Surah 33. Al-Ahzab, Ayah 1
| يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا |
| Asad | : | O PROPHET! Remain conscious of God, and defer not to the deniers of the truth and the hypo-crites: for God is truly all-knowing, wise. |
| Malik | : | O Prophet! Fear Allah and do not obey the unbelievers and the hypocrites: certainly Allah is aware and wise. |
| Pickthall | : | O Prophet! Keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | O Prophet! Fear Allah and hearken not to the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. 3666 |
| Transliteration | : | Ya ayyuha alnnabiyyu ittaqi Allaha wala tutiAAi alkafireena waalmunafiqeena inna Allaha kana AAaleeman hakeeman |
Note - 3666The fifth year A.H. was a critical year in the external
history of early Islam, and this Sura must be read in the
light of the events that then took place. As explained in
the Introduction, the Grand Confederacy against Islam
came and invested Madinah and failed utterly. It
consisted of the Makkan Unbelievers, the desert Arabs of
Central Arabia, the Jews previously expelled for
treachery from Madinah, the Jews remaining in Madinah and
the Hypocrites led by Abdullah ibn Ubi, who have already
been described in ix. 43-110. Their bond of union was the
common hatred of Islam, and it snapped under the reverses
they met with. It is important to note three points. (1)
The Jews as a body now lost their last chance of bearing
the standard of Islam: the best of them had already
accepted the renewal of Allah's Message. (2) A definite
status was given to Prophet's household, after the
slanders on Hadhrat Aisha had been stilled (xxiv. 11-26),
and the true position of the Mothers of the Believers had
been cleared. (3) A further exposition of the purity of
sex relation was given, based on the story of Hadhrat
Zainab, the "Mother of the Poor". These points will be
referred to in later notes.
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The fifth year A.H. was a critical year in the external history of early Islam, and this Sura must be read in the light of the events that then took place. As explained in the Introduction, the Grand Confederacy against Islam came and invested Madinah and failed utterly. It consisted of the Makkan Unbelievers, the desert Arabs of Central Arabia, the Jews previously expelled for treachery from Madinah, the Jews remaining in Madinah and the Hypocrites led by Abdullah ibn Ubi, who have already been described in ix. 43-110. Their bond of union was the common hatred of Islam, and it snapped under the reverses they met with. It is important to note three points. (1) The Jews as a body now lost their last chance of bearing the standard of Islam: the best of them had already accepted the renewal of Allah's Message. (2) A definite status was given to Prophet's household, after the slanders on Hadhrat Aisha had been stilled (xxiv. 11-26), and the true position of the Mothers of the Believers had been cleared. (3) A further exposition of the purity of sex relation was given, based on the story of Hadhrat Zainab, the "Mother of the Poor". These points will be referred to in later notes. |
