Surah At-Tahrim in Arabic and English
At-Tahrim is surah 66 of the Quran; it is Medinan and has 12 ayahs. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 28, on pages 560–561. Below are the Arabic text, transliteration and English translation of every ayah.
- Surah 66
- Medinan
- 12 ayahs
- Juz 28 · page 560–561
Surah At-Tahrim: Arabic, transliteration and translation
Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ
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At-Tahrim 66:1
يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَٓا اَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ لَكَۚ تَبْتَغٖي مَرْضَاتَ اَزْوَاجِكَؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَحٖيمٌ
TransliterationYā ayyuhā alnnabiyyu lima tuḥarrimu mā aḥalla Allāhu laka tabtaghee marḏāta azwājika waAllāhu ghafoorun raḥeemun
TranslationO Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
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At-Tahrim 66:2
قَدْ فَرَضَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ اَيْمَانِكُمْۚ وَاللّٰهُ مَوْلٰيكُمْۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلٖيمُ الْحَكٖيمُ
TransliterationQad faraḏa Allāhu lakum taḥillata aymānikum waAllāhu mawlākum wahuwa alʿaleemu alḥakeemu
TranslationAllah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.
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At-Tahrim 66:3
وَاِذْ اَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ اِلٰى بَعْضِ اَزْوَاجِهٖ حَدٖيثاًۚ فَلَمَّا نَبَّاَتْ بِهٖ وَاَظْهَرَهُ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُ وَاَعْرَضَ عَنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَلَمَّا نَبَّاَهَا بِهٖ قَالَتْ مَنْ اَنْبَاَكَ هٰذَاؕ قَالَ نَبَّاَنِيَ الْعَلٖيمُ الْخَبٖيرُ
TransliterationWaith asarra alnnabiyyu ilā baʿḏi azwājihi ḥadeethan falammā nabbaat bihi waathharahu Allāhu ʿalayhi ʿarrafa baʿḏahu waaʿraḏa ʿan baʿḏin falammā nabbaahā bihi qālat man anbaaka hāthā qāla nabbaaniya alʿaleemu alkhabeeru
TranslationAnd [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted."
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At-Tahrim 66:4
اِنْ تَتُوبَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَاۚ وَاِنْ تَظَاهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ مَوْلٰيهُ وَجِبْرٖيلُ وَصَالِـحُ الْمُؤْمِنٖينَۚ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ ظَهٖيرٌ
TransliterationIn tatoobā ilā Allāhi faqad ṣaghat quloobukumā wain tathāharā ʿalayhi fainna Allāha huwa mawlāhu wajibreelu waṣāliḥu almumineena waalmalāikatu baʿda thālika thaheerun
TranslationIf 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.
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At-Tahrim 66:5
عَسٰى رَبُّهُٓ اِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ اَنْ يُبْدِلَهُٓ اَزْوَاجاً خَيْراً مِنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ قَانِتَاتٍ تَٓائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَاتٍ سَٓائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَاَبْكَاراً
Transliterationʿasā rabbuhu in ṭallaqakunna an yubdilahu azwājan khayran minkunna muslimātin muminātin qānitātin tāibātin ʿābidātin sāiḥātin thayyibātin waabkārān
TranslationPerhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.
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At-Tahrim 66:6
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا قُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَهْلٖيكُمْ نَاراً وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَا يَعْصُونَ اللّٰهَ مَٓا اَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ
TransliterationYā ayyuhā allatheena āmanoo qoo anfusakum waahleekum nāran waqooduhā alnnāsu waalḥijāratu ʿalayhā malāikatun ghilāthun shidādun lā yaʿṣoona Allāha mā amarahum wayafʿaloona mā yumaroona
TranslationO 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.
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At-Tahrim 66:7
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا الْيَوْمَؕ اِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَࣖ
TransliterationYā ayyuhā allatheena kafaroo lā taʿtathiroo alyawma innamā tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmaloona
TranslationO you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.
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At-Tahrim 66:8
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا تُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاًؕ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرٖي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللّٰهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُۚ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعٰى بَيْنَ اَيْدٖيهِمْ وَبِاَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَٓا اَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَاۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدٖيرٌ
TransliterationYā ayyuhā allatheena āmanoo tooboo ilā Allāhi tawbatan naṣooḥan ʿasā rabbukum an yukaffira ʿankum sayyiātikum wayudkhilakum jannātin tajree min taḥtihā alanhāru yawma lā yukhzee Allāhu alnnabiyya waallatheena āmanoo maʿahu nooruhum yasʿā bayna aydeehim wabiaymānihim yaqooloona rabbanā atmim lanā nooranā waighfir lanā innaka ʿalā kulli shayin qadeerun
TranslationO you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."
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At-Tahrim 66:9
يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقٖينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْؕ وَمَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُؕ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصٖيرُ
TransliterationYā ayyuhā alnnabiyyu jāhidi alkuffāra waalmunāfiqeena waoghluth ʿalayhim wamawāhum jahannamu wabisa almaṣeeru
TranslationO Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
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At-Tahrim 66:10
ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً لِلَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا امْرَاَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَاَتَ لُوطٍؕ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً وَقٖيلَ ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلٖينَ
TransliterationḎaraba Allāhu mathalan lillatheena kafaroo imraata nooḥin waimraata looṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yughniyā ʿanhumā mina Allāhi shayan waqeela odkhulā alnnāra maʿa alddākhileena
TranslationAllah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."
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At-Tahrim 66:11
وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً لِلَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا امْرَاَتَ فِرْعَوْنَۘ اِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لٖي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنٖي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهٖ وَنَجِّنٖي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمٖينَۙ
TransliterationWaḏaraba Allāhu mathalan lillatheena āmanoo imraata firʿawna ith qālat rabbi ibni lee ʿindaka baytan fee aljannati wanajjinee min firʿawna waʿamalihi wanajjinee mina alqawmi alththālimeena
TranslationAnd Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."
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At-Tahrim 66:12
وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرٰنَ الَّتٖٓي اَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فٖيهِ مِنْ رُوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهٖ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقَانِتٖينَ
TransliterationWamaryama ibnata ʿimrāna allatee aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā feehi min rooḥinā waṣaddaqat bikalimāti rabbihā wakutubihi wakānat mina alqāniteena
TranslationAnd [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.
Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).
Surah At-Tahrim: FAQ
How many ayahs are in Surah At-Tahrim?
Surah At-Tahrim has 12 ayahs.
Which page is Surah At-Tahrim on?
At-Tahrim is surah 66 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 28, on pages 560–561.
Is Surah At-Tahrim Meccan or Medinan?
In the Quran data of the Tevazu app, Surah At-Tahrim is classified as Medinan.