Quran 66:3 — At-Tahrim, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Prophet told something in confidence to one of his wives. When she disclosed it [to another wife] and God made this known to him, he confirmed part of it, keeping the rest to himself. When he confronted her with what she had done, she asked, ‘Who told you about this?’ and he replied, ‘The All Knowing, the All Aware told me.’
وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيثًا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِ وَأَظْهَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْ بَعْضٍ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنْبَأَكَ هَـٰذَا ۖ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِيَ الْعَلِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ
wa-idh asarra l-nabiyu ilā baʿḍi azwājihi ḥadīthan falammā nabba-at bihi wa-aẓharahu l-lahu ʿalayhi ʿarrafa baʿḍahu wa-aʿraḍa ʿan baʿḍin falammā nabba-ahā bihi qālat man anba-aka hādhā qāla nabba-aniya l-ʿalīmu l-khabīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a certain matter; and then, when she told of it, and God disclosed that to him, he made known part of it, and turned aside from part; then, when he told her of it, she said, 'Who told thee this?' He said, 'I was told of it by the All-knowing, the All-aware.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And lo! [It so happened that] the Prophet told something in confidence to one of his wives; and when she thereupon divulged it, and God made this known to him, he acquainted [others] with some of it and passed over some of it. And as soon as he let her know it, she asked, "Who has told thee this?" - [to which] he replied, "The All-Knowing, the All-Aware has told me."
- Sahih International
- And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allāh showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Aware."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَسَرَّasarra | confided | سرر |
| 3 | ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu | the Prophet | نبأ |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | بَعْضِbaʿḍi | one | بعض |
| 6 | أَزْوَٰجِهِۦazwājihi | (of) his wives | زوج |
| 7 | حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthan | a statement | حدث |
| 8 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | and when | — |
| 9 | نَبَّأَتْnabba-at | she informed | نبأ |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | about it | — |
| 11 | وَأَظْهَرَهُwa-aẓharahu | and made it apparent | ظهر |
| 12 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 13 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | to him | — |
| 14 | عَرَّفَʿarrafa | he made known | عرف |
| 15 | بَعْضَهُۥbaʿḍahu | a part of it | بعض |
| 16 | وَأَعْرَضَwa-aʿraḍa | and avoided | عرض |
| 17 | عَنۢʿan | [of] | — |
| 18 | بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍin | a part | بعض |
| 19 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | Then when | — |
| 20 | نَبَّأَهَاnabba-ahā | he informed her | نبأ |
| 21 | بِهِۦbihi | about it | — |
| 22 | قَالَتْqālat | she said | قول |
| 23 | مَنْman | Who | — |
| 24 | أَنۢبَأَكَanba-aka | informed you | نبأ |
| 25 | هَـٰذَا ۖhādhā | this | — |
| 26 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 27 | نَبَّأَنِىَnabba-aniya | Has informed me | نبأ |
| 28 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | the All-Knower | علم |
| 29 | ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīru | the All-Aware | خبر |