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Surah At-Tahrim, Verse 2

سورة التحريم، الآية ٢

66:2 Juz 28 Hizb 56 Page 560 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 66:2

قَدْ فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ۝٢

Transliteration

qad faraḍa l-lahu lakum taḥillata aymānikum wal-lahu mawlākum wahuwa l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu

Translation

Allāh has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths.1707 And Allāh is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

Notes

[1707] By means of a kaffārah (expiation). This is required when one is unable to fulfill an oath or when one has taken an oath which would not be pleasing to Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). See 5:89.

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Verse 2 of Surah At-Tahrim (66:2), a Medinan surah, is in juz 28, on page 560 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Verily, Allah has legislated for you to break your oaths by giving expiation if you find something better than the oaths your took or if you go against them. Allah is your helper and He is The Knower of your circumstances and what is best for you; He is The Wise in His legislation and decree.

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Other translations of verse 2

Allah has ordained for you the way to absolve yourselves from your oaths1. Allah is your Guardian, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Notes

[1] By way of expiation. This is when one is unable to fulfill an oath or has taken an oath that is not pleasing to Allah. See 5:89.

Allâh has already ordained for you (O men) the absolution from your oaths. And Allâh is your Maulâ (Lord, or Master, or Protector) and He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise.

Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths (of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.

Allah has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of your oaths (in some cases): and Allah is your Protector, and He is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom.

Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your oaths and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the Wise.

Allah has already ordained for you (The believers) the lawful absolution of your oaths; and Allah is your Patronizer, and He is The Ever-Knowing, The Ever-Wise.

Verse 2 word by word

  1. قَدْ qad Indeed
  2. فَرَضَ faraḍa has ordained ف ر ض
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  4. لَكُمْ lakum for you
  5. تَحِلَّةَ taḥillata (the) dissolution ح ل ل
  6. أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ aymānikum (of) your oaths ي م ن
  7. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  8. مَوْلَىٰكُمْ mawlākum (is) your Protector و ل ي
  9. وَهُوَ wahuwa and He
  10. ٱلْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu (is) the All-Knower ع ل م
  11. ٱلْحَكِيمُ l-ḥakīmu the All-Wise ح ك م

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