The Prophet's Role as a Spiritual Guardian and the Significance of Kinship Ties in Islam

Al-Ahzab — Verses 6–6 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَىٰ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ ۗ وَأُولُو الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ إِلَّا أَن تَفْعَلُوا إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِكُم مَّعْرُوفًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا ٦

The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves, and his wives are their (believers') mothers (as regards respect and marriage). And blood relations among each other have closer personal ties in the Decree of Allah (regarding inheritance) than (the brotherhood of) the believers and the Muhajirun (emigrants from Makkah, etc.), except that you do kindness to those brothers (when the Prophet SAW joined them in brotherhood ties). This has been written in the (Allah's Book of Divine) Decrees (AlLauh AlMahfuz)."

النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَىٰ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves,
وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ ۗ
and his wives are their (believers') mothers (as regards respect and marriage).
وَأُولُو الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ
And blood relations among each other have closer personal ties in the Decree of Allah (regarding inheritance)
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ
than (the brotherhood of) the believers and the Muhajirun (emigrants from Makkah, etc.),
إِلَّا أَن تَفْعَلُوا إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِكُم مَّعْرُوفًا ۚ
except that you do kindness to those brothers (when the Prophet SAW joined them in brotherhood ties).
كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا
This has been written in the (Allah's Book of Divine) Decrees (AlLauh AlMahfuz).