Al-Mujadilah

The Pleading Woman

Surah 58 · Medinan · 22 ayahs · Juz 28

المجادلة

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. قَدۡ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوۡلَ ٱلَّتِي تُجَٰدِلُكَ فِي زَوۡجِهَا وَتَشۡتَكِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ يَسۡمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَآۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٌ ١

    Qad samiʿallāhu qawlal-latī tujādiluka fī zawjihā wa tashtakī ilallāhi wallāhu yasmaʿu taḥāwurakumā, innallāha samīʿum baṣīr.

    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.

  2. ٱلَّذِينَ يُظَٰهِرُونَ مِنكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِهِم مَّا هُنَّ أُمَّهَٰتِهِمۡۖ إِنۡ أُمَّهَٰتُهُمۡ إِلَّا ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي وَلَدۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنكَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَزُورٗاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٞ ٢

    Al-ladhīna yuẓāhirūna minkum min nisāʾihim mā hunna ummahātihim, in ummahātuhum illal-lāʾī waladnahum, wa innahum layaqūlūna munkaram minal-qawli wa zūrā, wa innallāha laʿafuwwun ghafūr.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The saying by a husband to his wife, "You are to me like the back of my mother," meaning unlawful to approach. This was a type of divorce practiced by the Arabs before the prophethood of Muḥammad (ﷺ).
  3. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُظَٰهِرُونَ مِن نِّسَآئِهِمۡ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُواْ فَتَحۡرِيرُ رَقَبَةٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ تُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٣

    Wal-ladhīna yuẓāhirūna min nisāʾihim thumma yaʿūdūna limā qālū fataḥrīru raqabatim min qabli ay yatamāssā, dhālikum tūʿaẓūna bih, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

    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.

  4. فَمَن لَّمۡ يَجِدۡ فَصِيَامُ شَهۡرَيۡنِ مُتَتَابِعَيۡنِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّاۖ فَمَن لَّمۡ يَسۡتَطِعۡ فَإِطۡعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسۡكِينٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۚ وَتِلۡكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِۗ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٤

    Famal lam yajid faṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni min qabli ay yatamāssā, famal lam yastaṭiʿ fa iṭʿāmu sittīna miskīnā, dhālika lituʾminū billāhi wa rasūlih, wa tilka ḥudūdullāh, walil-kāfirīna ʿadhābun alīm.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. See footnote to 4:92.
  5. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ كُبِتُواْ كَمَا كُبِتَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ وَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖۚ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٥

    Innal-ladhīna yuḥāddūnallāha wa rasūlahū kubitū kamā kubital-ladhīna min qablihim, wa qad anzalnā āyātim bayyināt, walil-kāfirīna ʿadhābum muhīn.

    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

  6. يَوۡمَ يَبۡعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعٗا فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓاْۚ أَحۡصَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ وَنَسُوهُۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٦

    Yawma yabʿathuhumullāhu jamīʿan fayunabbiʾuhum bimā ʿamilū, aḥṣāhullāhu wa nasūh, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

    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

    Footnotes (1)
    1. See footnote to 4:79.
  7. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ مَا يَكُونُ مِن نَّجۡوَىٰ ثَلَٰثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمۡ وَلَا خَمۡسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَدۡنَىٰ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكۡثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كَانُواْۖ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٧

    Alam tara annallāha yaʿlamu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, mā yakūnu min najwā thalāthatin illā huwa rābiʿuhum wa lā khamsatin illā huwa sādisuhum wa lā adnā min dhālika wa lā akthara illā huwa maʿahum ayna mā kānū, thumma yunabbiʾuhum bimā ʿamilū yawmal-qiyāmah, innallāha bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Through His knowledge of them and their secrets.
  8. أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ نُهُواْ عَنِ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَيَتَنَٰجَوۡنَ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ وَمَعۡصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِۖ وَإِذَا جَآءُوكَ حَيَّوۡكَ بِمَا لَمۡ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ وَيَقُولُونَ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ لَوۡلَا يُعَذِّبُنَا ٱللَّهُ بِمَا نَقُولُۚ حَسۡبُهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ يَصۡلَوۡنَهَاۖ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٨

    Alam tara ilal-ladhīna nuhū ʿanin-najwā thumma yaʿūdūna limā nuhū ʿanhu wa yatanājawna bil-ithmi wal-ʿudwāni wa maʿṣiyatir-rasūl, wa idhā jāʾūka ḥayyawka bimā lam yuḥayyika bihillāhu wa yaqūlūna fī anfusihim lawlā yuʿadhdhibunallāhu bimā naqūl, ḥasbuhum jahannamu yaṣlawnahā, fabiʾsal-maṣīr.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. This is in reference to the Jews who would greet the Muslims with the words "Death be upon you," rather than "Peace."
  9. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا تَنَٰجَيۡتُمۡ فَلَا تَتَنَٰجَوۡاْ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ وَمَعۡصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَتَنَٰجَوۡاْ بِٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٩

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū idhā tanājaytum falā tatanājaw bil-ithmi wal-ʿudwāni wa maʿṣiyatir-rasūli wa tanājaw bil-birri wat-taqwā, wattaqullāhal-ladhī ilayhi tuḥsharūn.

    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.

  10. إِنَّمَا ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ لِيَحۡزُنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَيۡسَ بِضَآرِّهِمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٠

    Innaman-najwā minash-shayṭāni liyaḥzunal-ladhīna āmanū wa laysa biḍārrihim shayʾan illā biʾidhnillāh, wa ʿalallāhi falyatawakkalil-muʾminūn.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The reference may be to the sinful type of conversation, as mentioned in the previous verses, or to the practice of two persons speaking in confidence in the presence of a third, which might lead him to assume that he is the subject of their conversation. Such behavior was prohibited by the Prophet (ﷺ) in narrations of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.
  11. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمۡ تَفَسَّحُواْ فِي ٱلۡمَجَٰلِسِ فَٱفۡسَحُواْ يَفۡسَحِ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡۖ وَإِذَا قِيلَ ٱنشُزُواْ فَٱنشُزُواْ يَرۡفَعِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ دَرَجَٰتٖۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ١١

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū idhā qīla lakum tafassaḥū fil-majālisi fafsaḥū yafsaḥillāhu lakum, wa idhā qīlanshuzū fanshuzū yarfaʿillāhul-ladhīna āmanū minkum wal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma darajāt, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

    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.

    Footnotes (2)
    1. In His mercy, in Paradise, or in everything good.
    2. To prayer, to battle, or to good deeds.
  12. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا نَٰجَيۡتُمُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُواْ بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ نَجۡوَىٰكُمۡ صَدَقَةٗۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ وَأَطۡهَرُۚ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَجِدُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ١٢

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū idhā nājaytumur-rasūla faqaddimū bayna yaday najwākum ṣadaqah, dhālika khayrul lakum wa aṭhar, fa il lam tajidū fa innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

    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.

  13. ءَأَشۡفَقۡتُمۡ أَن تُقَدِّمُواْ بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ نَجۡوَىٰكُمۡ صَدَقَٰتٖۚ فَإِذۡ لَمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ وَتَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٣

    Aʾashfaqtum an tuqaddimū bayna yaday najwākum ṣadaqāt, fa idh lam tafʿalū wa tāballāhu ʿalaykum fa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātuz-zakāta wa aṭīʿullāha wa rasūlah, wallāhu khabīrum bimā taʿmalūn.

    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.

  14. ۞ أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوۡاْ قَوۡمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا هُم مِّنكُمۡ وَلَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَيَحۡلِفُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡكَذِبِ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٤

    Alam tara ilal-ladhīna tawallaw qawman ghaḍiballāhu ʿalayhim mā hum minkum wa lā minhum wa yaḥlifūna ʿalal-kadhibi wa hum yaʿlamūn.

    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].

  15. أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٥

    Aʿaddallāhu lahum ʿadhāban shadīdā, innahum sāʾa mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Allāh has prepared for them a severe punishment. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

  16. ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ جُنَّةٗ فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ١٦

    Ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi falahum ʿadhābum muhīn.

    They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

  17. لَّن تُغۡنِيَ عَنۡهُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ١٧

    Lan tughniya ʿanhum amwāluhum wa lā awlāduhum minallāhi shayʾā, ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    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

  18. يَوۡمَ يَبۡعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعٗا فَيَحۡلِفُونَ لَهُۥ كَمَا يَحۡلِفُونَ لَكُمۡ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٍۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ ١٨

    Yawma yabʿathuhumullāhu jamīʿan fayaḥlifūna lahū kamā yaḥlifūna lakum wa yaḥsabūna annahum ʿalā shayʾ, alā innahum humul-kādhibūn.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. They assume that their lies will be believed and that they will escape detection as they did in worldly life.
  19. ٱسۡتَحۡوَذَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَأَنسَىٰهُمۡ ذِكۡرَ ٱللَّهِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حِزۡبُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزۡبَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ١٩

    Istaḥwadha ʿalayhimush-shayṭānu fa ansāhum dhikrallāh, ulāʾika ḥizbush-shayṭān, alā inna ḥizbash-shayṭāni humul-khāsirūn.

    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.

  20. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ٱلۡأَذَلِّينَ ٢٠

    Innal-ladhīna yuḥāddūnallāha wa rasūlahū ulāʾika fil-adhallīn.

    Indeed, the ones who oppose Allāh and His Messenger - those will be among the most humbled.

  21. كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَغۡلِبَنَّ أَنَا۠ وَرُسُلِيٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٞ ٢١

    Kataballāhu laʾaghlibanna ana wa rusulī, innallāha qawiyyun ʿazīz.

    Allāh has written [i.e., decreed], "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

  22. لَّا تَجِدُ قَوۡمٗا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ يُوَآدُّونَ مَنۡ حَآدَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَوۡ كَانُوٓاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ أَوۡ إِخۡوَٰنَهُمۡ أَوۡ عَشِيرَتَهُمۡۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡإِيمَٰنَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٖ مِّنۡهُۖ وَيُدۡخِلُهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ رَضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حِزۡبُ ٱللَّهِۚ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزۡبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٢٢

    Lā tajidu qawmay yuʾminūna billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhiri yuwāddūna man ḥāddallāha wa rasūlahū wa law kānū ābāʾahum aw abnāʾahum aw ikhwānahum aw ʿashīratahum, ulāʾika kataba fī qulūbihimul-īmāna wa ayyadahum birūḥim minh, wa yudkhiluhum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā, raḍiyallāhu ʿanhum wa raḍū ʿanh, ulāʾika ḥizbullāh, alā inna ḥizballāhi humul-mufliḥūn.

    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.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., "that which gives life," explained as the guidance of the Qur’ān or victory over their opponents.