Surah At-Tahrim 66:11

Sunday, 8 March 2026

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وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

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"And Allah sets forth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me a house near You in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people.""

اور اللہ نے ایمان والوں کے لیے فرعون کی بیوی کی مثال دی، جب اس نے کہا: اے میرے رب! میرے لیے اپنے پاس جنت میں گھر بنا دے، اور مجھے فرعون اور اس کے عمل سے نجات دے، اور مجھے ظالم قوم سے بچا لے۔

Explanation

Pharaoh was an unbeliever and a tyrant. But his wife Asiyah, daughter of Muzahim was a woman of Faith and a doer of pious deeds. So when she kept herself on the right path, her husband’s wrong behaviour did not harm her. The husband was sent to hell and the wife found her place in the gardens of paradise. From childhood till her youth, Mary kept herself pure and she preserved her chastity. Therefore, God chose her to give birth as a virgin to a miraculous prophet. According to some traditions, the angel Gabriel blew on the front of her shirt, which made her pregnant and the Messiah was born.

— Source: Tazkirul Quran (Maulana Wahiduddin Khan) via Quran.com (66:11)

Context

A model for all believers—faith persists regardless of external circumstances.

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