Surah Ahzab ayat 30 Tafsir Quran 33:30

﴿يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرًا﴾
[ الأحزاب: 30]

33:30 O wives of the Prophet, whoever of you should commit a clear immorality - for her the punishment would be doubled two fold, and ever is that, for Allah, easy.

O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits manifest indecency read mubayyana or mubayyina meaning respectively ‘it has become evident’ meaning ‘one that is evident’ the chastisement shall be doubled yudā‘af a variant reading has 2nd form yuda‘‘af and still another has nuda‘‘if ‘We shall double’ in which case read al-‘adhāba as accusative for her in other words twice the chastisement for other women; and that is easy for God.

O you the wives of the Prophet: Should any of you commit herself to an evil line of conduct and/or be guilty of proven violation of the marriage bed then in two ways shall her punishment be doubled here and Hereafter and nothing is easier for Allah to do

The Wives of the Prophet are not like Other Women This Ayah is addressed to the wives of the Prophet who chose Allah and His Messenger and the Home of the Hereafter, and remained married to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Thus it was befitting that there should be rulings which applied only to them, and not to other women, in the event that any of them should commit open Fahishah.
Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "This means Nushuz ( rebellion ) and a bad attitude." Whatever the case, this is a conditional phrase and it does not imply that what is referred to would actually happen.
This is like the Ayat: وَلَقَدْ أُوْحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ ( And indeed it has been revealed to you, as it was to those before you: "If you join others in worship with Allah, surely your deeds will be in vain." ) ( 39:65 ) وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُواْ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( But if they had joined in worship others with Allah, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them. ) ( 6:88 ) قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْعَـبِدِينَ ( Say: "If the Most Gracious had a son, then I am the first of (Allah's ) worshippers.") ( 43:81 ) لَّوْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَداً لاَّصْطَفَى مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَـنَهُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ ( Had Allah willed to take a son, He could have chosen whom He willed out of those whom He created.
But glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible. ) ( 39:4 ).
Because their status is so high, it is appropriate to state that the sin, if they were to commit it, would be so much worse, so as to protect them and their Hijab.
Allah says: مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَـحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ( Whoever of you commits an open Fahishah, the torment for her will be doubled, ) Malik narrated from Zayd bin Aslam: يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ( the torment for her will be doubled, ) "In this world and the next." Something similar was narrated from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid. وَكَانَ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيراً ( and that is ever easy for Allah. ) it is very easy indeed.
Then Allah mentions His justice and His bounty, in the Ayah: وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ للَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ( And whosoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger, ) i.e., obeys Allah and His Messenger , نُؤْتِهَـآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقاً كَرِيماً ( We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her a noble provision. ) i.e., in Paradise, for they will be in the dwellings of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the highest reaches of `Illiyin, above the dwellings of all the people, in Al-Wasilah which is the closest of the dwellings of Paradise to the Throne.

(33:30) Wives of the Prophet, if any of you commit flagrant indecency, her chastisement shall be doubled. *43 That is easy for Allah. *44

O wives of the Prophet, whoever of meaning

*43) This does not mean that three was, God forbid, any chance of the Holy Prophet's wives committing an indecency, but this was meant to make them realize that they were the mothers of the Muslims; therefore, their responsibilities were accordingly very high, and so their moral conduct should be the purest.
This is ,just like Allah's addressing the Holy Prophet to the effect: " If you committed shirk, all your works would be rendered vain. " ( Az-Zumar: 65 ).
This also does not mean that there was, God forbid, any chance of the Holy Prophet's committing shirk, but this is meant to make the Holy Prophet realize, and through him the common Muslims, that shirk, is a most heinous crime which must be guarded against most judiciously.

*44) That is, " You should not be under the delusion that your being the Prophet's wives will protect you from Allah's punishment, or that it will be difficult for Allah to call you to account on account of your high rank and position in the world. "
 

The Wives of the Prophet are not like Other Women This Ayah is addressed to the wives of the Prophet who chose Allah and His Messenger and the Home of the Hereafter, and remained married to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Thus it was befitting that there should be rulings which applied only to them, and not to other women, in the event that any of them should commit open Fahishah.
Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "This means Nushuz ( rebellion ) and a bad attitude." Whatever the case, this is a conditional phrase and it does not imply that what is referred to would actually happen.
This is like the Ayat: وَلَقَدْ أُوْحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ ( And indeed it has been revealed to you, as it was to those before you: "If you join others in worship with Allah, surely your deeds will be in vain." ) ( 39:65 ) وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُواْ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( But if they had joined in worship others with Allah, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them. ) ( 6:88 ) قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْعَـبِدِينَ ( Say: "If the Most Gracious had a son, then I am the first of (Allah's ) worshippers.") ( 43:81 ) لَّوْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَداً لاَّصْطَفَى مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَـنَهُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ ( Had Allah willed to take a son, He could have chosen whom He willed out of those whom He created.
But glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible. ) ( 39:4 ).
Because their status is so high, it is appropriate to state that the sin, if they were to commit it, would be so much worse, so as to protect them and their Hijab.
Allah says: مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَـحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ( Whoever of you commits an open Fahishah, the torment for her will be doubled, ) Malik narrated from Zayd bin Aslam: يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ( the torment for her will be doubled, ) "In this world and the next." Something similar was narrated from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid. وَكَانَ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيراً ( and that is ever easy for Allah. ) it is very easy indeed.
Then Allah mentions His justice and His bounty, in the Ayah: وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ للَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ( And whosoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger, ) i.e., obeys Allah and His Messenger , نُؤْتِهَـآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقاً كَرِيماً ( We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her a noble provision. ) i.e., in Paradise, for they will be in the dwellings of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the highest reaches of `Illiyin, above the dwellings of all the people, in Al-Wasilah which is the closest of the dwellings of Paradise to the Throne.

( O ye wives of the Prophet! Whosoever of you committeth manifest lewdness ) plain adultery with witnesses to testify against you, ( the punishment for her will be doubled ) flogging and stoning, ( and that ) punishment (is easy for Allah.

O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits an open illegal sexual intercourse, the torment for her will be doubled, and that is ever easy for Allah.

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