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Surah:66: At-Tahrim
Para:28
Ayat:- 9-12

66:9

یٰۤاَیُّہَا النَّبِیُّ جَاہِدِ الۡکُفَّارَ وَ الۡمُنٰفِقِیۡنَ وَ اغۡلُظۡ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ؕ وَ مَاۡوٰىہُمۡ جَہَنَّمُ ؕ وَ بِئۡسَ الۡمَصِیۡرُ ﴿۹﴾

O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

 

The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites

Allah command’s the Prophet!

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ

O Prophet!

Strive hard 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 وَبِيْسَ 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

66:10

ضَرَبَ اللّٰہُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوا امۡرَاَتَ نُوۡحٍ وَّ امۡرَاَتَ لُوۡطٍ ؕ کَانَتَا تَحۡتَ عَبۡدَیۡنِ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَیۡنِ فَخَانَتٰہُمَا فَلَمۡ یُغۡنِیَا عَنۡہُمَا مِنَ اللّٰہِ شَیۡئًا وَّ قِیۡلَ ادۡخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدّٰخِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰﴾

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.”

 

ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا

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,

اِمْرَأَةَ نُوحٍ وَاِمْرَأَةَ لُوطٍ

كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ

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 يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْيًا

So, they availed them not against Allah.

means, because their wives were disbelievers,

وَقِيلَ

and it was said,

meaning, to these wives,

ادْخُلَ النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِينَ

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 Surah 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

66:11

وَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰہُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوا امۡرَاَتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ۘ اِذۡ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ابۡنِ لِیۡ عِنۡدَکَ بَیۡتًا فِی الۡجَنَّۃِ وَ نَجِّنِیۡ مِنۡ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَ عَمَلِہٖ وَ نَجِّنِیۡ مِنَ الۡقَوۡمِ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۱۱﴾

And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, “My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people.”

 

The Disbelievers can cause no Harm to the Believers

Allah gives the parable for believers,

وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلً لِّلَّذِينَ امَنُوا اِمْرَأَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ

إِذْ قَالَتْ

And Allah has set forth an example for those who believe:

the wife of Fir`awn, when she said:

This is a parable that Allah made of the believers, in that, if they needed to, their association with the disbelievers will not harm them. Allah the Exalted said,

لااَّ يَتَّخِذِ الْمُوْمِنُونَ الْكَـفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَأءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُوْمِنِينَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَىْءٍ إِلَا أَن تَتَّقُواْ مِنْهُمْ تُقَـةً

Let not the believers take the disbelievers as protecting friends instead of the believers, and whoever does that, will never be helped by Allah in any way, except you indeed fear a danger from them. (3:28)

Qatadah said,

“Fir`awn was the most tyrannical among the people of the earth and the most disbelieving. By Allah! His wife was not affected by her husband’s disbelief, because she obeyed her Lord. Therefore, let it be known that Allah is the Just Judge Who will not punish anyone except for their own sins.”

Ibn Jarir recorded that Sulayman said,

“The wife of Fir`awn was tortured under the sun and when Fir`awn would finish the torture session, the angels would shade her with their wings. She was shown her house in Paradise.”

Ibn Jarir said that Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazzah said,

“Fir`awn’s wife used to ask, `Who prevailed?’

When she was told, `Musa and Harun prevailed’, she said, `I believe in the Lord of Musa and Harun.’

Fir`awn sent his aides to her and said to them, `Find the biggest stone. If she insists on keeping her faith, throw the stone on her, otherwise she is my wife.

When they came to her, she looked up to the sky and was able to see her house in Paradise. She persisted on the faith and her soul was then captured. The stone was thrown on her lifeless body.”

This is the meaning of her statement,

رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ

My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir`awn and his work,

means, `deliver me from him, because I am innocent of his actions,’

وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

and save me from the people who are wrongdoers.

Her name was Asiyah bint Muzahim, may Allah be pleased with her.

Allah said

66:12

وَ مَرۡیَمَ ابۡنَتَ عِمۡرٰنَ الَّتِیۡۤ اَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَہَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِیۡہِ مِنۡ رُّوۡحِنَا وَ صَدَّقَتۡ بِکَلِمٰتِ رَبِّہَا وَ کُتُبِہٖ وَ کَانَتۡ مِنَ الۡقٰنِتِیۡنَ ﴿٪۱۲﴾

And [the example of] Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

 

وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرَانَ الَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا

And Maryam, the daughter of Imran who guarded her chastity (private part).

meaning, who protected and purified her honor, by being chaste and free of immorality,

فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا

And We breathed into it (private part) through Our Ruh,

meaning, through the angel Jibril.

Allah sent the angel Jibril to Maryam, and he came to her in the shape of a man in every respect. Allah commanded him to blow into a gap of her garment and that breath went into her womb through her private part; this is how `Isa was conceived.

This is why Allah said here,

فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا

وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِ

And We breathed into it through Our Ruh, and she testified to the truth of her Lords Kalimat, and His Kutub,

meaning His decree and His legislation.

وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ

and she was of the Qanitin.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said,

“The Messenger of Allah drew four lines on the ground and said,

أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا

Do you know what these lines represent?

They said, `Allah and His Messenger know best.’

He said,

أَفْضَلُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ وَاسِيَةُ بِنْتُ مُزَاحِمٍ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْن

The best among the women of Paradise are

– Khadijah bint Khuwaylid,

– Fatimah bint Muhammad,

– Maryam bint `Imran and

– Asiyah bint Muzahim, wife of Fir`awn.

It is confirmed in the Two Sahihs from Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari that the Messenger of Allah said,

كَمُلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ اسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ وَخَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَإِنَّ فَضْلَ عَايِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَايِرِ الطَّعَام

Many men have reached the level of perfection, but none among women have reached this level except

– Asiyah — Fir`awn’s wife,

– Maryam–the daughter of `Imran, and

– Khadijah–the daughter of Khuwaylid.

And no doubt, the superiority of `A’ishah to other women is like the superiority of Tharid to other meals.

In my book, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, I have mentioned these Hadiths using their various chains of narration in relating the story of Prophet `sa and his mother Maryam, peace be upon them, all praise be to Allah.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah At-Tahrim, all thanks and praise are due to Allah

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