سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 31
۞ وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا نُّؤْتِهَآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيمًا ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And whosoever of you is obedient to Allâh and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), and does righteous good deeds, We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her Rizq Karim (a noble provision - Paradise).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَقْنُتْ
yaqnut
is obedient
مِنكُنَّ
minkunna
among you
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ
warasūlihi
and His Messenger
وَتَعْمَلْ
wataʿmal
and does
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
righteousness
نُّؤْتِهَآ
nu'tihā
We will give her
أَجْرَهَا
ajrahā
her reward
مَرَّتَيْنِ
marratayni
twice
وَأَعْتَدْنَا
wa-aʿtadnā
and We have prepared
لَهَا
lahā
for her
رِزْقًۭا
riz'qan
a provision
كَرِيمًۭا
karīman
noble
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 31) ➊ { وَ مَنْ يَّقْنُتْ مِنْكُنَّ لِلّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ … :} Allah Almighty said to the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that just as the punishment for sin is doubled for you, likewise the reward for obedience to Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) and for righteous deeds is also doubled, because just as your sin involves disobedience to Allah and His Messenger and also causes them harm, similarly, your obedience brings them special happiness along with compliance. Another reason for double sin and double reward could be that the noble wives are a model for the Ummah. If someone commits a sin after seeing them, its burden will also fall upon them, and if someone adopts obedience to Allah and His Messenger after seeing them, they will also receive its reward.
➋ { وَ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيْمًا :} The reason for the command to give the noble wives a choice was their demand for an increase in expenses. When they preferred Allah and His Messenger, Allah Almighty gave them glad tidings, saying that whoever among you remains obedient to Allah and His Messenger in pursuit of the Hereafter and does righteous deeds, We have prepared for her a very honorable provision. The commentators have explained that this honorable provision refers to the provision of Paradise. Certainly, there is no provision more honorable than this, but in addition to Paradise, it also gives glad tidings of abundance of provision in the future conquests, because the spoils of war are also an honorable provision, in which there is the honor of victory along with provision. Thus, Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: "When Khaybar was conquered, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to give each wife eighty (80) wasq (two hundred and forty mann) of dates and twenty (20) wasq (sixty mann) of barley from its khums (one-fifth), and this stipend continued after his death." [ أبو داوٗد، الخراج، باب ما جاء في حکم أرض خیبر : ۳۰۰۶، و قال الألباني حسن الإسناد ] It is another matter that the Mothers of the Believers, as a result of the training of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), used to spend it in the way of Allah just as he did, and were content with the same life they had chosen by preferring the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) over the world.
➋ { وَ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيْمًا :} The reason for the command to give the noble wives a choice was their demand for an increase in expenses. When they preferred Allah and His Messenger, Allah Almighty gave them glad tidings, saying that whoever among you remains obedient to Allah and His Messenger in pursuit of the Hereafter and does righteous deeds, We have prepared for her a very honorable provision. The commentators have explained that this honorable provision refers to the provision of Paradise. Certainly, there is no provision more honorable than this, but in addition to Paradise, it also gives glad tidings of abundance of provision in the future conquests, because the spoils of war are also an honorable provision, in which there is the honor of victory along with provision. Thus, Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: "When Khaybar was conquered, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to give each wife eighty (80) wasq (two hundred and forty mann) of dates and twenty (20) wasq (sixty mann) of barley from its khums (one-fifth), and this stipend continued after his death." [ أبو داوٗد، الخراج، باب ما جاء في حکم أرض خیبر : ۳۰۰۶، و قال الألباني حسن الإسناد ] It is another matter that the Mothers of the Believers, as a result of the training of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), used to spend it in the way of Allah just as he did, and were content with the same life they had chosen by preferring the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) over the world.
