Quran 66:1 Word by Word & Translations

66:1 Word by Word (2021)

O Prophet! Why (do) you prohibit what has made lawful Allah for you, seeking (to) please your wives? And Allah (is) Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.


66:1 Arabic

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكَ تَبْتَغِى مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَٰجِكَ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

66:1 Transliteration

Ya ayyuha alnnabiyyu lima tuharrimu ma ahalla Allahu laka tabtaghee mardata azwajika waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
O prophet, why do you make unlawful what God has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? God is Forgiver, Merciful.
Abdel Haleem
Prophet, why do you prohibit what God has made lawful to you in your desire to please your wives? Yet God is forgiving and merciful
Abdul Hye
O Prophet! Why do you make unlawful (for yourself) which Allah has made lawful to you in seeking the pleasure of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
O prophet! why makest thou unlawful that which Allah hath made lawful Unto thee, seeking the good-will of thy wives! And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Ahmed Ali
O PROPHET, WHY should you forbid (yourself) what God has made lawful for you, in order to please your wives? Yet God is forgiving and kind
Ahmed Hulusi
O Nabi! Why do you forbid yourself from what Allah had made permissible to you, seeking to please your wives? Allah is the Ghafur, the Rahim.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
'O the communicator of the Unseen (Prophet) why do you forbid for yourself what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking the pleasure of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Aisha Bewley
O Prophet! Why do you make haram what Allah has made halal for you, seeking to please your wives? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Ali Ünal
O Prophet (you who are the greatest representative of Prophethood)! Why do you forbid (yourself) what God has made lawful to you? You seek to please your wives. And God is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate
Ali Quli Qara'i
O Prophet! Why do you prohibit [yourself] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful
Amatul Rahman Omar
Prophet! why do you forbid yourself the things which Allah has made lawful to you? You seek the pleasure (of Allah) for your wives. And Allah is Great Protector, Ever Merciful
Arthur John Arberry
O Prophet, why forbiddest thou what God has made lawful to thee, seeking the good pleasure of thy wives? And God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate
Bakhtiari Nejad
Prophet, why do you prohibit what God made lawful for you looking for your wives' pleasure? God is forgiving and merciful.
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, why do you declare something lawful as unlawful to you? In order to please your wife? God will forgive you for this as He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful
Bilal Muhammad 2018
O messenger, why do you prohibit that which God has made permissible, in order to please your wives? But God is Oft-Forgiving, Mercifully Redeeming
Corpus.Quran
O Prophet Why (do) you prohibit what has made lawful Allah for you seeking (to) please your wives And Allah (is) Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful
Dr. Kamal Omar
O you An-Nabi! For what do you prohibit what Allah has made lawful for your person? (Do) you pay regard to the inclinations of your consorts ? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, continuously Merciful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
O Prophet! Why hast thou forbidden what God permitted to thee. Looking for the goodwill of thy spouses? And God is Forgiving, Compassionate.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
O (Esteemed) Prophet! Why do you forbid yourself (taking honey) which Allah has made lawful for you? (How well) you seek to please your wives! And Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful
Dr. Munir Munshey
Oh prophet! Why did you, in order to please your wives, forbid yourself that which Allah has deemed lawful for you? Allah is all-Forgiving, the most Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer
O thou prophet! wherefore dost thou prohibit what God has made lawful to thee, craving to please thy wives? but God is forgiving, compassionate
Faridul Haque
O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him)! Why do you forbid for yourself the things that Allah has made lawful for you? You wish to please some of your wives; and Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful
Fode Drame
O you the prophet! Why do you make forbidden that which Allah has made lawful to you? You seek the pleasure of your spouses and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
George Sale
O prophet, why holdest thou that to be prohibited which God hath allowed thee, seeking to please thy wives; since God is inclined to forgive and merciful
Hamid S. Aziz
O Prophet! Why do you ban (or forbid) that which Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives; but Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
O Prophet, why do you forbid that which Allah has made lawful to you. Do you seek to please your wives? ' Allah is the Forgiving, the Most Merciful
Hilali - Khan
O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful
Irving/Hegab
O Prophet, why do you prohibit something that Allah (God) has permitted you? You seek to please your wives while Allah (God) is Forgiving, Merciful.
John Medows Rodwell
WHY, O Prophet! dost thou hold that to be FORBIDDEN which God hath made lawful to thee, from a desire to please thy wives, since God is Lenient, Merciful
Linda "iLham" Barto
O Prophet, why do you consider forbidden that which Allah has made lawful for you just to satisfy your wives? Allah is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Maududi
O Prophet, why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you? Is it to please your wives? Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate
Maulana Muhammad Ali
O Prophet, why dost thou forbid (thyself) that which Allah has made lawful for thee? Seekest thou to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Mir Aneesuddin
O prophet! why do you hold unlawful that which Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives, and Allah is Protectively Forgiving, Merciful.
Mohammad Shafi
O Prophet! Why do you make unlawful what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking pleasure of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
You, you the prophet, why/for what (do) you forbid/prohibit what God permitted/allowed for you, you wish/desire your wives' approvals/satisfactions , and God (is) forgiving, merciful
Muhammad Asad
O PROPHET! Why dost thou, out of a desire to please [one or another of] thy wives, impose [on thyself] a prohibition of something that God has made lawful to thee? But God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
O you Prophet, why do you prohibit what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking the complete satisfaction of your spouses? And Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Muhammad Sarwar
Prophet, in seeking the pleasure of your wives, why do you make unlawful that which God has made lawful. God is All-forgiving and All-merciful
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
O Prophet, why do you ban (on your self) something that Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Most- Forgiving, Very-Merciful
Munir Mezyed
O’ ‘Prophet’! Why do you forbid what Allâh has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? Lo! Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
MunirMezyed2023
O’ Prophet! Why do you forbid what Allâh has made lawful for you, striving diligently to please your wives? Lo! Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Musharraf Hussain
Prophet, why do you – desiring to please your wives – avoid things that Allah has made lawful for you? Allah is Forgiving, Caring.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
O Prophet! Why do you prohibit ˹yourself˺ from what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Mustaqim
Oh prophet, why do you prohibit what Allah has permitted to you, seeking the contentment of your wives, and Allah is forgiving and merciful.
N J Dawood 2014
PROPHET, WHY do you prohibit that which God has made lawful for you, in seeking to please your wives?¹ God is forgiving and compassionate
Rashad Khalifa
O you prophet, why do you prohibit what GOD has made lawful for you, just to please your wives? GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
Safi Kaskas
Prophet, why do you prohibit what God has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? God is forgiving and Merciful-to-all.
Samy Mahdy
O the prophet! Why do you forbid what Allah has permitted (Halal) for you, seeking satisfaction of your wives? And Allah is Forgiver, Merciful.
Shabbir Ahmed
O Prophet! Would you prohibit something that Allah has made Lawful for you, even to please your wives? For, Allah is Absolver of (their) imperfections, Merciful
Shakir
O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
Sher Ali
O Prophet ! why dost thou forbid thyself that which ALLAH has made lawful to thee. Thou seekest the pleasure of thy wives? And ALLAH is Most Forgiving, Merciful
Syed Vickar Ahamed
O Prophet! Why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful to you? You seek to please your wives. And Allah is Often Forgiving (Ghafoor), Most Merciful (Raheem)
T.B.Irving
O Prophet, why do you prohibit something that God has permitted you? You seek to please your wives while God is Forgiving, Merciful.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
O Prophet, why do you forbid what God permitted for you, seeking to please your wives? God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Talal Itani (2012)
O prophet! Why do you prohibit what God has permitted for you, seeking to please your wives? God is Forgiving and Merciful
The Study Quran
Prophet! Why dost thou forbid that which God has made lawful unto thee, seeking the good pleasure of thy wives? And God is Forgiving, Merciful
The Wise Quran
O prophet! Why do you prohibit what God has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And God is forgiving, compassionate.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful
Wahiduddin Khan
Prophet, why in your desire to please your wives, do you impose a ban on what God has made lawful to you? God is forgiving and merciful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful