Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 33 (33:33)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ …

Quran 33:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 422 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:33
وَقَرْنَفِىبُيُوتِكُنَّوَلَاتَبَرَّجْنَتَبَرُّجَٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖوَأَقِمْنَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتِينَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَأَطِعْنَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚإِنَّمَايُرِيدُٱللَّهُلِيُذْهِبَعَنكُمُٱلرِّجْسَأَهْلَٱلْبَيْتِوَيُطَهِّرَكُمْتَطْهِيرًا٣٣
waqarna fī buyūtikunna walā tabarrajna tabarruja l-jāhiliyati l-ūlā wa-aqim'na l-ṣalata waātīna l-zakata wa-aṭiʿ'na l-laha warasūlahu innamā yurīdu l-lahu liyudh'hiba ʿankumu l-rij'sa ahla l-bayti wayuṭahhirakum taṭhīran

And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Allāh intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.(33)

Word by word

  1. وَقَرْنَwaqarnaAnd stay
  2. فِىfīin
  3. بُيُوتِكُنَّbuyūtikunnayour houses
  4. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  5. تَبَرَّجْنَtabarrajnadisplay yourselves
  6. تَبَرُّجَtabarruja(as was the) display
  7. ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِl-jāhiliyati(of the times of) ignorance
  8. ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖl-ūlāthe former
  9. وَأَقِمْنَwa-aqim'naAnd establish
  10. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
  11. وَءَاتِينَwaātīnaand give
  12. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
  13. وَأَطِعْنَwa-aṭiʿ'naand obey
  14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  15. وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚwarasūlahuand His Messenger
  16. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  17. يُرِيدُyurīduAllah wishes
  18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wishes
  19. لِيُذْهِبَliyudh'hibato remove
  20. عَنكُمُʿankumufrom you
  21. ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe impurity
  22. أَهْلَahla(O) People
  23. ٱلْبَيْتِl-bayti(of) the House
  24. وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْwayuṭahhirakumAnd to purify you
  25. تَطْهِيرًاtaṭhīran(with thorough) purification

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