Surah Al-'Aĥzāb (The Combined Forces) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. يا أيها النبي اتق الله ولا تطع الكافرين والمنافقين إن الله كان عليما حكيما

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   O Prophet! Be wary of Allah and do not obey the faithless and the hypocrites. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu ttaqi llāha wa-lā tuṭiʿi l-kāfirīna wa-l-munāfiqīna ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman

2. واتبع ما يوحى إليك من ربك إن الله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

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   Follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is well aware of what you do.

   wa-ttabiʿ mā yūḥā ʾilayka min rabbika ʾinna llāha kāna bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīran

3. وتوكل على الله وكفى بالله وكيلا

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   And put your trust in Allah; Allah suffices as trustee.

   wa-tawakkal ʿalā llāhi wa-kafā bi-llāhi wakīlan

4. ما جعل الله لرجل من قلبين في جوفه وما جعل أزواجكم اللائي تظاهرون منهن أمهاتكم وما جعل أدعياءكم أبناءكم ذلكم قولكم بأفواهكم والله يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل

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   Allah has not put two hearts within any man, nor has He made your wives whom you repudiate by zihar your mothers, nor has he made your adopted sons your [actual] sons. These are mere utterances of your mouths. But Allah speaks the truth and He guides to the [right] way.

   mā jaʿala llāhu li-rajulin min qalbayni fī jawfihī wa-mā jaʿala ʾazwājakumu llāʾī tuẓāhirūna minhunna ʾummahātikum wa-mā jaʿala ʾadʿiyāʾakum ʾabnāʾakum dhālikum qawlukum bi-ʾafwāhikum wa-llāhu yaqūlu l-ḥaqqa wa-huwa yahdī s-sabīla

5. ادعوهم لآبائهم هو أقسط عند الله فإن لم تعلموا آباءهم فإخوانكم في الدين ومواليكم وليس عليكم جناح فيما أخطأتم به ولكن ما تعمدت قلوبكم وكان الله غفورا رحيما

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   Call them after their fathers. That is more just with Allah. If you do not know their fathers, then they are your brethren in the faith and your kinsmen. Excepting what your hearts may intend deliberately, there will be no sin upon you for any mistake that you may make therein. And Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   udʿūhum li-ʾābāʾihim huwa ʾaqsaṭu ʿinda llāhi fa-ʾin lam taʿlamū ʾābāʾahum fa-ʾikhwānukum fī d-dīni wa-mawālīkum wa-laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun fī-mā ʾakhṭaʾtum bihī wa-lākin mā taʿammadat qulūbukum wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman-i

6. النبي أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم وأزواجه أمهاتهم وأولو الأرحام بعضهم أولى ببعض في كتاب الله من المؤمنين والمهاجرين إلا أن تفعلوا إلى أوليائكم معروفا كان ذلك في الكتاب مسطورا

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   The Prophet is closer to the faithful than their own souls, and his wives are their mothers. The blood relatives are more entitled to inherit from one another in the Book of Allah than the [other] faithful and Emigrants, barring any favour you may do your comrades. This has been written in the Book.

   an-nabiyyu ʾawlā bi-l-muʾminīna min ʾanfusihim wa-ʾazwājuhū ʾummahātuhum wa-ʾulū l-ʾarḥāmi baʿḍuhum ʾawlā bi-baʿḍin fī kitābi llāhi mina l-muʾminīna wa-l-muhājirīna ʾillā ʾan tafʿalū ʾilā ʾawliyāʾikum maʿrūfan kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi masṭūran