سورة التّحْریم
Surah Al-Tahrîm 66:1
The Prohibition · Verse 1 of 12
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Prophet! why do you forbid yourself the things which Allâh has made lawful to you? You seek the pleasure (of Allâh) for your wives. And Allâh is Great Protector, Ever Merciful.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Ahmed Ali
O PROPHET, WHY should you forbid (yourself) what God has made lawful for you, in order to please your wives? Yet God is forgiving and kind.
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Ali Unal
O Prophet (you who are the greatest representative of Prophethood)! Why do you forbid (yourself) what God has made lawful to you? You seek to please your wives. And God is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.
Daryabadi
O prophet! why makest thou unlawful that which Allah hath made lawful Unto thee, seeking the good-will of thy wives! And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Faridul Haque
O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him)! Why do you forbid for yourself the things that Allah has made lawful for you? You wish to please some of your wives; and Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
O Prophet, why dost thou forbid (thyself) that which Allah has made lawful for thee? Seekest thou to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Maulvi Sher Ali
O Prophet ! why dost thou forbid thyself that which ALLAH has made lawful to thee. Thou seekest the pleasure of thy wives? And ALLAH is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
Muhammad Asad
O PROPHET! Why dost thou, out of a desire to please [one or another of] thy wives, impose [on thyself] a prohibition of something that God has made lawful to thee? But God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace:
Muhammad Musin Khan
O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Muhammad Pickthall
O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Muhammad Sarwar
Prophet, in seeking the pleasure of your wives, why do you make unlawful that which God has made lawful. God is All-forgiving and All-merciful.
Muhammed ali Shakir
O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Rashad Khalifa
O you prophet, why do you prohibit what GOD has made lawful for you, just to please your wives? GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
Shabbir Ahmed
O Prophet! Would you ban something that God has made lawful for you, even to please your wives? God is Absolver of (their) imperfections, Merciful.
Commentary 66:1 It has been related in Bukhârî on the authority of ‘Umar(rz) that the theme of this chapter is based upon an incident in the life of the Holy Prophet…
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ
66:1 It has been related in Bukhârî on the authority of ‘Umar(rz) that the theme of this chapter is based upon an incident in the life of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). The Holy Prophet (pbuh) temporarily separated himself from his wives. The books of Bukhârî and of Abû Muslim relate this verse to another incident in the life of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). It is said that once the Holy Prophet (pbuh) enjoyed a drink containing honey in the house of Zainab, his cousin’s wife. His wife ‘Âishah(rz), daughter of Abû Bakr(rz) and Hafsa(rz), daughter of ‘Umar(rz) taunted that they sensed a bad smell coming from the mouth of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Thereupon he decided to avoid drinks containing honey in the future.
Without a clarification from this verse, suspension of conjugal relations and temporary separation from the wife would have become “sunnah” – a kind of Islamic law. Though it was an injunction addressed personally to the Holy Prophet (pbuh), it applies to his followers as well. It is said that in a situation of disharmony extreme measures should not be resorted to, and that such disharmony and other similar cases of friction between husbands and wives are inconsistent with the exalted interests of a Muslim society.