إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا 57
Translations
Indeed, those who abuse Allāh and His Messenger - Allāh has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.
Transliteration
Inna alladhina yu'dhuna Allaha wa rasulahu la'anahum Allahu fi al-dunya wa-al-akhirah wa-a'adda lahum adhaban muhiina
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah declares a severe warning against those who harm Allah and His Messenger, stating that Allah's curse upon them extends to both this world and the Hereafter, with humiliating punishment prepared for them. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir and Al-Tabari interpret 'harming Allah and His Messenger' as encompassing mockery, insults, defamation, and opposition to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the message of Islam. The ayah emphasizes that such acts invoke divine displeasure in the present life through shame and spiritual ruin, and eternal punishment in the afterlife.
Revelation Context
This ayah was revealed in Madinah during the later Meccan and Medinan period when hypocrites and disbelievers openly mocked and insulted the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and his message. It forms part of Surah Al-Ahzab's broader context addressing the siege of Medina (Battle of the Confederates) and the challenges posed by those who opposed Islam from within and without the Muslim community.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever curses the Prophet, kill him,' narrated in Sahih Bukhari (6856). Additionally, the hadith: 'Whoever insults the Prophet will not enter Paradise,' found in Tirmidhi and other collections, reinforces the gravity of this transgression.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah teaches believers to deeply respect and defend the honor of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) while warning that those who deliberately mock or insult him face both worldly shame and eternal punishment, reinforcing that protecting the dignity of the Prophet is a fundamental aspect of Islamic faith and community.
Related Ayahs
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا
And rely upon Allāh; and sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.
لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رَّقِيبًا
Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.
وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَـٰهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًا
And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party [i.e., their men] you killed, and you took captive a party [i.e., the women and children].
وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّآ إِيمَـٰنًا وَتَسْلِيمًا
And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.