سُوْرَةُ الْمُجَادَلَةِ
Surah Al-Mujaadila (58) — Ayah 2
ٱلَّذِينَ يُظَـٰهِرُونَ مِنكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِهِم مَّا هُنَّ أُمَّهَـٰتِهِمْ ۖ إِنْ أُمَّهَـٰتُهُمْ إِلَّا ٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى وَلَدْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنكَرًا مِّنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ ﴿2﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those among you who make their wives unlawful to them by (Zihâr الظهار) (i.e. by saying to them "You are like my mother’s back,") they cannot be their mothers. None can be their mothers except those who gave them birth. And verily, they utter an ill word and a lie. And verily, Allâh is Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يُظَـٰهِرُونَ
yuẓāhirūna
pronounce zihar
مِنكُم
minkum
among you
مِّن
min
[from]
نِّسَآئِهِم
nisāihim
(to) their wives
مَّا
mā
not
هُنَّ
hunna
they
أُمَّهَـٰتِهِمْ ۖ
ummahātihim
(are) their mothers
إِنْ
in
Not
أُمَّهَـٰتُهُمْ
ummahātuhum
(are) their mothers
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى
allāī
those who
وَلَدْنَهُمْ ۚ
waladnahum
gave them birth
وَإِنَّهُمْ
wa-innahum
And indeed, they
لَيَقُولُونَ
layaqūlūna
surely say
مُنكَرًۭا
munkaran
an evil
مِّنَ
mina
[of]
ٱلْقَوْلِ
l-qawli
[the] word
وَزُورًۭا ۚ
wazūran
and a lie
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
But indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَفُوٌّ
laʿafuwwun
(is) surely, Oft-Pardoning
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
Oft-Forgiving
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
