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58:1

قَدۡ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوۡلَ ٱلَّتِي تُجَٰدِلُكَ فِي زَوۡجِهَا وَتَشۡتَكِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ يَسۡمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَآۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٌ

Qad samiAAa Allahu qawla allatee tujadiluka fee zawjiha watashtakee ila Allahi waAllahu yasmaAAu tahawurakuma inna Allaha sameeAAun baseerun

Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues with you, [O Muhammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah. And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

Word by word
  1. قَدۡIndeed
  2. سَمِعَAllah has heard
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah has heard
  4. قَوۡلَ(the) speech
  5. ٱلَّتِي(of one) who
  6. تُجَٰدِلُكَdisputes with you
  7. فِيconcerning
  8. زَوۡجِهَاher husband
  9. وَتَشۡتَكِيٓand she directs her complaint
  10. إِلَىto
  11. ٱللَّهِAllah
  12. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
  13. يَسۡمَعُhears
  14. تَحَاوُرَكُمَآۚ(the) dialogue of both of you
  15. إِنَّIndeed
  16. ٱللَّهَAllah
  17. سَمِيعُۢ(is) All-Hearer
  18. بَصِيرٌAll-Seer
Al-Mujadila · 58:1Madinah

Aishah, in the same room, missed her words. Allah heard them.

Khawlah's plea, answered from above the heavens

Who heard her
Khawlahpleading about her husband
Aishah nearby
could not hearin the same room
but
Allah heardevery word
Is anyone listening
my complaint is too smallno one hears it
the All-Hearingrevealed verses about it

Khawlah bint Tha'labah came to the Prophet ﷺ about her husband Aws. She said: he spent my wealth, used up my youth, and when I grew old he pronounced zihar on me. Aishah, in the same room, could not hear all of it. She later said: Blessed is He whose hearing encompasses all things.

You are in the hospital corridor whispering to Allah, or crying quietly in the car outside your house. No one around can hear you. The surah is named after a woman exactly like you, whose quiet complaint got an answer.

My private struggles are too small for Allah to care about.

Allah heard a woman whispering her pain and answered her with Quran.

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Tell Allah one complaint today, in your own words, like Khawlah did.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ 

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

(1. Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband, and complains to Allah. And Allah hears the argument between you both. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.)

Reason for revealing this Surah

Imam Ahmad recorded that 'A'ishah said, "All praise be to Allah, Who hears all voices. "The woman who disputed" came to the Prophet ﷺ and argued with him while I was in another part of the room, unable to hear what she said. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored revealed this Ayah,

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا

(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband.)" till the end of this Ayah.

Al-Bukhari collected this Hadith without a chain of narration in the Book of Tawhid in his Sahih. An-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir also collected this Hadith.

In the narration that Ibn Abi Hatim collected, 'A'ishah said, "Blessed is He, Whose hearing has encompassed all things. I heard what Khawlah bint Tha'labah said while some of it I could not hear. She was complaining to Allah's Messenger ﷺ about her husband. She said, 'O Allah's Messenger! He spent my wealth, exhausted my youth and my womb bore abundantly for him. When I became old, unable to bear children, he pronounced the Ziharon me! O Allah! I complain to you.' Soon after, Jibril brought down this Ayah,

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا

(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband,)" She added, "Her husband was Aws bin As-Samit."