Transliteration:( Wazkurna maa yutlaa fee bu yootikunna min aayaatil laahi wal Hikmah; innal laaha kaana lateefan Khabeera (section 4) )
"And remember what is recited in your homes from the revelations of Allah and His Wisdom [89]. Surely Allah knows every subtlety and is All-Aware."
This verse reminds the blessed wives of the Prophet ﷺ that their homes are centres of divine revelation—places from where the light of the Qur’an and the wisdom of Hadith shines. The Qur’an is referred to as the revelations of Allah, and the Hadith Shareef as His Wisdom.
Because the Qur’an and the Sunnah were recited, taught, and practiced daily in their homes, it becomes their responsibility to be exemplary in piety, modesty, and obedience, surpassing all other women in righteousness.
Indeed, the houses of the Prophet ﷺ were the first schools of Islamic knowledge and spirituality, and thus, the Mothers of the Believers were entrusted with a higher responsibility to preserve, reflect, and convey this sacred knowledge.
The tafsir of Surah Ahzab verse 34 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ahzab ayat 32 which provides the complete commentary from verse 32 through 34.
(33:34) Remember the Signs of Allah and the words of wisdom which are rehearsed in your homes.[51] Verily Allah is All-Subtle,[52] All-Aware.
51. The word wadhkurna in the original has two meanings: Remember and mention. According to the first meaning the verse would mean: “O wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him), you should never forget that yours is the house from where the world is being instructed in divine revelations and wisdom, therefore, your responsibility is very great. Let it not happen that the people might see specimens of ignorance in this very house.” According to the second meaning, it would mean: “O wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him), you should mention and relate before the people whatever you hear and see, for by virtue of your close and constant social association and attachment with the Prophet (peace be upon him) you will know and experience many such things which the other people. will not be able to know by any other means than you.”
Two things have been mentioned in this verse: (1) The Revelations of Allah; and (2) the wise sayings. The revelations of Allah are the verses of Allah’s Book, but hikmat (wisdom) is a comprehensive word which includes all those wise things which the Prophet (peace be upon him) taught the people. This word may also imply the teachings of the Book of Allah, but there is no reason why it should be made exclusively applicable to them. It inevitably includes the wisdom that the Prophet (peace be upon him) taught by his pure character and by his sayings besides reciting the verses of the Quran. Some people, only on the basis that the word ma yutla (that which is recited) has been used in the verse, make the assertion that the “Revelations of Allah” and “Wisdom” imply only the Quran, for the word “recitation” as a term is specifically used for the recitation of the Quran. But this reasoning is absolutely wrong. The use of the word “recitation” specifically as a term for the recitation of the Quran or the Book of Allah is the work of the people of the later ages. The Quran has not used this word as a term. In (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 102), this same word has been used for the incantation of the magical formulas which the satans falsely attributed to the Prophet Solomon and taught the people. (“They followed that which the satans recited attributing it to the kingdom of Solomon.”) This shows that the Quran uses this word in its lexical meaning, and does not specify it for reciting the verses of the Book of Allah.
52. “Well Acquainted”: “Knower of even the most secret and hidden things.”
[1196]- The teachings of the Prophet (ﷺ) or his sunnah. [1197]- Refer to footnote of 6:103.
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