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
لِّيَسْـَٔلَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِىٓ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَآئِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ ۗ وَٱتَّقِينَ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدًا
There is no blame upon them [i.e., women] concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess [i.e., slaves]. And fear Allāh. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, Witness.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِنَّآ أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَٰجَكَ ٱلَّـٰتِىٓ ءَاتَيْتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّـٰتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَـٰلَـٰتِكَ ٱلَّـٰتِى هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ وَٱمْرَأَةً مُّؤْمِنَةً إِن وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِىِّ إِنْ أَرَادَ ٱلنَّبِىُّ أَن يَسْتَنكِحَهَا خَالِصَةً لَّكَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۗ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِىٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation and those your right hand possesses from what Allāh has returned to you [of captives] and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her; [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that there will be upon you no discomfort [i.e., difficulty]. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا
O you who have believed, remember Allāh with much remembrance