Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:4

33:4

مَّا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِى جَوْفِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزْوَٰجَكُمُ ٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى تُظَـٰهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَآءَكُمْ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِكُمْ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَقُولُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِى ٱلسَّبِيلَ

mā jaʿala l-lahu lirajulin min qalbayni fī jawfihi wamā jaʿala azwājakumu allāī tuẓāhirūna min'hunna ummahātikum wamā jaʿala adʿiyāakum abnāakum dhālikum qawlukum bi-afwāhikum wal-lahu yaqūlu l-ḥaqa wahuwa yahdī l-sabīla

Allāh has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And He has not made your claimed [i.e., adopted] sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allāh says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.

— Saheeh International

God does not put two hearts within a man’s breast. He does not turn the wives you reject and liken to your mothers’ backs into your real mothers; nor does He make your adopted sons into real sons. These are only words from your mouths, while God speaks the truth and guides people to the right path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh has not made for any man two hearts inside his body. Neither has He made your wives whom you declare to be like your mothers’ backs, your real mothers. [az-Zihâr is the saying of a husband to his wife, "You are to me like the back of my mother" i.e. You are unlawful for me to approach], nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons. That is but your saying with your mouths. But Allâh says the truth, and He guides to the (Right) Way.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَّاmāNot
جَعَلَjaʿalaAllah (has) made
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) made
لِرَجُلٍۢlirajulinfor any man
مِّنmin[of]
قَلْبَيْنِqalbaynitwo hearts
فِىfīin
جَوْفِهِۦۚjawfihihis interior
وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلَjaʿalaHe (has) made
أَزْوَٰجَكُمُazwājakumuyour wives
ٱلَّـٰٓـِٔىallāīwhom
تُظَـٰهِرُونَtuẓāhirūnayou declare unlawful
مِنْهُنَّmin'hunna[of them]
أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْۚummahātikum(as) your mothers
وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلَjaʿalaHe has made
أَدْعِيَآءَكُمْadʿiyāakumyour adopted sons
أَبْنَآءَكُمْۚabnāakumyour sons
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
قَوْلُكُمqawlukum(is) your saying
بِأَفْوَٰهِكُمْۖbi-afwāhikumby your mouths
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allah
يَقُولُyaqūlusays
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
يَهْدِىyahdīguides
ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīla(to) the Way