Surah At-Tahrim (التحريم) • The Prohibition

Quran 66:4

66:4

إِن تَتُوبَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ وَإِن تَظَـٰهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰهُ وَجِبْرِيلُ وَصَـٰلِحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ ظَهِيرٌ

in tatūbā ilā l-lahi faqad ṣaghat qulūbukumā wa-in taẓāharā ʿalayhi fa-inna l-laha huwa mawlāhu wajib'rīlu waṣāliḥu l-mu'minīna wal-malāikatu baʿda dhālika ẓahīrun

If you two [wives] repent to Allāh, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allāh is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.

— Saheeh International

If both of you [wives] repent to God––for your hearts have deviated––[all will be well]; if you collaborate against him, [be warned that] God will aid him, as will Gabriel and all righteous believers, and the angels too will back him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you two (wives of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم : ‘Âishah and Hafsah رضي الله عنهما) turn in repentance to Allâh, (it will be better for you), your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose what the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم likes); but if you help one another against him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), then verily, Allâh is his Maulâ (Lord, or Master, or Protector), and Jibrîl (Gabriel), and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore, the angels are his helpers.

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

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إِنinIf
تَتُوبَآtatūbāyou both turn
إِلَىilāto
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فَقَدْfaqadso indeed
صَغَتْṣaghat(are) inclined
قُلُوبُكُمَاۖqulūbukumāyour hearts
وَإِنwa-inbut if
تَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharāyou backup each other
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
هُوَhuwaHe
مَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhu(is) his Protector
وَجِبْرِيلُwajib'rīluand Jibreel
وَصَـٰلِحُwaṣāliḥuand (the) righteous
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَۖl-mu'minīnabelievers
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
ظَهِيرٌẓahīrun(are his) assistants