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Sūrah At-Taḥrīm
التحريم · The Prohibition · 12 āyāt · revealed in Madinah · #107 in the order of revelation
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Themes in order
01A household matter answered from aboveāyāt 1–5
The Prophet ﷺ is asked why he forbids himself what Allāh made lawful, seeking his wives' approval; Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful, and has legislated the expiation of oaths for him. When a confided matter was disclosed and made known to him, part of it is mentioned and part overlooked, and two wives are told that if they repent it is best, for their hearts have deviated, while if they support one another against him, Allāh, and the righteous believers stand as his supporters.
02Sincere repentance and the believers' lightāyāt 6–9
Believers are commanded to guard themselves and their families from a Fire fuelled by people and stones, and are called to sincere repentance (tawbatan naṣūḥan), which may erase misdeeds and admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, on a Day when Allāh will not disgrace the Prophet ﷺ and those who believed with him — their light proceeding before them as they ask their Lord to perfect it.
03Four women as parablesāyāt 10–12
Allāh presents an example for the disbelievers: the wives of Nūḥ and Lūṭ, under two righteous servants, who betrayed them and were told to enter the Fire with those who enter, their prophetic husbands availing them nothing before Allāh. And an example for the believers: the wife of , who asked her Lord for a house near Him in Paradise and to be saved from Firʿawn, his deeds, and the wrongdoing people; and bint ʿImrān, who guarded her chastity, so Allāh breathed into her of His spirit, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was among the devoutly obedient.
Allah's names in this sūrah
Which names Allah uses here, and why
Sūrat At-Taḥrīm names Allah in 8 distinct ways across its āyāt; Al-ʿAlīm, Al-Ghafūr, Ar- fall at the close of āyāt, where reads the name as the ground the āyah stands on. A name is never decoration: tafsīr reads the name chosen as part of the āyah's argument. Learn each one, where it falls in Sūrah At-Taḥrīm, and what it asks of you.
Key takeaways
- Seeking to please people is never a reason to forbid yourself what Allah has made lawful.
- Correction from Allah can come even into matters of the Prophet's ﷺ own household.
- Discretion — mentioning only what is necessary — is part of how faults are corrected without humiliation.
- Allah, and the righteous believers are named as the Prophet's ﷺ supporters, regardless of any household discord.
- Sincere repentance has conditions: regret, abandonment, and resolve, not merely words.
- Protecting one's family from wrongdoing is a named religious duty, not an optional concern.
- Believers' light on the Day of Judgement is something they will actively ask Allah to complete.
- Closeness to a righteous person does not itself save anyone before Allah.
- Distance from every support — even 's own household — does not itself prevent salvation.
- Each person's relationship with Allah stands independently of family or marriage.
- 's chastity and belief in her Lord's words are cited as the grounds of her honour, not lineage or status.