Surah At-Tahrim (التحريم) • The Prohibition

Quran 66:10

66:10

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَـٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ

ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū im'ra-ata nūḥin wa-im'ra-ata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yugh'niyā ʿanhumā mina l-lahi shayan waqīla ud'khulā l-nāra maʿa l-dākhilīna

Allāh presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from Allāh at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

— Saheeh International

God has given examples of disbelievers: the wives of Noah and Lot who married two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them. Their husbands could not help them against God: it was said, ‘Both of you enter the Fire with the others.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh sets forth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Nûh (Noah) and the wife of Lût (Lot). They were under two of our righteous slaves, but they both betrayed them (their husbands by rejecting their doctrine). So they [Nûh (Noah) and Lût (Lot) عليهما السلام] availed them (their respective wives) not against Allâh and it was said: "Enter the Fire along with those who enter!"

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

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ضَرَبَḍarabaPresents
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wife
نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
وَٱمْرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ata(and the) wife
لُوطٍۢۖlūṭin(of) Lut
كَانَتَاkānatāThey were
تَحْتَtaḥtaunder
عَبْدَيْنِʿabdaynitwo [slaves]
مِنْminof
عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
صَـٰلِحَيْنِṣāliḥaynirighteous
فَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumābut they both betrayed them
فَلَمْfalamso not
يُغْنِيَاyugh'niyāthey availed
عَنْهُمَاʿanhumāboth of them
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said
ٱدْخُلَاud'khulāEnter
ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīnathose who enter