Al-Ahzáb 33:4 ما جعل الله لرجل من قلبين في جوفه وما جعل ازواجكم اللايي تظاهرون منهن امهاتكم وما جعل ادعياءكم ابناءكم ذالكم قولكم بافواهكم والله يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل ٤
مَّا
جَعَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لِرَجُلٖ
مِّن
قَلۡبَيۡنِ
فِي
جَوۡفِهِۦۚ
وَمَا
جَعَلَ
أَزۡوَٰجَكُمُ
ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي
تُظَٰهِرُونَ
مِنۡهُنَّ
أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۚ
وَمَا
جَعَلَ
أَدۡعِيَآءَكُمۡ
أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡۚ
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
قَوۡلُكُم
بِأَفۡوَٰهِكُمۡۖ
وَٱللَّهُ
يَقُولُ
ٱلۡحَقَّ
وَهُوَ
يَهۡدِي
ٱلسَّبِيلَ
٤
Allah does not place two hearts in any person’s chest. Nor does He regard your wives as ˹unlawful for you like˺ your real mothers, ˹even˺ if you say they are.1 Nor does He regard your adopted children as your real children.2 These are only your baseless assertions. But Allah declares the truth, and He ˹alone˺ guides to the ˹Right˺ Way.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Allāh has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful1 your mothers. And He has not made your claimed [i.e., adopted] sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allāh says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Abolition of Adoption
Before Allah discusses ideas and theoretical matters, He gives tangible examples: one man cannot have two hearts in his body, and a man's wife does not become his mother if he says the words of Zihar to her: "You are to me like the back of my mother." By the same token, an adopt
…Abolition of Adoption
Before Allah discusses ideas and theoretical matters, He gives tangible examples: one man cannot have two hearts in his body, and
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