Quran 66:10 — At-Tahrim, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God has given examples of disbelievers: the wives of Noah and Lot who married two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them. Their husbands could not help them against God: it was said, ‘Both of you enter the Fire with the others.’
ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَقِيلَ ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِينَ
ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū im'ra-ata nūḥin wa-im'ra-ata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yugh'niyā ʿanhumā mina l-lahi shayan waqīla ud'khulā l-nāra maʿa l-dākhilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has struck a similitude for the unbelievers -- the wife of Noah, and the wife of Lot; for they were under two of Our righteous servants, but they betrayed them, so they availed them nothing whatsoever against God; so it was said, 'Enter, you two, the Fire with those who enter.'
- Muhammad Asad
- For those who are bent on denying the truth God has propounded a parable in [the stories of] Noah's wife and Lot's wife: they were wedded to two of Our righteous servants, and each one betrayed her husband; and neither of the two [husbands] will be of any avail to these two women when they are told [on Judgment Day], "Enter the fire with all those [other sinners] who enter it!"
- Sahih International
- Allāh presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from Allāh at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ضَرَبَḍaraba | Presents | ضرب |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 3 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | an example | مثل |
| 4 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 6 | ٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata | (the) wife | مرأ |
| 7 | نُوحٍۢnūḥin | (of) Nuh | — |
| 8 | وَٱمْرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ata | (and the) wife | مرأ |
| 9 | لُوطٍۢ ۖlūṭin | (of) Lut | — |
| 10 | كَانَتَاkānatā | They were | كون |
| 11 | تَحْتَtaḥta | under | تحت |
| 12 | عَبْدَيْنِʿabdayni | two [slaves] | عبد |
| 13 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 14 | عِبَادِنَاʿibādinā | Our slaves | عبد |
| 15 | صَـٰلِحَيْنِṣāliḥayni | righteous | صلح |
| 16 | فَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumā | but they both betrayed them | خون |
| 17 | فَلَمْfalam | so not | — |
| 18 | يُغْنِيَاyugh'niyā | they availed | غني |
| 19 | عَنْهُمَاʿanhumā | both of them | — |
| 20 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 22 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | (in) anything | شيأ |
| 23 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | and it was said | قول |
| 24 | ٱدْخُلَاud'khulā | Enter | دخل |
| 25 | ٱلنَّارَl-nāra | the Fire | نور |
| 26 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 27 | ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīna | those who enter | دخل |