Surah Al-Ahzab 33:28 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 28 / 73 · Page 421

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ إِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا

Word by Word

يَا أَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O Prophet
النَّبِيُّ
al-nabiyu
O Prophet
قُل
qul
Say
لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ
li-azwajika
to your wives
إِن
in
If
كُنتُنَّ
kuntunna
you
تُرِدْنَ
turid'na
desire
الْحَيَاةَ
al-hayata
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
وَزِينَتَهَا
wazinataha
and its adornment
فَتَعَالَيْنَ
fata'alayna
then come
أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ
umatti'kunna
I will provide for you
وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ
wa-usarrih'kunna
and release you
سَرَاحًا
sarahan
(with) a release
جَمِيلًا
jamilan
good

Transliteration

Yaaa aiyuhan Nabiyyu qul li azwaajika i kuntunna turidnal hayaatad dunyaa wa zeenatahaa fata'aalaina umatti'kunna wa usarrihkunna saraahan jameela

Translation

O Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Prophet, say to your wives if they seek an increase in spending but you did not have anything more to spend on them: “If you seek the worldly life and the adornment it contains, then let me give you the provisions given to a divorced women, and I will let you go in the best of manners without causing harm.”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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