Quran Universe
66:10

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱمۡرَأَتَ نُوحٖ وَٱمۡرَأَتَ لُوطٖۖ كَانَتَا تَحۡتَ عَبۡدَيۡنِ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا صَٰلِحَيۡنِ فَخَانَتَاهُمَا فَلَمۡ يُغۡنِيَا عَنۡهُمَا مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗا وَقِيلَ ٱدۡخُلَا ٱلنَّارَ مَعَ ٱلدَّـٰخِلِينَ

Daraba Allahu mathalan lillatheena kafaroo imraata noohin waimraata lootin kanata tahta AAabdayni min AAibadina salihayni fakhanatahuma falam yughniya AAanhuma mina Allahi shayan waqeela odkhula alnnara maAAa alddakhileena

Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, "Enter the Fire with those who enter."

Word by word
  1. ضَرَبَPresents
  2. ٱللَّهُAllah
  3. مَثَلٗاan example
  4. لِّلَّذِينَfor those who
  5. كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
  6. ٱمۡرَأَتَ(the) wife
  7. نُوحٖ(of) Nuh
  8. وَٱمۡرَأَتَ(and the) wife
  9. لُوطٖۖ(of) Lut
  10. كَانَتَاThey were
  11. تَحۡتَunder
  12. عَبۡدَيۡنِtwo [slaves]
  13. مِنۡof
  14. عِبَادِنَاOur slaves
  15. صَٰلِحَيۡنِrighteous
  16. فَخَانَتَاهُمَاbut they both betrayed them
  17. فَلَمۡso not
  18. يُغۡنِيَاthey availed
  19. عَنۡهُمَاboth of them
  20. مِنَfrom
  21. ٱللَّهِAllah
  22. شَيۡـٔٗا(in) anything
  23. وَقِيلَand it was said
  24. ٱدۡخُلَاEnter
  25. ٱلنَّارَthe Fire
  26. مَعَwith
  27. ٱلدَّـٰخِلِينَthose who enter
At-Tahrim · 66:10Madinah

Married to prophets, and it did not save them.

The wives of Nuh and Lut

Closest to a prophet
Nuh's wifeexposed the believers
Lut's wifeexposed his guests
married to
righteous prophetsday and night together
availed nothingfaith is personal
What saves you
who you are close toa pious family
your own faithnothing else crosses

Ibn Kathir says they lived with two prophets, eating and sleeping beside them, but betrayed them in faith, not in chastity. Ibn Abbas said Nuh's wife told his people whenever someone believed, and Lut's wife told the city whenever he had guests. Their closeness did not help them before Allah.

Your father is the imam. Your wife is a hafidha. Your best friend is the most religious person you know. None of that is your faith. It can inspire you, but only your own heart crosses over.

Being close to religious people makes me safe.

Closeness to the righteous helps, but only my own faith will count for me.

Try this

Do one act of worship today purely on your own, not because someone around you is doing it.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 66:9)

O Prophet! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe against them; their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination (9)Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They were under two of our righteous servants, but they both betrayed them. So, they availed them not against Allah and it was said: "Enter the Fire along with those who enter! (10)

The Command for Jihad against the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites

Allah the Exalted orders His Messenger ﷺ to perform Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites, the former with weapons and armaments and the later by establishing Allah's legislated penal code,

وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ

(and be severe against them) meaning, in this life,

وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

(their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) that is, in the Hereafter.

The Disbeliever shall never benefit from His Believing Relative on the Day of Resurrection

Allah the exalted said,

ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا 

(Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve) meaning, the disbelievers who live together in this life with Muslims, their mixing and mingling with Muslims will not help the disbelievers, nor will it avail them with Allah, until and unless they gain faith in their hearts. Then Allah mentioned the parable, saying,

امْرَأَتَ نُوحٍ وَامْرَأَتَ لُوطٍ ۖ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ

(the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They were under two of our righteous servants,) means, they were the wives of two of Allah's Messengers and were their companions by day and night, eating with them and sleeping with them, as much as any marriage contains of interaction between spouses. However,

 فَخَانَتَاهُمَا 

(they both betrayed them.) meaning, in the faith, they did not adhere to the faith sent through their husbands nor accepted their message. Therefore, all the intimate knowledge of their husbands neither helped them nor prevented punishment, hence Allah's statement,

فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا

(So, they availed them not against Allah) means, because their wives were disbelievers,

 وَقِيلَ 

(and it was said) meaning, to these wives,

ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِينَ

(Enter the Fire along with those who enter!) The part of the Ayah that reads,

فَخَانَتَاهُمَا 

(but they both betrayed them) does not pertain to committing illegal sexual intercourse, but to refusing to accept the religion. Surely, the wives of the Prophets were immune from committing illegal sexual intercourse on account of the honor that Allah has granted His Prophets, as we explained in Surat An-Nur.

Al-'Awfi reported from Ibn 'Abbas, "They betrayed them by not following their religion. The wife of Prophet Nuh used to expose his secrets, informing his oppressive people whenever any person embraced the faith with Nuh. As for the wife of Prophet Lut, she used to inform the people of the city (Sodom), who committed the awful sexual act (sodomy), whenever a guest was entertained by her husband." Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn 'Abbas said, "No wife of a Prophet ever committed adultery and fornication. Rather, they betrayed them by refusing to follow their religion." Similar was said by 'Ikrimah, Sa'id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and others.