you, [O Muḥammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allāh. And Allāh hears your dialogue; indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
58:2
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
يُظَـٰهِرُونَ
pronounce zihar
مِنكُم
among you
مِّن
[from]
نِّسَآئِهِم
(to) their wives
مَّا
not
هُنَّ
they
أُمَّهَـٰتِهِمۡ‌ۖ
(are) their mothers
إِنۡ
Not
أُمَّهَـٰتُهُمۡ
(are) their mothers
إِلَّا
except
ٱلَّــٰٓــِٔى
those who
وَلَدۡنَهُمۡ‌ۚ
gave them birth
وَإِنَّهُمۡ
And indeed, they
لَيَقُولُونَ
surely say
مُنكَرًا
an evil
مِّنَ
[of]
ٱلۡقَوۡلِ
[the] word
وَزُورًا‌ۚ
and a lie
وَإِنَّ
But indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
لَعَفُوٌّ
(is) surely, Oft-Pardoning
غَفُورٌ
Oft-Forgiving
٢
Those who pronounce ẓihār1 among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.
58:3
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
يُظَـٰهِرُونَ
pronounce zihar
مِن
[from]
نِّسَآئِهِمۡ
(to) their wives
ثُمَّ
then
يَعُودُونَ
go back
لِمَا
on what
قَالُواۡ
they said
فَتَحۡرِيرُ
then freeing
رَقَبَةٍ
(of) a slave
مِّن
before
قَبۡلِ
before
أَن
[that]
يَتَمَآسَّا‌ۚ
they touch each other
ذٰلِكُمۡ
That
تُوعَظُونَ
you are admonished
بِهِۦ‌ۚ
to it
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
بِمَا
of what
تَعۡمَلُونَ
you do
خَبِيرٌ
(is) All-Aware
٣
And those who pronounce ẓihār from their wives and then [wish to] go back on what they said - then [there must be] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. That is what you are admonished thereby; and Allāh is Aware of what you do.
58:4
فَمَن
Then whoever
لَّمۡ
(does) not
يَجِدۡ
find
فَصِيَامُ
then fasting
شَهۡرَيۡنِ
(for) two months
مُتَتَابِعَيۡنِ
consecutively
مِن
before
قَبۡلِ
before
أَن
[that]
يَتَمَآسَّا‌ۖ
they both touch each other
فَمَن
But (he) who
لَّمۡ
not
يَسۡتَطِعۡ
is able
فَإِطۡعَامُ
then (the) feeding
سِتِّينَ
(of) sixty
مِسۡكِينًا‌ۚ
needy one(s)
ذٰلِكَ
That
لِتُؤۡمِنُواۡ
so that you may believe
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ‌ۚ
and His Messenger
وَتِلۡكَ
and these
حُدُودُ
(are the) limits
ٱللَّهِ‌ۗ
(of) Allah
وَلِلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
and for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
painful
٤
And he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively1 before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allāh and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allāh. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
58:5
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
يُحَآدُّونَ
oppose
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
and His Messenger
كُبِتُواۡ
(will) be disgraced
كَمَا
as
كُبِتَ
were disgraced
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
مِن
before them
قَبۡلِهِمۡ‌ۚ
before them
وَقَدۡ
And certainly
أَنزَلۡنَآ
We have sent down
ءَايَـٰتِۭ
Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍ‌ۚ
clear
وَلِلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
And for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌ
humiliating
٥
Indeed, those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger are abased as those before them were abased. And We have certainly sent down verses of clear evidence. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment
58:6
يَوۡمَ
(On the) Day
يَبۡعَثُهُمُ
(when) Allah will raise them
ٱللَّهُ
(when) Allah will raise them
جَمِيعًا
all
فَيُنَبِّئُهُم
and inform them
بِمَا
of what
عَمِلُوٓاۡ‌ۚ
they did
أَحۡصَـٰهُ
Allah has recorded it
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has recorded it
وَنَسُوهُ‌ۚ
while they forgot it
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
(is) over
كُلِّ
all
شَىۡءٍ
things
شَهِيدٌ
a Witness
٦
On the Day when Allāh will resurrect them all and inform them of what they did. Allāh had enumerated it, while they forgot it; and Allāh is, over all things, Witness.1
58:7
أَلَمۡ
Do not
تَرَ
you see
أَنَّ
that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
يَعۡلَمُ
knows
مَا
whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوٰتِ
the heavens
وَمَا
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ‌ۖ
the earth
مَا
Not
يَكُونُ
there is
مِن
any
نَّجۡوَىٰ
secret counsel
ثَلَـٰثَةٍ
(of) three
إِلَّا
but
هُوَ
He (is)
رَابِعُهُمۡ
(the) fourth of them
وَلَا
and not
خَمۡسَةٍ
five
إِلَّا
but
هُوَ
He (is)
سَادِسُهُمۡ
(the) sixth of them
وَلَآ
and not
أَدۡنَىٰ
less
مِن
than
ذٰلِكَ
that
وَلَآ
and not
أَكۡثَرَ
more
إِلَّا
but
هُوَ
He
مَعَهُمۡ
(is) with them
أَيۡنَ
wherever
مَا
wherever
كَانُواۡ‌ۖ
they are
ثُمَّ
Then
يُنَبِّئُهُم
He will inform them
بِمَا
of what
عَمِلُواۡ
they did
يَوۡمَ
(on the) Day
ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ‌ۚ
(of) the Resurrection
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
بِكُلِّ
of every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
عَلِيمٌ
(is) All-Knower
٧
Have you not considered that Allāh knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth? There are not three in a private conversation but that He is the fourth of them,1 nor are there five but that He is the sixth of them - and no less than that and no more except that He is with them [in knowledge] wherever they are. Then He will inform them of what they did, on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allāh is, of all things, Knowing.
58:8
أَلَمۡ
Do not
تَرَ
you see
إِلَى
[to]
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
نُهُواۡ
were forbidden
عَنِ
from
ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ
secret counsels
ثُمَّ
then
يَعُودُونَ
they return
لِمَا
to what
نُهُواۡ
they were forbidden
عَنۡهُ
from [it]
وَيَتَنَـٰجَوۡنَ
and they hold secret counsels
بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ
for sin
وَٱلۡعُدۡوٰنِ
and aggression
وَمَعۡصِيَتِ
and disobedience
ٱلرَّسُولِ
(to) the Messenger
وَإِذَا
And when
جَآءُوكَ
they come to you
حَيَّوۡكَ
they greet you
بِمَا
with what
لَمۡ
not
يُحَيِّكَ
greets you
بِهِ
therewith
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they say
فِىٓ
among
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
themselves
لَوۡلَا
Why (does) not
يُعَذِّبُنَا
Allah punish us
ٱللَّهُ
Allah punish us
بِمَا
for what
نَقُولُ‌ۚ
we say
حَسۡبُهُمۡ
Sufficient (for) them
جَهَنَّمُ
(is) Hell
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا‌ۖ
they will burn in it
فَبِئۡسَ
and worst is
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
the destination
٨
Have you not considered those who were forbidden from private conversation [i.e., ridicule and conspiracy] and then return to that which they were forbidden and converse among themselves about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you, they greet you with that [word] by which Allāh does not greet you1 and say among themselves, "Why does Allāh not punish us for what we say?" Sufficient for them is Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the destination.
58:9
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓاۡ
O you who believe
إِذَا
When
تَنَـٰجَيۡتُمۡ
you hold secret counsel
فَلَا
then (do) not
تَتَنَـٰجَوۡاۡ
hold secret counsel
بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ
for sin
وَٱلۡعُدۡوٰنِ
and aggression
وَمَعۡصِيَتِ
and disobedience
ٱلرَّسُولِ
(to) the Messenger
وَتَنَـٰجَوۡاۡ
but hold secret counsel
بِٱلۡبِرِّ
for righteousness
وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ‌ۖ
and piety
وَٱتَّقُواۡ
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
the One Who
إِلَيۡهِ
to Him
تُحۡشَرُونَ
you will be gathered
٩
O you who have believed, when you converse privately, do not converse about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger but converse about righteousness and piety. And fear Allāh, to whom you will be gathered.
58:10
إِنَّمَا
Only
ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ
the secret counsels
مِنَ
(are) from
ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنِ
the Shaitaan
لِيَحۡزُنَ
that he may grieve
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
وَلَيۡسَ
but not
بِضَآرِّهِمۡ
he (can) harm them
شَيۡــًٔا
(in) anything
إِلَّا
except
بِإِذۡنِ
by Allah's permission
ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ
by Allah's permission
وَعَلَى
And upon
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ
let put (their) trust
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
the believers
١٠
Private conversation is only from Satan that he may grieve those who have believed,1 but he will not harm them at all except by permission of Allāh. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.
58:11
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓاۡ
O you who believe
إِذَا
When
قِيلَ
it is said
لَكُمۡ
to you
تَفَسَّحُواۡ
Make room
فِى
in
ٱلۡمَجَـٰلِسِ
the assemblies
فَٱفۡسَحُواۡ
then make room
يَفۡسَحِ
Allah will make room
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will make room
لَكُمۡ‌ۖ
for you
وَإِذَا
And when
قِيلَ
it is said
ٱنشُزُواۡ
Rise up
فَٱنشُزُواۡ
then rise up
يَرۡفَعِ
Allah will raise
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will raise
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
مِنكُمۡ
among you
وَٱلَّذِينَ
and those who
أُوتُواۡ
were given
ٱلۡعِلۡمَ
the knowledge
دَرَجَـٰتٍ‌ۚ
(in) degrees
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
بِمَا
of what
تَعۡمَلُونَ
you do
خَبِيرٌ
(is) All-Aware
١١
O you who have believed, when you are told, "Space yourselves" in assemblies, then make space; Allāh will make space for you.1 And when you are told, "Arise,"2 then arise; Allāh will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.
58:12
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓاۡ
O you who believe
إِذَا
When
نَـٰجَيۡتُمُ
you privately consult
ٱلرَّسُولَ
the Messenger
فَقَدِّمُواۡ
then offer
بَيۡنَ
before
يَدَىۡ
before
نَجۡوَٮٰكُمۡ
your private consultation
صَدَقَةً‌ۚ
charity
ذٰلِكَ
That
خَيۡرٌ
(is) better
لَّكُمۡ
for you
وَأَطۡهَرُ‌ۚ
and purer
فَإِن
But if
لَّمۡ
not
تَجِدُواۡ
you find
فَإِنَّ
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
غَفُورٌ
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
Most Merciful
١٢
O you who have believed, when you [wish to] privately consult the Messenger, present before your consultation a charity. That is better for you and purer. But if you find not [the means] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
58:13
ءَأَشۡفَقۡتُمۡ
Are you afraid
أَن
to
تُقَدِّمُواۡ
offer
بَيۡنَ
before
يَدَىۡ
before
نَجۡوَٮٰكُمۡ
your private consultation
صَدَقَـٰتٍ‌ۚ
charities
فَإِذۡ
Then when
لَمۡ
you do not
تَفۡعَلُواۡ
you do not
وَتَابَ
and Allah has forgiven
ٱللَّهُ
and Allah has forgiven
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
you
فَأَقِيمُواۡ
then establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
the prayer
وَءَاتُواۡ
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
the zakah
وَأَطِيعُواۡ
and obey
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ‌ۚ
and His Messenger
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
خَبِيرُۢ
(is) All-Aware
بِمَا
of what
تَعۡمَلُونَ
you do
١٣
Have you feared to present before your consultation charities? Then when you do not and Allāh has forgiven you, then [at least] establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.
58:14
۞أَلَمۡ
Do not
تَرَ
you see
إِلَى
[to]
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
تَوَلَّوۡاۡ
take as allies
قَوۡمًا
a people
غَضِبَ
wrath
ٱللَّهُ
(of) Allah
عَلَيۡهِم
(is) upon them
مَّا
They (are) not
هُم
They (are) not
مِّنكُمۡ
of you
وَلَا
and not
مِنۡهُمۡ
of them
وَيَحۡلِفُونَ
and they swear
عَلَى
to
ٱلۡكَذِبِ
the lie
وَهُمۡ
while they
يَعۡلَمُونَ
know
١٤
Have you not considered those who make allies of a people with whom Allāh has become angry? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].
58:15
أَعَدَّ
Allah has prepared
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has prepared
لَهُمۡ
for them
عَذَابًا
a punishment
شَدِيدًا‌ۖ
severe
إِنَّهُمۡ
Indeed, [they]
سَآءَ
evil is
مَا
what
كَانُواۡ
they used to
يَعۡمَلُونَ
do
١٥
Allāh has prepared for them a severe punishment. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
58:16
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاۡ
They have taken
أَيۡمَـٰنَهُمۡ
their oaths
جُنَّةً
(as) a cover
فَصَدُّواۡ
so they hinder
عَن
from
سَبِيلِ
(the) way of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
(the) way of Allah
فَلَهُمۡ
so for them
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌ
humiliating
١٦
They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
58:17
لَّن
Never
تُغۡنِىَ
will avail
عَنۡهُمۡ
them
أَمۡوٰلُهُمۡ
their wealth
وَلَآ
and not
أَوۡلَـٰدُهُم
their children
مِّنَ
against
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
شَيۡــًٔا‌ۚ
(in) anything
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
أَصۡحَـٰبُ
(will be) companions
ٱلنَّارِ‌ۖ
(of) the Fire
هُمۡ
they
فِيهَا
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
will abide forever
١٧
Never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally
58:18
يَوۡمَ
(On the) Day
يَبۡعَثُهُمُ
Allah will raise them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will raise them
جَمِيعًا
all
فَيَحۡلِفُونَ
then they will swear
لَهُۥ
to Him
كَمَا
as
يَحۡلِفُونَ
they swear
لَكُمۡ‌ۖ
to you
وَيَحۡسَبُونَ
And they think
أَنَّهُمۡ
that they
عَلَىٰ
(are) on
شَىۡءٍ‌ۚ
something
أَلَآ
No doubt
إِنَّهُمۡ
Indeed, they
هُمُ
[they]
ٱلۡكَـٰذِبُونَ
(are) the liars
١٨
On the Day Allāh will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something.1 Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars.
58:19
ٱسۡتَحۡوَذَ
Has overcome
عَلَيۡهِمُ
them
ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ
the Shaitaan
فَأَنسَـٰهُمۡ
so he made them forget
ذِكۡرَ
(the) remembrance
ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ
(of) Allah
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
حِزۡبُ
(are the) party
ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنِ‌ۚ
(of) the Shaitaan
أَلَآ
No doubt
إِنَّ
Indeed
حِزۡبَ
(the) party
ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنِ
(of) the Shaitaan
هُمُ
they
ٱلۡخَـٰسِرُونَ
(will be) the losers
١٩
Satan has overcome them and made them forget the remembrance of Allāh. Those are the party of Satan. Unquestionably, the party of Satan - they will be the losers.
58:20
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
يُحَآدُّونَ
oppose
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ
and His Messenger
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
those
فِى
(will be) among
ٱلۡأَذَلِّينَ
the most humiliated
٢٠
Indeed, the ones who oppose Allāh and His Messenger - those will be among the most humbled.
58:21
كَتَبَ
Allah has decreed
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has decreed
لَأَغۡلِبَنَّ
Surely, I will overcome
أَنَاۡ
I
وَرُسُلِىٓ‌ۚ
and My Messengers
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
قَوِىٌّ
(is) All-Strong
عَزِيزٌ
All-Mighty
٢١
Allāh has written [i.e., decreed], "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
58:22
لَّا
You will not find
تَجِدُ
You will not find
قَوۡمًا
a people
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
who believe
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
and the Day
ٱلۡأَخِرِ
the Last
يُوَآدُّونَ
loving
مَنۡ
(those) who
حَآدَّ
oppose
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
and His Messenger
وَلَوۡ
even if
كَانُوٓاۡ
they were
ءَابَآءَهُمۡ
their fathers
أَوۡ
or
أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ
their sons
أَوۡ
or
إِخۡوٰنَهُمۡ
their brothers
أَوۡ
or
عَشِيرَتَهُمۡ‌ۚ
their kindred
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
كَتَبَ
He has decreed
فِى
within
قُلُوبِهِمُ
their hearts
ٱلۡإِيمَـٰنَ
faith
وَأَيَّدَهُم
and supported them
بِرُوحٍ
with a spirit
مِّنۡهُ‌ۖ
from Him
وَيُدۡخِلُهُمۡ
And He will admit them
جَنَّـٰتٍ
(to) Gardens
تَجۡرِى
flow
مِن
from
تَحۡتِهَا
underneath it
ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ
the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
will abide forever
فِيهَا‌ۚ
in it
رَضِىَ
Allah is pleased
ٱللَّهُ
Allah is pleased
عَنۡهُمۡ
with them
وَرَضُواۡ
and they are pleased
عَنۡهُ‌ۚ
with Him
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
حِزۡبُ
(are the) party
ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ
(of) Allah
أَلَآ
No doubt
إِنَّ
Indeed
حِزۡبَ
(the) party
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
هُمُ
they
ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
(are) the successful ones
٢٢
You will not find a people who believe in Allāh and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit1 from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allāh is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allāh. Unquestionably, the party of Allāh - they are the successful.