Quran 58:2 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even if any of you say to their wives, ‘You are to me like my mother’s back,’they are not their mothers; their only mothers are those who gave birth to them. What they say is certainly blameworthy and false, but God is pardoning and forgiving.
الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ مَا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ ۖ إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَرًا مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ
alladhīna yuẓāhirūna minkum min nisāihim mā hunna ummahātihim in ummahātuhum illā allāī waladnahum wa-innahum layaqūlūna munkaran mina l-qawli wazūran wa-inna l-laha laʿafuwwun ghafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those of you who say, regarding their wives, 'Be as my mother's back,' they are not truly their mothers; their mothers are only those who gave them birth, and they are surely saying a dishonourable saying, and a falsehood. Yet surely God is All-pardoning, All-forgiving.
- Muhammad Asad
- As for those of you who [henceforth] separate themselves from their wives by saying, “Thou art as unlawful to me as my mother”, [let them bear in mind that] they can never be [as] their mothers: none are their mothers save those who gave them birth: and so, behold, they but utter a saying that runs counter to reason, and is [therefore] false. But, behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving:
- Sahih International
- Those who pronounce ẓihār among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يُظَـٰهِرُونَyuẓāhirūna | pronounce zihar | ظهر |
| 3 | مِنكُمminkum | among you | — |
| 4 | مِّنmin | [from] | — |
| 5 | نِّسَآئِهِمnisāihim | (to) their wives | نسو |
| 6 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 7 | هُنَّhunna | they | — |
| 8 | أُمَّهَـٰتِهِمْ ۖummahātihim | (are) their mothers | أمم |
| 9 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 10 | أُمَّهَـٰتُهُمْummahātuhum | (are) their mothers | أمم |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | ٱلَّـٰٓـِٔىallāī | those who | — |
| 13 | وَلَدْنَهُمْ ۚwaladnahum | gave them birth | ولد |
| 14 | وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahum | And indeed, they | — |
| 15 | لَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūna | surely say | قول |
| 16 | مُنكَرًۭاmunkaran | an evil | نكر |
| 17 | مِّنَmina | [of] | — |
| 18 | ٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli | [the] word | قول |
| 19 | وَزُورًۭا ۚwazūran | and a lie | زور |
| 20 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | But indeed | — |
| 21 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 22 | لَعَفُوٌّlaʿafuwwun | (is) surely, Oft-Pardoning | عفو |
| 23 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | Oft-Forgiving | غفر |