سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 29
وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَـٰتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"But if you desire Allâh and His Messenger, and the home of the Hereafter, then verily, Allâh has prepared for Al-Muhsinât (good-doers) amongst you an enormous reward."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِن
wa-in
But if
كُنتُنَّ
kuntunna
you
تُرِدْنَ
turid'na
desire
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
warasūlahu
and His Messenger
وَٱلدَّارَ
wal-dāra
and the Home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
l-ākhirata
(of) the Hereafter
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
أَعَدَّ
aʿadda
has prepared
لِلْمُحْسِنَـٰتِ
lil'muḥ'sināti
for the good-doers
مِنكُنَّ
minkunna
among you
أَجْرًا
ajran
a reward
عَظِيمًۭا
ʿaẓīman
great
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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29. But if you desire Allah, His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared a great reward for those of you who do good [41].
[41]
The Verse of Choice:
Allah Almighty gave youﷺ complete authority that if you wished, you could divorce and release those wives who, by collectively demanding an increase in spending, were putting pressure on you, or if you wished, you could keep them with you, provided that in the future they would not trouble you in this matter. Youﷺ had decided on a month's *ila* (separation from wives). After twenty-nine days had passed, youﷺ returned from the upper chamber of the mosque to your home and first came to the house of Sayyidah Aishaؓ. Then, the way youﷺ exercised this authority is made clear by the following hadiths: The wives' response:
1. Sayyidah Aishaؓ narrates that when you were commanded to give your wives the choice (whether they wished to stay with you or take a divorce), you first asked me and said: "Aisha! I am going to tell you something, but do not be hasty in this matter; rather, consult your parents before replying." And you knew very well that my parents would never advise me to separate from you. So youﷺ recited the words of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted: ﴿يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِّاَزْوَاجِكَ... عَظِيمًا﴾ (up to this point youﷺ recited). I said: "Why would I consult my parents in this matter? I myself (in any case) desire Allah, His Messenger, and the good of the Hereafter." Then youﷺ asked the same thing of the other wives, and all of them gave the same answer that I had given. [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير]
Sayyidah Aisha narrates: I said to youﷺ, "Youﷺ had said a month, but today it has been twenty-nine days." Youﷺ indicated with your fingers that a month can be thirty days or twenty-nine days. (As if to say, that month was of twenty-nine days.) [بخاری۔ کتاب الصوم۔ باب قول النبی اذا رأیتم الہلال فصوموا، مسلم کتاب الصیام۔ باب وجوب صوم رمضان لرؤیۃ الھلال۔۔۔ ]
[41]
The Verse of Choice:
Allah Almighty gave youﷺ complete authority that if you wished, you could divorce and release those wives who, by collectively demanding an increase in spending, were putting pressure on you, or if you wished, you could keep them with you, provided that in the future they would not trouble you in this matter. Youﷺ had decided on a month's *ila* (separation from wives). After twenty-nine days had passed, youﷺ returned from the upper chamber of the mosque to your home and first came to the house of Sayyidah Aishaؓ. Then, the way youﷺ exercised this authority is made clear by the following hadiths: The wives' response:
1. Sayyidah Aishaؓ narrates that when you were commanded to give your wives the choice (whether they wished to stay with you or take a divorce), you first asked me and said: "Aisha! I am going to tell you something, but do not be hasty in this matter; rather, consult your parents before replying." And you knew very well that my parents would never advise me to separate from you. So youﷺ recited the words of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted: ﴿يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِّاَزْوَاجِكَ... عَظِيمًا﴾ (up to this point youﷺ recited). I said: "Why would I consult my parents in this matter? I myself (in any case) desire Allah, His Messenger, and the good of the Hereafter." Then youﷺ asked the same thing of the other wives, and all of them gave the same answer that I had given. [بخاري۔ كتاب التفسير]
Sayyidah Aisha narrates: I said to youﷺ, "Youﷺ had said a month, but today it has been twenty-nine days." Youﷺ indicated with your fingers that a month can be thirty days or twenty-nine days. (As if to say, that month was of twenty-nine days.) [بخاری۔ کتاب الصوم۔ باب قول النبی اذا رأیتم الہلال فصوموا، مسلم کتاب الصیام۔ باب وجوب صوم رمضان لرؤیۃ الھلال۔۔۔ ]
