Quran 33:51 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You may make any of [your women] wait and receive any of them as you wish, but you will not be at fault if you invite one whose turn you have previously set aside: this way it is more likely that they will be satisfied and will not be distressed and will all be content with what you have given them. God knows what is in your hearts: God is all knowing, forbearing.
تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَنْ تَقَرَّ أَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَا آتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَلِيمًا
tur'jī man tashāu min'hunna watu'wī ilayka man tashāu wamani ib'taghayta mimman ʿazalta falā junāḥa ʿalayka dhālika adnā an taqarra aʿyunuhunna walā yaḥzanna wayarḍayna bimā ātaytahunna kulluhunna wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā fī qulūbikum wakāna l-lahu ʿalīman ḥalīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou mayest put off whom thou wilt of them, and whom thou wilt thou mayest take to thee; and if thou seekest any thou hast set aside there is no fault in thee. So it is likelier they will be comforted, and not sorrow, and every one of them will be well-pleased with what thou givest her. God knows what is in your hearts; God is All-knowing, All-clement.
- Muhammad Asad
- [know that] thou mayest put off for a time whichever of them thou pleasest, and mayest take unto thee whichever thou pleasest; and [that,] if thou seek out any from whom thou hast kept away [for a time], thou wilt incur no sin [thereby]: this will make it more likely that their eyes are gladdened [whenever they see thee], and that they do not grieve [whenever they are overlooked], and that all of them may find contentment in whatever thou hast to give them: for God [alone] knows what is in your hearts - and God is indeed all-knowing, forbearing.
- Sahih International
- You, [O Muḥammad], may put aside whom you will of them or take to yourself whom you will. And any that you desire of those [wives] from whom you had [temporarily] separated - there is no blame upon you [in returning her]. That is more suitable that they should be content and not grieve and that they should be satisfied with what you have given them - all of them. And Allāh knows what is in your hearts. And ever is Allāh Knowing and Forbearing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ تُرْجِىtur'jī | You may defer | رجو |
| 2 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 3 | تَشَآءُtashāu | you will | شيأ |
| 4 | مِنْهُنَّmin'hunna | of them | — |
| 5 | وَتُـْٔوِىٓwatu'wī | or you may take | أوي |
| 6 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to yourself | — |
| 7 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 8 | تَشَآءُ ۖtashāu | you will | شيأ |
| 9 | وَمَنِwamani | And whoever | — |
| 10 | ٱبْتَغَيْتَib'taghayta | you desire | بغي |
| 11 | مِمَّنْmimman | of those whom | — |
| 12 | عَزَلْتَʿazalta | you (had) set aside | عزل |
| 13 | فَلَاfalā | then (there is) no | — |
| 14 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | blame | جنح |
| 15 | عَلَيْكَ ۚʿalayka | upon you | — |
| 16 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 17 | أَدْنَىٰٓadnā | (is) more suitable | دنو |
| 18 | أَنan | that | — |
| 19 | تَقَرَّtaqarra | may be cooled | قرر |
| 20 | أَعْيُنُهُنَّaʿyunuhunna | their eyes | عين |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 22 | يَحْزَنَّyaḥzanna | they grieve | حزن |
| 23 | وَيَرْضَيْنَwayarḍayna | and they may be pleased | رضو |
| 24 | بِمَآbimā | with what | — |
| 25 | ءَاتَيْتَهُنَّātaytahunna | you have given them | أتي |
| 26 | كُلُّهُنَّ ۚkulluhunna | all of them | كلل |
| 27 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 28 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 29 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 30 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 31 | قُلُوبِكُمْ ۚqulūbikum | your hearts | قلب |
| 32 | وَكَانَwakāna | And Allah is | كون |
| 33 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah is | أله |
| 34 | عَلِيمًاʿalīman | All-Knower | علم |
| 35 | حَلِيمًۭاḥalīman | Most Forbearing | حلم |