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Surah An-Nur, Ayah 26 (24:26)

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ٱلْخَبِيثَٰتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَٰتِ ۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ …

Quran 24:26 is ayah 26 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 352 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:26
ٱلْخَبِيثَٰتُلِلْخَبِيثِينَوَٱلْخَبِيثُونَلِلْخَبِيثَٰتِ ۖوَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُلِلطَّيِّبِينَوَٱلطَّيِّبُونَلِلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمُبَرَّءُونَمِمَّايَقُولُونَ ۖلَهُممَّغْفِرَةٌوَرِزْقٌكَرِيمٌ٢٦
al-khabīthātu lil'khabīthīna wal-khabīthūna lil'khabīthāti wal-ṭayibātu lilṭṭayyibīna wal-ṭayibūna lilṭṭayyibāti ulāika mubarraūna mimmā yaqūlūna lahum maghfiratun wariz'qun karīmun

Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what they [i.e., slanderers] say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.(26)

Word by word

  1. ٱلْخَبِيثَٰتُal-khabīthātuEvil women
  2. لِلْخَبِيثِينَlil'khabīthīna(are) for evil men
  3. وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَwal-khabīthūnaand evil men
  4. لِلْخَبِيثَٰتِ ۖlil'khabīthāti(are) for evil women
  5. وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُwal-ṭayibātuAnd good women
  6. لِلطَّيِّبِينَlilṭṭayyibīna(are) for good men
  7. وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَwal-ṭayibūnaand good men
  8. لِلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚlilṭṭayyibāti(are) for good women
  9. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  10. مُبَرَّءُونَmubarraūna(are) innocent
  11. مِمَّاmimmāof what
  12. يَقُولُونَ ۖyaqūlūnathey say
  13. لَهُمlahumFor them
  14. مَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratun(is) forgiveness
  15. وَرِزْقٌwariz'qunand a provision
  16. كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble

Tafsir (commentary) of 24:26

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The Goodness of `A'ishah because She is married to the best of Mankind

Ibn `Abbas said, "Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are for evil words; good words are for good men and good men are for good words. This was revealed concerning `A'ishah and the people of the slander." This was also narrated from Mujahid, `Ata', Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ash-Sha`bi, Al-Hasan bin Abu Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Habib bin Abi Thabit and Ad-Dahhak, and it was also the view favored by Ibn Jarir. He interpreted it to mean that evil speech is more suited to evil people, and good speech is more suited to good people. What the hypocrites attributed to `A'ishah was more suited to them, and she was most suited to innocence and having nothing to do with them. Allah said:

أُوْلَـئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ

(such (good people) are innocent of (every) bad statement which they say;) `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said, "Evil women are for evil men and evil men are for evil women, and good women are for good men and good men are for good women." This also necessarily refers back to what they said, i.e., Allah would not have made `A'ishah the wife of His Messenger unless she had been good, because he is the best of the best of mankind. If she had been evil, she would not have been a suitable partner either according to His Laws or His decree. Allah said:

أُوْلَـئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ

(such are innocent of (every) bad statement which they say;) meaning, they are remote from what the people of slander and enmity say.

لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ

(for them is forgiveness,) means, because of the lies that were told about them,

وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

(and honored provision.) meaning, with Allah in the Gardens of Delight. This implies a promise that she will be the wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Paradise.

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