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Quran 33:56, send blessings on the Prophet ﷺ

Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 56: "Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah..." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.

33:55Before

لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِىٓ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبْنَآءِ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَآئِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ ۗ وَٱتَّقِينَ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدًا ﴿٥٥﴾

Laa junaaha 'alaihinna feee aabaaa'ihinna wa laaa abnaaa'ihinna wa laaa ikhwaanihinnna wa laaa abnaaa'i ikhwaanihinna wa laaa abnaaa'i akhawaatihinna wa laa nisaaa'i hinna wa laa Maa malakat aimaanuhunn; wattaqeenal laah; innal laaha kaana 'alaa kulli shai'in Shaheedaa

There is no blame upon women concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess. And fear Allah. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, Witness.

33:56This ayah

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا ﴿٥٦﴾

Innal laaha wa malaaa'i katahoo yusalloona 'alan Nabiyy; yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo salloo 'alaihi wa sallimoo tasleemaa

Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.

33:57After

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا ﴿٥٧﴾

Innal lazeena yu'zoonal laaha wa Rasoolahoo la'anahumul laahu fid dunyaa wal Aakhirati wa a'adda lahum 'azaabam muheenaa

Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.

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Meaning and lessons

What Quran 33:56 means, in brief

Allah tells us that He and His angels send blessings (salah) on the Prophet ﷺ, and commands the believers to send blessings and greetings of peace on him. Ibn Kathir reports from Abu al-Aliyah that Allah's salah on him is His praise of him before the angels, and the angels' salah is their prayer for him (reported by al-Bukhari).

When the Companions asked how to send blessings on him, he taught them the salah that is said in the tashahhud: "Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala ali Muhammad, kama sallayta ala Ibrahim..." (Sahih al-Bukhari 3370). And he said: "Whoever sends one blessing upon me, Allah sends ten upon him" (Sahih Muslim 408).

Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 33:56. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.

Lessons from this ayah

  • Sending salawat on the Prophet ﷺ joins us with Allah and the angels in honouring him.
  • Each salawat brings ten blessings from Allah in return.
  • Learn the salah of Ibrahim taught by the Prophet ﷺ himself.

The ruling, Hanafi first

Hanafi position

Sending salawat on the Prophet ﷺ is fard once in a lifetime, and recommended whenever his name is mentioned; many Hanafi scholars say it is wajib once in a sitting where his name is repeated. In salah, the salawat in the final tashahhud is sunnah.

Other madhhabs
Shafi'i, Hanbali
The salawat in the final tashahhud is a pillar (rukn) of the prayer, and the prayer is not valid without it.
Maliki
The salawat in the tashahhud is sunnah.

Where Quran 33:56 is in the mushaf

Ayah 56 of Surah Al-Ahzab (الأَحۡزَابِ), "The Clans", surah 33 of the Quran, a Medinan surah of 73 ayat revealed in Madinah. It is in juz 22 (para 22), hizb 43, on page 426 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 33/56, 33 56 or Quran 33 56.

More verses on this theme: Quran verses about mercy.

The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.

Questions

Good to know

What does Quran 33:56 say?

Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace. (Sahih International)

What is Quran 33:56 about?

Allah tells us that He and His angels send blessings (salah) on the Prophet ﷺ, and commands the believers to send blessings and greetings of peace on him. Ibn Kathir reports from Abu al-Aliyah that Allah's salah on him is His praise of him before the angels, and the angels' salah is their prayer for him (reported by al-Bukhari).

Which surah and juz is 33:56 in?

It is in Surah Al-Ahzab, surah 33 of the Quran, in juz 22 (para 22), on page 426 of the Madinah mushaf.

What comes before and after 33:56?

The ayah before, 33:55, says: "There is no blame upon women concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess. And fear Allah. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, Witness." The ayah after, 33:57, says: "Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment."