At-Tahrim

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سورة التحريم Sūrat al-Taḥrīm The Banning
Arabic text · English translation
Classification	Medinan
Other names (Eng.)	The Prohibition, THe Forbidding
Position	Juz' 28
Structure	2 rukus, 12 verses

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Surat At-Tahrim (Arabic: سورة التحريم‎) (Banning, Prohibition) is the 66th sura of the Qur'an with 12 ayat. The entire Surah was revealed to Prophet Muhammad to expose A'isha's and Hafsa's conspiracy against Zaynab bint Jahsh and the Prophet. The surah also confirms the virgin birth of Jesus:

• ^{[Quran 66:12]}: "And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefore We breathed therein something of Our Spirit."

Background

This sura is the 66th sura of the Qur'an in Juz 28. It is a Medinan sura. It was named "At-Tahrim (Probihition, Harãm) because in the sura, Allah advices to Muhammad not to stop eating his wife's Zaynab bint Jahsh honey because of what Hafsa have told him that his breath smelled like Mughafir, which is the gum of the Mimosa tree, and said the he probably ate some in the honey, or the bees ate honey, which Allah confirmed that is a lie. Muhammad then got upset, not because of what he ate, but because his wives lied to him.

However, there is another interpretation the can be found in other tafsirs, such as Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which is that Muhammad lay, or was present, with Mary the copt, also known as Maria al-Qibtiyya, his wife or concubine, in the house of Hafsa, when Hafsa saw them, she got upset, which then Muhammad forbade Mary upon himself. Allah then told him to not to do so and "please all his wives". Most tafsirs, such as the famous Tafsir ibn Kathir include both interpretations, a minority only contain one or the other, however, the hadiths such as Sahih Al Bukhari & Sahih Muslim include only the honey interpretation, and most modern scholars except it due to this fact.

Previous sura: At-Talaq	The Quran - Sura 66	Next sura: Al-Mulk
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External links

• At-Tahrim at Sacred Texts