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

1. ومن يقنت منكن لله ورسوله وتعمل صالحا نؤتها أجرها مرتين وأعتدنا لها رزقا كريما

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   But whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Apostle and acts righteously, We shall give her a twofold reward, and We will have in store for her a noble provision.

   wa-man yaqnut minkunna li-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-taʿmal ṣāliḥan nuʾtihā ʾajrahā marratayni wa-ʾaʿtadnā lahā rizqan karīman

2. يا نساء النبي لستن كأحد من النساء إن اتقيتن فلا تخضعن بالقول فيطمع الذي في قلبه مرض وقلن قولا معروفا

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   O wives of the Prophet! You are not like other women: if you are wary [of Allah], do not be complaisant in your speech, lest he in whose heart is a sickness should aspire; speak honourable words.

   yā-nisāʾa n-nabiyyi lastunna ka-ʾaḥadin mina n-nisāʾi ʾini ttaqaytunna fa-lā takhḍaʿna bi-l-qawli fa-yaṭmaʿa lladhī fī qalbihī maraḍun wa-qulna qawlan maʿrūfan

3. وقرن في بيوتكن ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولى وأقمن الصلاة وآتين الزكاة وأطعن الله ورسوله إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا

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   Stay in your houses and do not flaunt your finery like the former [days of pagan] ignorance. Maintain the prayer and pay the zakat, and obey Allah and His Apostle. Indeed Allah desires to repel all impurity from you, O People of the Household, and purify you with a thorough purification.

   wa-qarna fī buyūtikunna wa-lā tabarrajna tabarruja l-jāhiliyyati l-ʾūlā wa-ʾaqimna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātīna z-zakāta wa-ʾaṭiʿna llāha wa-rasūlahū ʾinnamā yurīdu llāhu li-yudhhiba ʿankumu r-rijsa ʾahla l-bayti wa-yuṭahhirakum taṭhīran

4. واذكرن ما يتلى في بيوتكن من آيات الله والحكمة إن الله كان لطيفا خبيرا

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   And remember what is recited in your homes of the signs of Allah and wisdom. Indeed Allah is all-attentive, all-aware.

   wa-dhkurna mā yutlā fī buyūtikunna min ʾāyāti llāhi wa-l-ḥikmati ʾinna llāha kāna laṭīfan khabīran

5. إن المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات والقانتين والقانتات والصادقين والصادقات والصابرين والصابرات والخاشعين والخاشعات والمتصدقين والمتصدقات والصائمين والصائمات والحافظين فروجهم والحافظات والذاكرين الله كثيرا والذاكرات أعد الله لهم مغفرة وأجرا عظيما

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   Indeed the muslim men and the muslim women, the faithful men and the faithful women, the obedient men and the obedient women, the truthful men and the truthful women, the patient men and the patient women, the humble men and the humble women, the charitable men and the charitable women, the men who fast and the women who fast, the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, the men who remember Allah greatly and the women who remember [Allah greatly]—Allah holds in store for them forgiveness and a great reward.

   ʾinna l-muslimīna wa-l-muslimāti wa-l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināti wa-l-qānitīna wa-l-qānitāti wa-ṣ-ṣādiqīna wa-ṣ-ṣādiqāti wa-ṣ-ṣābirīna wa-ṣ-ṣābirāti wa-l-khāshiʿīna wa-l-khāshiʿāti wa-l-mutaṣaddiqīna wa-l-mutaṣaddiqāti wa-ṣ-ṣāʾimīna wa-ṣ-ṣāʾimāti wa-l-ḥāfiẓīna furūjahum wa-l-ḥāfiẓāti wa-dh-dhākirīna llāha kathīran wa-dh-dhākirāti ʾaʿadda llāhu lahum maghfiratan wa-ʾajran ʿaẓīman