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Surah 24. An-Nur, Ayah 26



الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ ۖ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ


Asad : [In the nature of things,] corrupt women are for corrupt men, and corrupt men, for corrupt women - just as good women are for good men, and good men, for good women. [Since God is aware that] these are innocent of all that evil tongues may impute to them,31 forgiveness of sins shall be theirs, and a mr`~t excellent cilstenance!32
Malik : Unclean women are for unclean men, and unclean men are for unclean women; and pure women are for pure men, and pure men are for pure women. They are free from the slanderer's accusations; for them there shall be forgiveness and honorable provision from Allah.
Pickthall : Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women; such are innocent of that which people say: For them is pardon and a bountiful provision.
Yusuf Ali : Women impure are for men impure and men impure are for women impure; and women of purity are for men of purity and men of purity are for women of purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there is forgiveness and a provision honorable. 2978 2979
Transliteration : Alkhabeethatu lilkhabeetheena waalkhabeethoona lilkhabeethati waalttayyibatu lilttayyibeena waalttayyiboona lilttayyibati olaika mubarraoona mimma yaqooloona lahum maghfiratun warizqun kareemun
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  AzaleaMimosa  
  42 weeks 6 days ago
Non pious women are for non pious men, and non pious men are for non pious women, and that modest women are for modest men and modest men are for modest women and they are above slander's accusation,for them there shall be forgiveness from Allah and they would receive great reward from Almighty.
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  Usman Ishfaq   in reply to  
  42 weeks 1 day ago
many a times, a good spouse is married to bad spouse. how would u justify that under above translation?
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  Nehal Shah   in reply to Usman Ishfaq 
  41 weeks 5 days ago
The two words used in Arabic are الخبيث and الطيب. The four translations: corrupt, unclean, vile, and impure are for الخبيث, whereas for the second word الطيب the translations are opposite of the first: good, and pure. First of all we need to determine the characteristics of each meaning specified by the scholars and then review our characteristics for good and bad, look at explainations by numerous scholars for this ayat with available ahadith relating to it before we judge the Qur'anic statement Vs our impression. It may be an error on our part as oppose to Allah, SWT's words.  May He, the Exalted One, guide us to understand and apply properly the Qur'anic Guidance.  
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  AzaleaMimosa   in reply to Usman Ishfaq 
  41 weeks 3 days ago
I think if it is mentioned in Quran that good spouse is for good and bad one for bad then we should accept it as it is. We are no one to judge a person's good characteristics.  Sometimes it seems   apparently  that a person is not good but it may possible that he or she may be near to Allah more than than any one else. Main thing we should learn form this ayah that we should control our (nafs) desires and urges for the will of Allah SWT. 
And I think one ayah of Quran has many meanings which we can not understand fully. May be this ayah is related to couple in Jannah. There would be good for good and bad for bad. 

Rest Allah knows best. 
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  Idris Abdullahi   in reply to  
  34 weeks 1 day ago
assalam... sister you made a perfect explanation on that ayah. Jazikallahu bikhair.

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  Syed Husain   in reply to Usman Ishfaq 
  41 weeks 3 days ago
See the tafsir here:  http://alim.org/library/quran/AlQuran-tafsir/TIK/24/26

The ayah isn't necessarily referring to spouses.
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  Hehe Khan   in reply to Usman Ishfaq 
  24 weeks 3 days ago
i suggest you read previous verse to understand this one!
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  Andrea   in reply to Usman Ishfaq 
  14 weeks 3 days ago
Dear Usman,

First of all, whatever is written in the Quraan is the message from ALLAH to all the human, so we can learn and implement those things in our life. So it means that ALLAH, Quraan, Ahadees can't be false or lied. The second thing is that how can you be so damn sure that that spouse is really good who got the bad spouse or woman ? How could you be able to judge that person is so good ? only ALLAH judges everyone and he is the only one knows all the things. At the end i would say that " Quraan " Doesn't lie. It exactly happens whatever has been written in this and by said ALLAH and our Prophet Muhammad ( P.B.U.H ). Thanks
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  Nehal Shah   in reply to  
  41 weeks 3 days ago
Well said sister.  You are right, that each Qur'anic ayat can contain numerous meanings. There is another point for us to ponder as well: If we study Qur'an properly, we can find many answers to a question or concern in some other place in the Qur'an. Also, the words (ahadith) of Prophets, SAW with his Sunnah can be used as the guiding lights. May Allah, SWT give us the patience to study our Lord's words with best understanding. Aameen. 
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  Fatai Kolawole    
  23 weeks 6 days ago
Yes that is hw it suppose to be a pious women should be pious men

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  Waka Kazi    
  12 weeks 4 days ago

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith (Hadith 2289)

"I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corruptthem, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), and Allah benefited him by them."

We are not better at judging who's good and who's not. These are our own perception of people. Allah is the Judge and Allah has given the authority to judge to certain people in authority like Qadhi etc and that too in case of conflicts. Quran says in Surah 17 Ayah 36, "And do not pursue that of which you have no strong reason to believe ; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of feeling in the heart will be enquired (on the Day of Judgment)."

Who is Tayyeb? Does one become tayyab after sincerely repenting from what he or she has done in the past? History can also be misleading. And we dont even know if the person we think is good might be bad and he might be hiding something but it's a sin to speculate in Islam. You can not do this as Quran says, "O believers ! Avoid suspicion (speculation) as much as possible: suspicion (speculation) in some cases is a sin: and spy not on each other, nor backbite on one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother ? No ; you would hate it (so hate backbiting), and fear Allah: In fact, Allah is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful.(Al Hujarat Ayah 12)

We should try to be positive and see positiveness in people. (May Allah Guide us all)

Asad   
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Asad 31 Lit., "innocent of all that they [i.e., the slanderers] may say".
Asad   
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Asad 32 See note [5] on 8:4. The reference, in this context, to God's "forgiveness of sins" (maghfirah) is obviously meant to stress the innate weakness of man's nature, which makes him prone to sinning, however good and pure he may be (cf. 4:28).

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Yusuf Ali   
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Yusuf Ali 2978 The pure consort with the pure, and the impure with the impure. If the impure, out of the impurity of their thoughts, or imaginations, impute any evil to the pure, the pure are not affected by it, but they should avoid all occasions for random talk.
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Yusuf Ali 2979 Forgiveness for any indiscretion which they may have innocently committed, and spiritual provision or protection against the assaults of Evil. It is also meant that the more the satans attempt to defame or slander them, the more triumphantly will they be vindicated and provided with the physical and moral good which will advance their real life.
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