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Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 33

سورة الأحزاب، الآية ٣٣

33:33 Juz 22 Hizb 43 Page 422 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 33:33

وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَأَقِمْنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتِينَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِعْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ ٱلرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ۝٣٣

Transliteration

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

Translation

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.

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Verse 33 of Surah Al-Ahzab (33:33), a Medinan surah, is in juz 22, on page 422 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 33

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And remain within your homes; do not leave them unless for a need; do not expose your beauty like the women who would do so before Islam to attract men; perform prayer to perfection; give Zakat of your wealth, and obey Allah and His Messenger. O wives of the Messenger of Allah and people of His household! Allah (may He be glorified) only intends to remove harm from you, and wants to purify your souls by adorning them with excellent characteristics such that no blemish remains.

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Other translations of verse 33

Stay in your homes and do not display your charms as was done in the former days of ignorance; establish prayer and give Zakah; and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only intends to keep evil away from you, O members of the [Prophet’s] household, and to completely purify you.

And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salât (Iqamât-as-Salât), and give Zakât and obey Allâh and His Messenger. Allâh wishes only to remove Ar-Rijs (evil deeds and sins) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم), and to purify you with a thorough purification.

And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment of the Time of Ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor-due, and obey Allah and His messenger. Allah's wish is but to remove uncleanness far from you, O Folk of the Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing.

And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.

And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.

And reside in your homes, and do not flaunt your finery as was the flaunting of finery in the earliest (times) of Ignorance, and keep up the prayer, and bring the Zakat, (Pat the poor-dues) and obey Allah and His Messenger. Surely Allah wills only to put away indeed from you abomination, Population of the Home, and to purify you a thorough purification.

Verse 33 word by word

  1. وَقَرْنَ waqarna And stay ق ر ر
  2. فِى fī in
  3. بُيُوتِكُنَّ buyūtikunna your houses ب ي ت
  4. وَلَا walā and (do) not
  5. تَبَرَّجْنَ tabarrajna display yourselves ب ر ج
  6. تَبَرُّجَ tabarruja (as was the) display ب ر ج
  7. ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ l-jāhiliyati (of the times of) ignorance ج ه ل
  8. ٱلْأُولَىٰ l-ūlā the former أ و ل
  9. وَأَقِمْنَ wa-aqim'na And establish ق و م
  10. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ l-ṣalata the prayer ص ل و
  11. وَءَاتِينَ waātīna and give أ ت ي
  12. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ l-zakata zakah ز ك و
  13. وَأَطِعْنَ wa-aṭiʿ'na and obey ط و ع
  14. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  15. وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ warasūlahu and His Messenger ر س ل
  16. إِنَّمَا innamā Only
  17. يُرِيدُ yurīdu Allah wishes ر و د
  18. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah wishes
  19. لِيُذْهِبَ liyudh'hiba to remove ذ ه ب
  20. عَنكُمُ ʿankumu from you
  21. ٱلرِّجْسَ l-rij'sa the impurity ر ج س
  22. أَهْلَ ahla (O) People أ ه ل
  23. ٱلْبَيْتِ l-bayti (of) the House ب ي ت
  24. وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ wayuṭahhirakum And to purify you ط ه ر
  25. تَطْهِيرًا taṭhīran (with thorough) purification ط ه ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3205

"When these Ayat were revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ): 'Allah only wishes to remove the Rijs from you, O members of the family, and to purify you with a thorough purification (33:33)' in the home of Umm Salamah, he called for Fatimah, Hasan, Husain, and wrapped him in the cloak, and 'Ali was behind…

"‏ اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْتِ عَلَى مَكَانِكِ وَأَنْتِ عَلَى خَيْرٍ ‏"

Narrated by Umar ibn Abu Salama + 1 other version

Weak Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3206

"For six months, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pass by the door of Fatimah when going to the Fajr prayer saying: 'As-Salat O People of the house! Allah only wishes to remove the Rijs from you, O members of the family, and to purify you with thorough purification (33:33).'"

الصَّلاَةَ يَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ إنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ‏)‏ ‏"

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 2 other versions

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