33:1  O you prophet, reverence God, and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable, Wise.

33:2  And follow what is being revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed, God is All-Aware of what you all do.

33:3  And put your trust in God. God suffices as a Trustee.

33:4  God did not place two hearts in any man's interior, nor did He make your wives, whom you estrange by equating them with your mothers, your actual mothers, nor did He make your adopted sons your real sons. These are but the utterances of your mouths, but God speaks the truth, and He guides to the path.

33:5  Name them after their fathers. This is more equitable in the sight of God. If you do not know who their fathers are, then call them after your brethren in religion and those close to you. There is no blame on you for what you do by mistake, but only for what your hearts deliberately intend. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

33:6  The prophet is to be given priority by the believers over themselves, and his wives are in the position of their mothers. The blood-relatives are to be given priority among themselves in God's Book over the other believers and the immigrants. All the same, you should do good to your close associates. This has been inscribed in the Book.

33:7  When We took from the prophets their covenant, and from you, and from Noah, and Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary; We took from them a solemn covenant

33:8  so that He may question the truthful about their truthfulness. He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

33:9  O you who believe, remember God's blessing upon you when soldiers came towards you, and so We sent upon them a wind and soldiers whom you did not see. God is Seer of what you do.

33:10  When they came towards you, from above you and from below you, and when the sights deviated and the hearts reached the throats, and you harboured doubts about God;

33:11  that was when the believers were tested and were shaken a mighty shaking.

33:12  And when the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts said, "God and His messenger have promised us nothing but delusion."

33:13  And when a group of them said, "O people of Yathrib, you cannot make a stand, so go back," a group among them asked the prophet to excuse them, saying: "Our homes are exposed," when they were not exposed. They just wanted to flee.

33:14  Had they been invaded from all quarters, then some testing demands were asked of them, they would have done so and would not have hesitated except briefly.

33:15  That is despite having made a pledge to God previously that they would not turn their backs. A pledge to God will be called to account.

33:16  Say, "Fleeing will never benefit you. If you think that you ran away from death or killing, in fact, it was but already decreed that you would have enjoyment for a little longer."

33:17  Say, "Who is the one who can shield you from God if He willed any harm for you, or if He willed any mercy for you?" They will not find, besides God, any ally or supporter.

33:18  God knows the obstructers among you and those who say to their brothers, "Come and join us," and who themselves do not go to the battle except rarely.

33:19  They are stingy towards you. Then if fear comes, you see them looking at you with their eyes rolling like someone who is overcome by death. Then once the fear subsides, they lash out at you with sharp tongues. They are stingy when it comes to doing good. Those have not believed, and so God has nullified their work. And that is easy for God.

33:20  They thought that the parties had not withdrawn. If the parties were to come, they would wish that they were among the Arabs of the desert, enquiring about your news. And were they among you, they would not have taken part in the fighting except rarely.

33:21  You have in the messenger of God a fine example for whoever seeks God and the Last Day, and who remembers God frequently.

33:22  When the believers saw the parties, they said, "This is what God and His messenger promised us. God and His messenger have indeed been truthful." This only increased their faith and their acceptance.

33:23  Among the believers are men who have been true to what they pledged to God. Some of them have met their death, while others are still waiting. They have not changed in any way.

33:24  God will then reward the truthful for their truthfulness and punish the hypocrites if He so wills or redeem them. Indeed, God is Forgiver, Merciful.

33:25  To their rage, the disbelievers were driven back by God without making any gains, and thus God spared the believers the fighting. God is Powerful, Dignified.

33:26  He brought down those who supported them from among the People of the Book from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts, whereby you killed some of them, and some you took captive.

33:27  He made you inherit their land, their homes, their wealth, and a land you had never stepped on. God is Capable of all things.

33:28  O you prophet, say to your wives, "If you seek the worldly life and its zinat, then come and I will make a provision for you and release you gracefully.

33:29  But if you seek God and His messenger and the Abode of the Hereafter, then God has prepared for the good-doers among you a great reward."

33:30  O wives of the prophet, if any of you commits a clear immorality, the punishment will be doubled for her twice over. And that is easy for God.

33:31  And for whoever of you who obeys God and His messenger, and does good deeds, We will reward her twice over, and We have prepared for her a generous provision.

33:32  O wives of the prophet, you are not like any other women, provided you are reverent. So do not be too accommodating when you speak, lest someone with sickness in his heart becomes desirous, but speak righteous words.

33:33  Keep yourselves to your homes and do not display yourselves as the displays of the old days of ignorance. Observe the Salat and give the Zakat, and obey God and His messenger. God wishes but to remove from you the un-cleanliness, O people of the house, and to purify you thoroughly.

33:34  And remember what is recited in your homes of God's revelations and the wisdom. Indeed, God is Gentle, All-Aware.

33:35  The submitting men and the submitting women, the believing men and the believing women, the obedient men and the obedient women, the truthful men and the truthful women, the patient men and the patient women, the humble men and the humble women, the charitable men and the charitable women, the fasting men and the fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the guarding women, the men who remember God frequently and the women who also remember; God has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward.

33:36  It is not for a believing man or a believing woman to have a choice in their affair when God and His messenger have decreed a matter. Anyone who disobeys God and His messenger has strayed a clear straying indeed.

33:37  When you said to the one upon whom God had bestowed favour, and you bestowed favour, "Hold on to your wife, and reverence God," and you hid inside yourself that which God decreed to be known; you feared the people when it was God who is more worthy for you to fear. Then when Zeid dissolved his union with her, We had you marry her to confirm that no blame falls on the believers for marrying the wives of their adopted sons if the latter have dissolved their union with them. God's command is to be carried out.

33:38  No blame falls upon the prophet concerning what God has decreed for him; the Sunna of God, as was decreed for those who passed away before. God's command is a pre-ordained decree.

33:39  Those who deliver God's messages and fear Him, they fear none but God. God suffices as a Reckoner.

33:40  Muhammad was not the father of any of your men, but he was the messenger of God and the seal of the prophets. And God is Knowledgeable of all things.

33:41  O you who believe, remember God frequently,

33:42  and glorify Him morning and evening.

33:43  He is the One who supports you, as well as His angels, to bring you out of the darkness and into the light. He is Merciful towards the believers.

33:44  Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be "Peace," and He has prepared for them a generous reward.

33:45  O you prophet, We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, a warner,

33:46  and a caller inviting to God with His permission, and an illuminating lamp.

33:47  Give good news to the believers that they shall have great favour from God.

33:48  Do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their abuse and put your trust in God. God suffices as a Trustee.

33:49  O you who believe, if you marry believing women and you happen to divorce them before you have touched them, then you are not entitled to impose an interim upon them. So compensate them and release them gracefully.

33:50  O you prophet, We have made lawful for you your wives to whom you have paid their dowries and what your right hand possesses of what God has granted you. Also lawful for you are the daughters of your paternal uncles, the daughters of your paternal aunts, the daughters of your maternal uncles, and the daughters of your maternal aunts who have emigrated with you. Also, a believing woman if she donates herself to the prophet and if the prophet wishes to marry her. She becomes lawful to you to the exclusion of all other believers. We know what We have decreed for them regarding their spouses and what their right hand possesses so that no blame falls on you. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

33:51  You may defer whom you wish of them, and you may take unto yourself whom you wish. There is no blame on you if you should desire any of them whom you had previously set aside. This makes it more likely that they will be happy, to have no grief, and for all of them to be accepting of what you have given them. God knows what is in your hearts. God is Knowledgeable, Forbearing.

33:52  No women are lawful for you beyond that, nor for you to replace them with other wives even if you are attracted by their beauty, with the exception of what your right hand possesses. God is Watchful over all things.

33:53  O you who believe, do not enter the prophet's homes unless you are invited for a meal, and do not come and wait while it is being prepared. Rather, when you are invited, you may then enter, and when you have eaten, disperse without lingering around seeking to engage in conversation. This used to hurt the prophet, and he was too shy to tell you, but God does not shy away from the truth. If you ask his wives for something, ask them from behind a barrier. This is purer for your hearts and their hearts. It is not for you to hurt the messenger of God nor to marry his wives after him. Indeed, that is a grievous matter in the sight of God.

33:54  Whether you disclose something or hide it, indeed, God is Knowledgeable of all things.

33:55  There is no blame upon them concerning their fathers, their sons, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, their women, nor what their right hands possess. Reverence God. Indeed, God is Witness over all things.

33:56  God and His angels support the prophet. O you who believe, support him and accept him wholeheartedly.

33:57  As for those who throw abuse at God and His messenger, God has cursed them in this life and in the Hereafter and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

33:58  And those who abuse the believing men and the believing women for something they have not committed, they bear the burden of slander and a clear sin.

33:59  O you prophet, say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to lower their outer garments. This is better so that they will be recognised and not harmed. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

33:60  If the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts and those who spread rumours in the city do not refrain, We will rouse you against them, then they will not be your neighbours therein for much longer.

33:61  They are cursed wherever they are encountered. They should be seized and killed most assuredly.

33:62  Such was the Sunna of God for those who passed away before. You will find that there is no substitute for the Sunna of God.

33:63  The people ask you about the Hour, say, "The knowledge thereof is only with God. For all you know, the Hour may be imminent."

33:64  God has cursed the disbelievers and has prepared for them a Blaze.

33:65  Remaining therein forever, they will find no ally or supporter.

33:66  On the Day their faces will be rolled over in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed God and obeyed the messenger."

33:67  And they will say, "Our Lord, we have obeyed our masters and our superiors, and they misled us from the path.

33:68  Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them a great curse."

33:69  O you who believe, do not be like those who abused Moses, then God cleared him of what they said. He was honourable in the sight of God.

33:70  O you who believe, reverence God, and speak in a correct and straightforward manner.

33:71  He will then rectify your work for you and forgive you your sins. Whoever obeys God and His messenger has indeed triumphed a great triumph.

33:72  We have offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth and the mountains, but they refused to carry it and were afraid of it, while the human being accepted it. Indeed, he was transgressing, ignorant.

33:73  This is in order for God to punish the hypocrite men and the hypocrite women, as well as the men who commit shirk and the women who commit shirk, and so that God would redeem the believing men and the believing women. God is Forgiver, Merciful.