Ayat ut Tatheer: To Whom Does the Purification Verse Refer To?

The Purification Verse in Surat Al Ahzaab

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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Verse 28

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** يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا

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Oh Prophet! Say to your wives: If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, then come! I will give you a provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing**.**

Verse 29

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** وَإِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَاتِ مِنْكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

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And if you desire Allah and His Messenger and the home of the Hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared for the good-doers among you a mighty reward**.**

Verse 30

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** يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ مَنْ يَأْتِ مِنْكُنَّ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

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O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits an open indecency, the punishment for her will be doubled; and this is easy to Allah**.**

Verse 31

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** وَمَنْ يَقْنُتْ مِنْكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا نُؤْتِهَا أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيمًا

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And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Apostle and does righteous good deeds, We shall give her, her reward twice, and We have prepared for her an honorable sustenance.

Verse 32

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** يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ ۚ إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا

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O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any of the other women. If you will be on your guard, then be not soft in your speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease should be moved with a desire; but speak in an honorable manner.

Verse 33

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** وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا

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And stay in your houses and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger.
Allah surely wants to keep the sin away from you, O People of the House! And to purify you an absolute purification.

Verse 34

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** وَاذْكُرْنَ مَا يُتْلَىٰ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ لَطِيفًا خَبِيرًا

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And remember that which is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and the wisdom; surely Allah is Ever Most Courteous, Acquainted with all things.