Surah At-Tahrim, Ayah 4 (66:4)

ٱلتَّحْرِيم

إِن تَتُوبَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖ وَإِن تَظَٰهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ …

Quran 66:4 is ayah 4 of Surah At-Tahrim (“The Prohibition”), a Medinan surah of 12 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 560 of the Madani Mushaf.

66:4
إِنتَتُوبَآإِلَىٱللَّهِفَقَدْصَغَتْقُلُوبُكُمَا ۖوَإِنتَظَٰهَرَاعَلَيْهِفَإِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَمَوْلَىٰهُوَجِبْرِيلُوَصَٰلِحُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُبَعْدَذَٰلِكَظَهِيرٌ٤
in tatūbā ilā l-lahi faqad ṣaghat qulūbukumā wa-in taẓāharā ʿalayhi fa-inna l-laha huwa mawlāhu wajib'rīlu waṣāliḥu l-mu'minīna wal-malāikatu baʿda dhālika ẓahīrun

If you two [wives] repent to Allāh, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allāh is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants.(4)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. تَتُوبَآtatūbāyou both turn
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. فَقَدْfaqadso indeed
  6. صَغَتْṣaghat(are) inclined
  7. قُلُوبُكُمَا ۖqulūbukumāyour hearts
  8. وَإِنwa-inbut if
  9. تَظَٰهَرَاtaẓāharāyou backup each other
  10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst him
  11. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  12. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  13. هُوَhuwaHe
  14. مَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhu(is) his Protector
  15. وَجِبْرِيلُwajib'rīluand Jibreel
  16. وَصَٰلِحُwaṣāliḥuand (the) righteous
  17. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖl-mu'minīnabelievers
  18. وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
  19. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  20. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  21. ظَهِيرٌẓahīrun(are his) assistants

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