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Surah Al-Mujadila, Ayah 1 (58:1)

ٱلْمُجَادِلَة

قَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوْلَ ٱلَّتِى تُجَٰدِلُكَ فِى زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ …

Quran 58:1 is ayah 1 of Surah Al-Mujadila (“The Pleading Woman”), a Medinan surah of 22 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 542 of the Madani Mushaf.

58:1
قَدْسَمِعَٱللَّهُقَوْلَٱلَّتِىتُجَٰدِلُكَفِىزَوْجِهَاوَتَشْتَكِىٓإِلَىٱللَّهِوَٱللَّهُيَسْمَعُتَحَاوُرَكُمَآ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَسَمِيعٌۢبَصِيرٌ١
qad samiʿa l-lahu qawla allatī tujādiluka fī zawjihā watashtakī ilā l-lahi wal-lahu yasmaʿu taḥāwurakumā inna l-laha samīʿun baṣīrun

Certainly has Allāh heard the speech of the one who argues [i.e., pleads] with you, [O Muḥammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allāh. And Allāh hears your dialogue; indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.(1)

Word by word

  1. قَدْqadIndeed
  2. سَمِعَsamiʿaAllah has heard
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has heard
  4. قَوْلَqawla(the) speech
  5. ٱلَّتِىallatī(of one) who
  6. تُجَٰدِلُكَtujādilukadisputes with you
  7. فِىfīconcerning
  8. زَوْجِهَاzawjihāher husband
  9. وَتَشْتَكِىٓwatashtakīand she directs her complaint
  10. إِلَىilāto
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhears
  14. تَحَاوُرَكُمَآ ۚtaḥāwurakumā(the) dialogue of both of you
  15. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  16. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  17. سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
  18. بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer

Tafsir (commentary) of 58:1

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Which was revealed in Al-Madinah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Reason for revealing this Surah

Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said, "All praise be to Allah, Who hears all voices. "The woman who disputed" came to the Prophet and argued with him while I was in another part of the room, unable to hear what she said. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored revealed this Ayah,

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِى تُجَادِلُكَ فِى زَوْجِهَا

(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband.)" till the end of this Ayah. Al-Bukhari collected this Hadith without a chain of narration in the Book of Tawhid in his Sahih. An-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir also collected this Hadith. In the narration that Ibn Abi Hatim collected, `A'ishah said, "Blessed is He, Whose hearing has encompassed all things. I heard what Khawlah bint Tha`labah said while some of it I could not hear. She was complaining to Allah's Messenger ﷺ about her husband. She said, `O Allah's Messenger! He spent my wealth, exhausted my youth and my womb bore abundantly for him. When I be- came old, unable to bear children, he pronounced the Ziharon me! O Allah! I complain to you.' Soon after, Jibril brought down this Ayah,

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِى تُجَادِلُكَ فِى زَوْجِهَا

(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband,)" She added, "Her husband was Aws bin As-Samit."

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