Quran 33:6 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Prophet is more protective towards the believers than they are themselves, while his wives are their mothers. In God’s Scripture, blood-relatives have a stronger claim than other believers and emigrants, though you may still bestow gifts on your proteges. All this is written in the Scripture.
النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَىٰ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ ۗ وَأُولُو الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا
al-nabiyu awlā bil-mu'minīna min anfusihim wa-azwājuhu ummahātuhum wa-ulū l-arḥāmi baʿḍuhum awlā bibaʿḍin fī kitābi l-lahi mina l-mu'minīna wal-muhājirīna illā an tafʿalū ilā awliyāikum maʿrūfan kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi masṭūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The Prophet is nearer to the believers than their selves; his wives are their mothers. Those who are bound by blood are nearer to one another in the Book of God than the believers and the emigrants; nevertheless you should act towards your friends honourably; that stands inscribed in the Book.
- Muhammad Asad
- The Prophet has a higher claim on the believers than [they have on] their own selves, [seeing that he is as a father to them] and his wives are their mothers: and they who are [thus] closely related have, in accordance with God’s decree, a higher claim upon one another than [was even the case between] the believers [of Yathrib] and those who had migrated [there for the sake of God]. None the less, you are to act with utmost goodness towards your [other] close friends as well: this [too] is written down in God’s decree.
- Sahih International
- The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allāh than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book inscribed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلنَّبِىُّal-nabiyu | The Prophet | نبأ |
| 2 | أَوْلَىٰawlā | (is) closer | ولي |
| 3 | بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīna | to the believers | أمن |
| 4 | مِنْmin | than | — |
| 5 | أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihim | their own selves | نفس |
| 6 | وَأَزْوَٰجُهُۥٓwa-azwājuhu | and his wives | زوج |
| 7 | أُمَّهَـٰتُهُمْ ۗummahātuhum | (are) their mothers | أمم |
| 8 | وَأُو۟لُوا۟wa-ulū | And possessors | أول |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmi | (of) relationships | رحم |
| 10 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 11 | أَوْلَىٰawlā | (are) closer | ولي |
| 12 | بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍin | to another | بعض |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | كِتَـٰبِkitābi | (the) Decree | كتب |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 16 | مِنَmina | than | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 18 | وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīna | and the emigrants | هجر |
| 19 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 20 | أَنan | that | — |
| 21 | تَفْعَلُوٓا۟tafʿalū | you do | فعل |
| 22 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 23 | أَوْلِيَآئِكُمawliyāikum | your friends | ولي |
| 24 | مَّعْرُوفًۭا ۚmaʿrūfan | a kindness | عرف |
| 25 | كَانَkāna | That is | كون |
| 26 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That is | — |
| 27 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 28 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 29 | مَسْطُورًۭاmasṭūran | written | سطر |