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Quran 33:50Al-Ahzaab, verse 50

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Prophet, We have made lawful for you the wives whose bride gift you have paid, and any slaves God has assigned to you through war, and the daughters of your uncles and aunts on your father’s and mother’s sides, who migrated with you. Also any believing woman who has offered herself to the Prophet and whom the Prophet wishes to wed- this is only for you [Prophet] and not the rest of the believers: We know exactly what We have made obligatory for them concerning their wives and slave-girls- so you should not be blamed: God is most forgiving, most merciful.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَاجَكَ اللَّاتِي آتَيْتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالَاتِكَ اللَّاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ وَامْرَأَةً مُؤْمِنَةً إِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ إِنْ أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ أَنْ يَسْتَنْكِحَهَا خَالِصَةً لَكَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۗ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي أَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu innā aḥlalnā laka azwājaka allātī ātayta ujūrahunna wamā malakat yamīnuka mimmā afāa l-lahu ʿalayka wabanāti ʿammika wabanāti ʿammātika wabanāti khālika wabanāti khālātika allātī hājarna maʿaka wa-im'ra-atan mu'minatan in wahabat nafsahā lilnnabiyyi in arāda l-nabiyu an yastankiḥahā khāliṣatan laka min dūni l-mu'minīna qad ʿalim'nā mā faraḍnā ʿalayhim fī azwājihim wamā malakat aymānuhum likaylā yakūna ʿalayka ḥarajun wakāna l-lahu ghafūran raḥīman

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Ahzaab verse 50
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1يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO Prophet
2ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuO Prophetنبأ
3إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
4أَحْلَلْنَاaḥlalnā[We] have made lawfulحلل
5لَكَlakato you
6أَزْوَٰجَكَazwājakayour wivesزوج
7ٱلَّـٰتِىٓallātī(to) whom
8ءَاتَيْتَātaytayou have givenأتي
9أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir bridal moneyأجر
10وَمَاwamāand whom
11مَلَكَتْmalakatyou rightfully possessملك
12يَمِينُكَyamīnukayou rightfully possessيمن
13مِمَّآmimmāfrom those (whom)
14أَفَآءَafāaAllah has givenفيأ
15ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has givenأله
16عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
17وَبَنَاتِwabanātiand (the) daughtersبني
18عَمِّكَʿammika(of) your paternal unclesعمم
19وَبَنَاتِwabanātiand (the) daughtersبني
20عَمَّـٰتِكَʿammātika(of) your paternal auntsعمم
21وَبَنَاتِwabanātiand (the) daughtersبني
22خَالِكَkhālika(of) your maternal unclesخول
23وَبَنَاتِwabanātiand (the) daughtersبني
24خَـٰلَـٰتِكَkhālātika(of) your maternal auntsخول
25ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
26هَاجَرْنَhājarnaemigratedهجر
27مَعَكَmaʿakawith you
28وَٱمْرَأَةًۭwa-im'ra-atanand a womanمرأ
29مُّؤْمِنَةًmu'minatanbelievingأمن
30إِنinif
31وَهَبَتْwahabatshe givesوهب
32نَفْسَهَاnafsahāherselfنفس
33لِلنَّبِىِّlilnnabiyyito the Prophetنبأ
34إِنْinif
35أَرَادَarādawishesرود
36ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuthe Prophetنبأ
37أَنanto
38يَسْتَنكِحَهَاyastankiḥahāmarry her نكح
39خَالِصَةًۭkhāliṣatanonlyخلص
40لَّكَlakafor you
41مِنminexcluding
42دُونِdūniexcludingدون
43ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۗl-mu'minīnathe believersأمن
44قَدْqadCertainly
45عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāWe knowعلم
46مَاwhat
47فَرَضْنَاfaraḍnāWe have made obligatoryفرض
48عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
49فِىٓconcerning
50أَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimtheir wivesزوج
51وَمَاwamāand whom
52مَلَكَتْmalakatthey rightfully possessملك
53أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumthey rightfully possessيمن
54لِكَيْلَاlikaylāthat not
55يَكُونَyakūnashould beكون
56عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
57حَرَجٌۭ ۗḥarajunany discomfortحرج
58وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah isكون
59ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah isأله
60غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgivingغفر
61رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Mercifulرحم