Surah At-Tahrim, Ayah 10 (66:10)

ٱلتَّحْرِيم

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ …

Quran 66:10 is ayah 10 of Surah At-Tahrim (“The Prohibition”), a Medinan surah of 12 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 561 of the Madani Mushaf.

66:10
ضَرَبَٱللَّهُمَثَلًالِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱمْرَأَتَنُوحٍوَٱمْرَأَتَلُوطٍ ۖكَانَتَاتَحْتَعَبْدَيْنِمِنْعِبَادِنَاصَٰلِحَيْنِفَخَانَتَاهُمَافَلَمْيُغْنِيَاعَنْهُمَامِنَٱللَّهِشَئًْاوَقِيلَٱدْخُلَاٱلنَّارَمَعَٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ١٠
ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna kafarū im'ra-ata nūḥin wa-im'ra-ata lūṭin kānatā taḥta ʿabdayni min ʿibādinā ṣāliḥayni fakhānatāhumā falam yugh'niyā ʿanhumā mina l-lahi shayan waqīla ud'khulā l-nāra maʿa l-dākhilīna

Allāh 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 they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from Allāh at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."(10)

Word by word

  1. ضَرَبَḍarabaPresents
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  3. مَثَلًاmathalanan example
  4. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  5. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  6. ٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata(the) wife
  7. نُوحٍnūḥin(of) Nuh
  8. وَٱمْرَأَتَwa-im'ra-ata(and the) wife
  9. لُوطٍ ۖlūṭin(of) Lut
  10. كَانَتَاkānatāThey were
  11. تَحْتَtaḥtaunder
  12. عَبْدَيْنِʿabdaynitwo [slaves]
  13. مِنْminof
  14. عِبَادِنَاʿibādināOur slaves
  15. صَٰلِحَيْنِṣāliḥaynirighteous
  16. فَخَانَتَاهُمَاfakhānatāhumābut they both betrayed them
  17. فَلَمْfalamso not
  18. يُغْنِيَاyugh'niyāthey availed
  19. عَنْهُمَاʿanhumāboth of them
  20. مِنَminafrom
  21. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  22. شَئًْاshayan(in) anything
  23. وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said
  24. ٱدْخُلَاud'khulāEnter
  25. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
  26. مَعَmaʿawith
  27. ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَl-dākhilīnathose who enter

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