سُوْرَةُ التَّغَابُنِ
Surah At-Taghaabun (64) — Ayah 14
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ وَأَوْلَـٰدِكُمْ عَدُوًّا لَّكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚ وَإِن تَعْفُوا۟ وَتَصْفَحُوا۟ وَتَغْفِرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Verily, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you (who may stop you from the obedience of Allâh); therefore beware of them! But if you pardon (them) and overlook, and forgive (their faults), then verily Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(you) who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
مِنْ
min
from
أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ
azwājikum
your spouses
وَأَوْلَـٰدِكُمْ
wa-awlādikum
and your children
عَدُوًّۭا
ʿaduwwan
(are) enemies
لَّكُمْ
lakum
to you
فَٱحْذَرُوهُمْ ۚ
fa-iḥ'dharūhum
so beware of them
وَإِن
wa-in
But if
تَعْفُوا۟
taʿfū
you pardon
وَتَصْفَحُوا۟
wataṣfaḥū
and overlook
وَتَغْفِرُوا۟
wataghfirū
and forgive
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
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.
14. 1. That is, those who prevent you from righteous deeds and obedience to Allah, know that they are not your well-wishers, but enemies.
14. 2. That is, avoid following them; rather, make them follow you so that they too adopt obedience to Allah, and do not ruin your own hereafter by following them.
14. 3. The reason for revelation of this is stated that some Muslims in Makkah who had accepted Islam intended to leave Makkah and come to Madinah, as at that time the command for migration was given with great emphasis. But their wives and children became an obstacle and did not let them migrate. Later, when they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they saw that those who had come before them had gained much more understanding in religion, so they became angry at their wives and children who had prevented them from migrating. Thus, they intended to punish them. Allah Almighty advised them to forgive and overlook in this matter.
14. 2. That is, avoid following them; rather, make them follow you so that they too adopt obedience to Allah, and do not ruin your own hereafter by following them.
14. 3. The reason for revelation of this is stated that some Muslims in Makkah who had accepted Islam intended to leave Makkah and come to Madinah, as at that time the command for migration was given with great emphasis. But their wives and children became an obstacle and did not let them migrate. Later, when they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they saw that those who had come before them had gained much more understanding in religion, so they became angry at their wives and children who had prevented them from migrating. Thus, they intended to punish them. Allah Almighty advised them to forgive and overlook in this matter.
