Qur'an 66:10 At-Tahrim
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ نُوحٍۢ وَٱمْرَأَتَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيْنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًۭٔا وَقِيلَ ٱدْخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ
Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."
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What it says
Ḍaraba mathalan, struck an example, opens a pair of verses that will set two examples against each other, disbelief first. Marriage to a righteous man, even a prophet, carries the two women nowhere; what is emphasized is that kinship saves no one who does not believe.
Word by word
ضَرَبَ ḍaraba struck · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · مَثَلًا mathalan an example · لِّلَّذِينَ lidh-dhīna for those who · كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved · ٱمْرَأَتَ imraʾata the wife of · نُوحٍ nūḥin Noah · وَٱمْرَأَتَ wa-mraʾata and the wife of · لُوطٍ lūṭin Lot · كَانَتَا kānatā the two of them were · تَحْتَ taḥta under · عَبْدَيْنِ ʿabdayni two servants · مِنْ min from among · عِبَادِنَا ʿibādinā our servants · صَٰلِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni righteous · فَخَانَتَاهُمَا fa-khānatāhumā but they betrayed them · فَلَمْ fa-lam so not · يُغْنِيَا yughniyā did they avail · عَنْهُمَا ʿanhumā them · مِنَ mina from · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · شَيْـًٔا shayʾan at all · وَقِيلَ wa-qīla and it was said · ٱدْخُلَا idkhulā enter, you two · ٱلنَّارَ an-nāra the fire · مَعَ maʿa with · ٱلدَّٰخِلِينَ ad-dākhilīn those who enter
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