Quran 33:55 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Prophet’s wives are not to blame [if they are seen by] their fathers, their sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, or their slaves. [Wives of the Prophet], be mindful of God. God observes everything.
لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِي آبَائِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَائِهِنَّ وَلَا إِخْوَانِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَاءِ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَاءِ أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَائِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ ۗ وَاتَّقِينَ اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدًا
lā junāḥa ʿalayhinna fī ābāihinna walā abnāihinna walā ikh'wānihinna walā abnāi ikh'wānihinna walā abnāi akhawātihinna walā nisāihinna walā mā malakat aymānuhunna wa-ittaqīna l-laha inna l-laha kāna ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is no fault in the Prophet's wives touching their fathers, their sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, and what their right hands own. And fear you God; surely God is witness of everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- [However,] it is no sin for them [to appear freely] before their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their womenfolk, or such [male slaves] as their right hands may possess. But [always, O wives of the Prophet,] remain conscious of God - for, behold, God is witness unto everything.
- Sahih International
- There is no blame upon them [i.e., women] concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess [i.e., slaves]. And fear Allāh. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, Witness.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | (There is) no | — |
| 2 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | blame | جنح |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | upon them | — |
| 4 | فِىٓfī | concerning | — |
| 5 | ءَابَآئِهِنَّābāihinna | their fathers | أبو |
| 6 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 7 | أَبْنَآئِهِنَّabnāihinna | their sons | بني |
| 8 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinna | their brothers | أخو |
| 10 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | أَبْنَآءِabnāi | sons | بني |
| 12 | إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinna | (of) their brothers | أخو |
| 13 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 14 | أَبْنَآءِabnāi | sons | بني |
| 15 | أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّakhawātihinna | (of) their sisters | أخو |
| 16 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 17 | نِسَآئِهِنَّnisāihinna | their women | نسو |
| 18 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 19 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 20 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | they rightfully possess | ملك |
| 21 | أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ ۗaymānuhunna | they rightfully possess | يمن |
| 22 | وَٱتَّقِينَwa-ittaqīna | And fear | وقي |
| 23 | ٱللَّهَ ۚl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 24 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 25 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 26 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 27 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 28 | كُلِّkulli | all | كلل |
| 29 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 30 | شَهِيدًاshahīdan | a Witness | شهد |