Surah Tahrim ayat 10 Tafsir Quran 66:10

﴿ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَقِيلَ ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِينَ﴾
[ التحريم: 10]

66:10 Allah 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 those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

God has struck a similitude for those who disbelieve the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants yet they betrayed them in their religion for they both disbelieved — Noah’s wife called Wāhila used to say to his people that he was a madman while Lot’s wife called Wā‘ila used to tell his people the whereabouts of his guests when they stayed with him at night by lighting a fire and during the day by making smoke. So they that is Noah and Lot did not avail the two women in any way against God against His chastisement and it was said to the two women ‘Enter both of you the Fire along with the incomers’ from among the disbelievers of the peoples of Noah and Lot.

Allah cites an example of those who live with false standards in an ads atmosphere of piety: the wife of Nuh (Noah) and that of Lut (Lot). They were the two mates who lived their wifehood under two of Our devout worshippers, but they proved false to the trust and to those who trusted them, and so their husbands could not save them from the fatal consequence requited by Allah, and it was said to them: Take up your abode in Hell with those so destined

The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites Allah the Exalted orders His Messenger to perform Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites, the former with weapons and armaments and the later by establishing Allah's legislated penal code, وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ( and be severe against them ) meaning, in this life, وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ( their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination. ) that is, in the Hereafter. The Disbeliever shall never benefit from His Believing Relative on the Day of Resurrection Allah the exalted said, ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ( Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve ) meaning, the disbelievers who live together in this life with Muslims, their mixing and mingling with Muslims will not help the disbelievers, nor will it avail them with Allah, until and unless they gain faith in their hearts.
Then Allah mentioned the parable, saying, امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَـلِحَيْنِ ( the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut.
They were under two of our righteous servants, ) means, they were the wives of two of Allah's Messengers and were their companions by day and night, eating with them and sleeping with them, as much as any marriage contains of interaction between spouses.
However, فَخَانَتَاهُمَا ( they both betrayed them. ) meaning, in the faith, they did not adhere to the faith sent through their husbands nor accepted their message.
Therefore, all the intimate knowledge of their husbands neither helped them nor prevented punishment, hence Allah's statement, فَلَمْ يُغْنِينَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً ( So, they availed them not against Allah ) means, because their wives were disbelievers, وَقِيلَ ( and it was said ) meaning, to these wives, ادْخُلاَ النَّارَ مَعَ الدَخِلِينَ ( Enter the Fire along with those who enter! ) The part of the Ayah that reads, فَخَانَتَاهُمَا ( but they both betrayed them ) does not pertain to committing illegal sexual intercourse, but to refusing to accept the religion.
Surely, the wives of the Prophets were immune from committing illegal sexual intercourse on account of the honor that Allah has granted His Prophets, as we explained in Surat An-Nur.
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "They betrayed them by not following their religion.
The wife of Prophet Nuh used to expose his secrets, informing his oppressive people whenever any person embraced the faith with Nuh.
As for the wife of Prophet Lut, she used to inform the people of the city ( Sodom ), who committed the awful sexual act ( sodomy ), whenever a guest was entertained by her husband." Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "No wife of a Prophet ever committed adultery and fornication.
Rather, they betrayed them by refusing to follow their religion." Similar was said by `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and others.

(66:10) Allah has set forth for the unbelievers the parable of the wives of Noah and Lot. They were wedded to two of Our righteous servants, but each acted treacherously with her husband, *24 and their husbands could be of no avail to them against Allah. The two of them were told: 'Enter the Fire with all the others who enter it.'

Allah presents an example of those who meaning

*24) This betrayal" was not in the sense that they had committed an indecency but in the sense that they did not follow the Prophets Noah and Lot on the way of faith but sided with their enemies against them.
Ibn 'Abbas say: 'No Prophet's wife has ever been wicked and immoral The betrayal of these two women in fact was in the matter of faith and religion: they did not acknowledge the religion of the Prophets Noah and Lot.
The Prophet Noah's wife used to convey news about the believers to the wicked of her people, and the Prophet Lot's wife used to inform the immoral people about those who visited him in his house.
"( Ibn Jarir ).

 

The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites Allah the Exalted orders His Messenger to perform Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites, the former with weapons and armaments and the later by establishing Allah's legislated penal code, وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ( and be severe against them ) meaning, in this life, وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ( their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination. ) that is, in the Hereafter. The Disbeliever shall never benefit from His Believing Relative on the Day of Resurrection Allah the exalted said, ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ( Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve ) meaning, the disbelievers who live together in this life with Muslims, their mixing and mingling with Muslims will not help the disbelievers, nor will it avail them with Allah, until and unless they gain faith in their hearts.
Then Allah mentioned the parable, saying, امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَـلِحَيْنِ ( the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut.
They were under two of our righteous servants, ) means, they were the wives of two of Allah's Messengers and were their companions by day and night, eating with them and sleeping with them, as much as any marriage contains of interaction between spouses.
However, فَخَانَتَاهُمَا ( they both betrayed them. ) meaning, in the faith, they did not adhere to the faith sent through their husbands nor accepted their message.
Therefore, all the intimate knowledge of their husbands neither helped them nor prevented punishment, hence Allah's statement, فَلَمْ يُغْنِينَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً ( So, they availed them not against Allah ) means, because their wives were disbelievers, وَقِيلَ ( and it was said ) meaning, to these wives, ادْخُلاَ النَّارَ مَعَ الدَخِلِينَ ( Enter the Fire along with those who enter! ) The part of the Ayah that reads, فَخَانَتَاهُمَا ( but they both betrayed them ) does not pertain to committing illegal sexual intercourse, but to refusing to accept the religion.
Surely, the wives of the Prophets were immune from committing illegal sexual intercourse on account of the honor that Allah has granted His Prophets, as we explained in Surat An-Nur.
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "They betrayed them by not following their religion.
The wife of Prophet Nuh used to expose his secrets, informing his oppressive people whenever any person embraced the faith with Nuh.
As for the wife of Prophet Lut, she used to inform the people of the city ( Sodom ), who committed the awful sexual act ( sodomy ), whenever a guest was entertained by her husband." Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "No wife of a Prophet ever committed adultery and fornication.
Rather, they betrayed them by refusing to follow their religion." Similar was said by `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and others.

Allah warned ’A’ishah and Hafsah because they hurt the Prophet ( pbuh ) by mentioning the example of the wives of Noah and Lot, saying: ( Allah citeth ) Allah explains ( an example ) a trait ( for those who disbelieve ) by mentioning the two disbelieving women: ( the wife of Noah ) Wahilah ( and the wife of Lot ) Wa’ilah, ( who were under two of our righteous slaves ) messengers ( yet betrayed them ) yet opposed them in religion, displaying belief outwardly while hiding their disbelief inwardly, such that they kept their hypocrisy in their hearts; but they did not betray their husbands in the sense that they committed adultery, for no wife of a prophet had ever done this, ( so that they the husbands availed them naught ) benefited them naught ( against Allah ) against the chastisement of Allah; i.e. the righteousness of their husbands did not benefit them while they were disbelievers ( and it was said (unto them ): Enter the Fire) in the Hereafter ( along with those who enter ) the Fire.

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

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