Surah At-Tahrim word by word

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At-Tahrim (التحريم) word by word, in full: Medinan, revealed in Medina, 12 verses, 249 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.

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Updated on 30 September 2026 at 4:42 AM

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Verse 1 - Surah At-Tahrim: 14 words

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِى مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَٰجِكَ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O
ٱلنَّبِىُّ l-nabiyu Prophet
لِمَ lima Why (do)
تُحَرِّمُ tuḥarrimu you prohibit
مَآ mā what
أَحَلَّ aḥalla has made lawful
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
لَكَ ۖ laka for you
تَبْتَغِى tabtaghī seeking
مَرْضَاتَ marḍāta (to) please
أَزْوَٰجِكَ ۚ azwājika your wives
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ raḥīmun Most Merciful

Verse 2 - Surah At-Tahrim: 11 words

قَدْ فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

قَدْ qad Indeed
فَرَضَ faraḍa has ordained
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
لَكُمْ lakum for you
تَحِلَّةَ taḥillata (the) dissolution
أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ aymānikum (of) your oaths
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ mawlākum (is) your Protector
وَهُوَ wahuwa and He
ٱلْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu (is) the All-Knower
ٱلْحَكِيمُ l-ḥakīmu the All-Wise

Verse 3 - Surah At-Tahrim: 29 words

وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَٰجِهِۦ حَدِيثًۭا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِۦ وَأَظْهَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُۥ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنۢ بَعْضٍۢ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِۦ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنۢبَأَكَ هَـٰذَا ۖ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِىَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah 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 Acquainted."

وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
أَسَرَّ asarra confided
ٱلنَّبِىُّ l-nabiyu the Prophet
إِلَىٰ ilā to
بَعْضِ baʿḍi one
أَزْوَٰجِهِۦ azwājihi (of) his wives
حَدِيثًۭا ḥadīthan a statement
فَلَمَّا falammā and when
نَبَّأَتْ nabba-at she informed
بِهِۦ bihi about it
وَأَظْهَرَهُ wa-aẓharahu and made it apparent
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him
عَرَّفَ ʿarrafa he made known
بَعْضَهُۥ baʿḍahu a part of it
وَأَعْرَضَ wa-aʿraḍa and avoided
عَنۢ ʿan [of]
بَعْضٍۢ ۖ baʿḍin a part
فَلَمَّا falammā Then when
نَبَّأَهَا nabba-ahā he informed her
بِهِۦ bihi about it
قَالَتْ qālat she said
مَنْ man Who
أَنۢبَأَكَ anba-aka informed you
هَـٰذَا ۖ hādhā this
قَالَ qāla He said
نَبَّأَنِىَ nabba-aniya Has informed me
ٱلْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu the All-Knower
ٱلْخَبِيرُ l-khabīru the All-Aware

Verse 4 - Surah At-Tahrim: 21 words

إِن تَتُوبَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ وَإِن تَظَـٰهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰهُ وَجِبْرِيلُ وَصَـٰلِحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ ظَهِيرٌ

If you two [wives] repent to Allah, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.

إِن in If
تَتُوبَآ tatūbā you both turn
إِلَى ilā to
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
فَقَدْ faqad so indeed
صَغَتْ ṣaghat (are) inclined
قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ qulūbukumā your hearts
وَإِن wa-in but if
تَظَـٰهَرَا taẓāharā you backup each other
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi against him
فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
هُوَ huwa He
مَوْلَىٰهُ mawlāhu (is) his Protector
وَجِبْرِيلُ wajib'rīlu and Jibreel
وَصَـٰلِحُ waṣāliḥu and (the) righteous
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ l-mu'minīna believers
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ wal-malāikatu and the Angels
بَعْدَ baʿda after
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
ظَهِيرٌ ẓahīrun (are his) assistants

Verse 5 - Surah At-Tahrim: 17 words

عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُۥٓ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُۥٓ أَزْوَٰجًا خَيْرًۭا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَـٰتٍۢ مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢ قَـٰنِتَـٰتٍۢ تَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍ عَـٰبِدَٰتٍۢ سَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍۢ ثَيِّبَـٰتٍۢ وَأَبْكَارًۭا

Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

عَسَىٰ ʿasā Perhaps
رَبُّهُۥٓ rabbuhu his Lord
إِن in if
طَلَّقَكُنَّ ṭallaqakunna he divorced you
أَن an [that]
يُبْدِلَهُۥٓ yub'dilahu He will substitute for him
أَزْوَٰجًا azwājan wives
خَيْرًۭا khayran better
مِّنكُنَّ minkunna than you
مُسْلِمَـٰتٍۢ mus'limātin submissive
مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢ mu'minātin faithful
قَـٰنِتَـٰتٍۢ qānitātin obedient
تَـٰٓئِبَـٰتٍ tāibātin repentant
عَـٰبِدَٰتٍۢ ʿābidātin who worship
سَـٰٓئِحَـٰتٍۢ sāiḥātin who fast
ثَيِّبَـٰتٍۢ thayyibātin previously married
وَأَبْكَارًۭا wa-abkāran and virgins

Verse 6 - Surah At-Tahrim: 22 words

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًۭا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌۭ شِدَادٌۭ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who(believe)
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe
قُوٓا۟ qū Protect
أَنفُسَكُمْ anfusakum yourselves
وَأَهْلِيكُمْ wa-ahlīkum and your families
نَارًۭا nāran (from) a Fire
وَقُودُهَا waqūduhā whose fuel
ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu (is) people
وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ wal-ḥijāratu and stones
عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā over it
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ malāikatun (are) Angels
غِلَاظٌۭ ghilāẓun stern
شِدَادٌۭ shidādun severe
لَّا lā not
يَعْصُونَ yaʿṣūna they disobey
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
مَآ mā (in) what
أَمَرَهُمْ amarahum He Commands them
وَيَفْعَلُونَ wayafʿalūna but they do
مَا mā what
يُؤْمَرُونَ yu'marūna they are commanded

Verse 7 - Surah At-Tahrim: 11 words

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (you) who
كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve
لَا lā (Do) not
تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ taʿtadhirū make excuses
ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ l-yawma today
إِنَّمَا innamā Only
تُجْزَوْنَ tuj'zawna you will be recompensed
مَا mā (for) what
كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna do

Verse 8 - Surah At-Tahrim: 45 words

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوْبَةًۭ نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ

O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who(believe)
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe
تُوبُوٓا۟ tūbū Turn
إِلَى ilā to
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
تَوْبَةًۭ tawbatan (in) repentance
نَّصُوحًا naṣūḥan sincere
عَسَىٰ ʿasā Perhaps
رَبُّكُمْ rabbukum your Lord
أَن an will
يُكَفِّرَ yukaffira remove
عَنكُمْ ʿankum from you
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ sayyiātikum your evil deeds
وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ wayud'khilakum and admit you
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ jannātin (into) Gardens
تَجْرِى tajrī flow
مِن min from
تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ l-anhāru the rivers
يَوْمَ yawma (on the) Day
لَا lā not
يُخْزِى yukh'zī will be disgraced
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah
ٱلنَّبِىَّ l-nabiya the Prophet
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believed
مَعَهُۥ ۖ maʿahu with him
نُورُهُمْ nūruhum Their light
يَسْعَىٰ yasʿā will run
بَيْنَ bayna before
أَيْدِيهِمْ aydīhim their hands
وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ wabi-aymānihim and on their right
يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna they will say
رَبَّنَآ rabbanā Our Lord
أَتْمِمْ atmim Perfect
لَنَا lanā for us
نُورَنَا nūranā our light
وَٱغْفِرْ wa-igh'fir and grant forgiveness
لَنَآ ۖ lanā to us
إِنَّكَ innaka Indeed, You
عَلَىٰ ʿalā (are) over
كُلِّ kulli every
شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing
قَدِيرٌۭ qadīrun All-Powerful

Verse 9 - Surah At-Tahrim: 11 words

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَـٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O
ٱلنَّبِىُّ l-nabiyu Prophet
جَـٰهِدِ jāhidi Strive
ٱلْكُفَّارَ l-kufāra (against) the disbelievers
وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ wal-munāfiqīna and the hypocrites
وَٱغْلُظْ wa-ugh'luẓ and be stern
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ ʿalayhim with them
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ wamawāhum And their abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۖ jahannamu (is) Hell
وَبِئْسَ wabi'sa and wretched is
ٱلْمَصِيرُ l-maṣīru the destination

Verse 10 - Surah At-Tahrim: 27 words

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَـٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًۭٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ

Allah 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 those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

ضَرَبَ ḍaraba Presents
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
مَثَلًۭا mathalan an example
لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna for those who
كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved
ٱمْرَأَتَ im'ra-ata (the) wife
نُوحٍۢ nūḥin (of) Nuh
وَٱمْرَأَتَ wa-im'ra-ata (and the) wife
لُوطٍۢ ۖ lūṭin (of) Lut
كَانَتَا kānatā They were
تَحْتَ taḥta under
عَبْدَيْنِ ʿabdayni two [slaves]
مِنْ min of
عِبَادِنَا ʿibādinā Our slaves
صَـٰلِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni righteous
فَخَانَتَاهُمَا fakhānatāhumā but they both betrayed them
فَلَمْ falam so not
يُغْنِيَا yugh'niyā they availed
عَنْهُمَا ʿanhumā both of them
مِنَ mina from
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا shayan (in) anything
وَقِيلَ waqīla and it was said
ٱدْخُلَا ud'khulā Enter
ٱلنَّارَ l-nāra the Fire
مَعَ maʿa with
ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ l-dākhilīna those who enter

Verse 11 - Surah At-Tahrim: 24 words

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًۭا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."

وَضَرَبَ waḍaraba And presents
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
مَثَلًۭا mathalan an example
لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna for those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believed
ٱمْرَأَتَ im'ra-ata (the) wife
فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun
إِذْ idh when
قَالَتْ qālat she said
رَبِّ rabbi My Lord
ٱبْنِ ib'ni Build
لِى lī for me
عِندَكَ ʿindaka near You
بَيْتًۭا baytan a house
فِى fī in
ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati Paradise
وَنَجِّنِى wanajjinī and save me
مِن min from
فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna Firaun
وَعَمَلِهِۦ waʿamalihi and his deeds
وَنَجِّنِى wanajjinī and save me
مِنَ mina from
ٱلْقَوْمِ l-qawmi the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers

Verse 12 - Surah At-Tahrim: 17 words

وَمَرْيَمَ ٱبْنَتَ عِمْرَٰنَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ

And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

وَمَرْيَمَ wamaryama And Maryam
ٱبْنَتَ ib'nata (the) daughter
عِمْرَٰنَ ʿim'rāna (of) Imran
ٱلَّتِىٓ allatī who
أَحْصَنَتْ aḥṣanat guarded
فَرْجَهَا farjahā her chastity
فَنَفَخْنَا fanafakhnā so We breathed
فِيهِ fīhi into it
مِن min of
رُّوحِنَا rūḥinā Our Spirit
وَصَدَّقَتْ waṣaddaqat And she believed
بِكَلِمَـٰتِ bikalimāti (in the) Words
رَبِّهَا rabbihā (of) her Lord
وَكُتُبِهِۦ wakutubihi and His Books
وَكَانَتْ wakānat and she was
مِنَ mina of
ٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ l-qānitīna the devoutly obedient

See also

All surahs word by word

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Illumination 30%
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لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله There is no power nor strength except with Allah

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.

Al-Ahzab 33:56

Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ