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Surah 60 · 13 verses

Al-Mumtahanah

الممتحنة

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ عَدُوِّى وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْحَقِّ يُخْرِجُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ أَن تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَـٰدًا فِى سَبِيلِى وَٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِى ۚ تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا۠ أَعْلَمُ بِمَآ أَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَآ أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْهُ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, having driven out the Prophet and yourselves [only] because you believe in Allāh, your Lord. If you have come out for jihād [i.e., fighting or striving] in My cause and seeking means to My approval, [take them not as friends]. You confide to them affection [i.e., instruction], but I am most knowing of what you have concealed and what you have declared. And whoever does it among you has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.

Yaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tattakhizoo 'aduwwee wa 'aduwaakum awliyaaa'a tulqoona ilaihim bilmawaddati wa qad kafaroo bima jaaa'akum minal haqq, yukhrijoonar Rasoola wa iyyaakum an tu'minoo billaahi rabbikum in kuntum kharajtum jihaadan fee sabeelee wabtighaaa'a mardaatee; tusirroona ilaihim bilma waddati wa ana a'alamu bimaaa akhfaitum wa maaa a'lantum; wa many yaf'alhu minkum faqad dalla sawaaa'as sabeel

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
take
عَدُوِّى
ʿaduwwī
My enemies
وَعَدُوَّكُمْ
waʿaduwwakum
and your enemies
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) allies
تُلْقُونَ
tul'qūna
offering
إِلَيْهِم
ilayhim
them
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ
bil-mawadati
love
وَقَدْ
waqad
while
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
they have disbelieved
بِمَا
bimā
in what
جَآءَكُم
jāakum
came to you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
يُخْرِجُونَ
yukh'rijūna
driving out
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ
wa-iyyākum
and yourselves
أَن
an
because
تُؤْمِنُوا۟
tu'minū
you believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
رَبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
إِن
in
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you
خَرَجْتُمْ
kharajtum
come forth
جِهَـٰدًۭا
jihādan
(to) strive
فِى
in
سَبِيلِى
sabīlī
My way
وَٱبْتِغَآءَ
wa-ib'tighāa
and (to) seek
مَرْضَاتِى ۚ
marḍātī
My Pleasure
تُسِرُّونَ
tusirrūna
You confide
إِلَيْهِم
ilayhim
to them
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ
bil-mawadati
love
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
but I Am
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
most knowing
بِمَآ
bimā
of what
أَخْفَيْتُمْ
akhfaytum
you conceal
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ
aʿlantum
you declare
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَفْعَلْهُ
yafʿalhu
does it
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَقَدْ
faqad
then certainly
ضَلَّ
ḍalla
he has strayed
سَوَآءَ
sawāa
(from the) straight
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
path
Interpretation

O those who have faith in Allah and act upon what He has legislated for them! Do not take My enemies and your enemies as intimate friends who you befriend and love, when they have disbelieved in the religion that has come to you at the hands of your Messenger. They also drove the Messenger out of his home in Makkah, and drove you out of your homes in Makkah too. They do not consider the bonds of kinship nor blood in your regard; not due to anything except that you have brought faith in Allah who is your Lord. So if you have truly gone out to strive in My path and to seek My pleasure, do not be

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

2

إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

If they gain dominance over you, they would be [i.e., behave] to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

Iny yasqafookum yakoonoo lakum a'daaa'anw wa yabsutooo ilaikum aydiyahum wa alsinatahum bissooo'i wa waddoo law takfuroon

Word by word
إِن
in
If
يَثْقَفُوكُمْ
yathqafūkum
they gain dominance over you
يَكُونُوا۟
yakūnū
they would be
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
أَعْدَآءًۭ
aʿdāan
enemies
وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟
wayabsuṭū
and extend
إِلَيْكُمْ
ilaykum
against you
أَيْدِيَهُمْ
aydiyahum
their hands
وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم
wa-alsinatahum
and their tongues
بِٱلسُّوٓءِ
bil-sūi
with evil
وَوَدُّوا۟
wawaddū
and they desire
لَوْ
law
that
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
you would disbelieve
Interpretation

If they get their chance, they will disclose the enmity they harbour in their hearts towards you and will stretch their hands out to you to harm and beat you, while swearing and abusing you with their tongues. They will also desire that you disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger so that you become just like them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

3

لَن تَنفَعَكُمْ أَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ ۚ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Never will your relatives or your children benefit you; the Day of Resurrection He will judge between you. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

Lan tanfa'akum arhaamukum wa laaa awlaadukum; yawmal qiyaamati yafsilu bainakum; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloon baseer

Word by word
لَن
lan
Never
تَنفَعَكُمْ
tanfaʿakum
will benefit you
أَرْحَامُكُمْ
arḥāmukum
your relatives
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ ۚ
awlādukum
your children
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
يَفْصِلُ
yafṣilu
He will judge
بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ
baynakum
between you
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
بَصِيرٌۭ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
Interpretation

Your ties of kinship will never benefit you, nor your offspring, if you intimately befriend the disbelievers due to them. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will separate between you and enter the people of Paradise into Paradise and the people of the hellfire into the hellfire, so you will be of no use to one another. And Allah is watchful of your actions; none of them are hidden from Him (may He be glorified) and He will soon requite you for them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

4

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allāh. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allāh alone" - except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allāh. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.

Qad kaanat lakum uswatun basanatun feee Ibraaheema wallazeena ma'ahoo iz qaaloo liqawmihim innaa bura'aaa'u minkum wa mimmaa ta'budoona min doonil laahi kafarnaa bikum wa badaa bainanaa wa bainakumul 'adaawatu wal baghdaaa'u abadan hattaa tu'minoo billaahi wahdahooo illaa qawla Ibraheema li abeehi la astaghfiranna laka wa maaa amliku laka minal laahi min shai; rabbanaa 'alaika tawakkalnaa wa ilaika anabnaa wa ilaikal maseer

Word by word
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
كَانَتْ
kānat
(there) is
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
أُسْوَةٌ
us'watun
an example
حَسَنَةٌۭ
ḥasanatun
good
فِىٓ
in
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those
مَعَهُۥٓ
maʿahu
with him
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
لِقَوْمِهِمْ
liqawmihim
to their people
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟
buraāu
(are) disassociated
مِنكُمْ
minkum
from you
وَمِمَّا
wamimmā
and from what
تَعْبُدُونَ
taʿbudūna
you worship
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَفَرْنَا
kafarnā
We have denied
بِكُمْ
bikum
you
وَبَدَا
wabadā
and has appeared
بَيْنَنَا
baynanā
between us
وَبَيْنَكُمُ
wabaynakumu
and between you
ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ
l-ʿadāwatu
enmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ
wal-baghḍāu
and hatred
أَبَدًا
abadan
forever
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
تُؤْمِنُوا۟
tu'minū
you believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَحْدَهُۥٓ
waḥdahu
Alone
إِلَّا
illā
Except
قَوْلَ
qawla
(the) saying
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
لِأَبِيهِ
li-abīhi
to his father
لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ
la-astaghfiranna
Surely I ask forgiveness
لَكَ
laka
for you
وَمَآ
wamā
but not
أَمْلِكُ
amliku
I have power
لَكَ
laka
for you
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مِن
min
of
شَىْءٍۢ ۖ
shayin
anything
رَّبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
upon You
تَوَكَّلْنَا
tawakkalnā
we put our trust
وَإِلَيْكَ
wa-ilayka
and to You
أَنَبْنَا
anabnā
we turn
وَإِلَيْكَ
wa-ilayka
and to You
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the final return
Interpretation

O believers! You have a beautiful example to follow in Abraham (peace be upon him) and the believers who were with him, when they said to their disbelieving people: “We have nothing to do with you and the idols you worship instead of Allah. We have disbelieved in the religion you are upon; enmity and dislike has become apparent between us and you until you bring faith in Allah alone and do not ascribe anyone as partner to Him.” So it is necessary for you to proclaim innocence from your disbelieving nation just like they did, except for the statement Abraham (peace be upon him) made to his fath

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

5

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

Rabbana laa taj'alnaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo waghfir lanaa rabbanaa innaka antal azeezul hakeem

Word by word
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
لَا
(do) not
تَجْعَلْنَا
tajʿalnā
make us
فِتْنَةًۭ
fit'natan
a trial
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
وَٱغْفِرْ
wa-igh'fir
and forgive
لَنَا
lanā
us
رَبَّنَآ ۖ
rabbanā
our Lord
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed You
أَنتَ
anta
[You]
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
(are) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Interpretation

O our Lord! Do not make us a trial for the disbelievers by giving them power over us, so they can say: “If they were on the truth we would not have been given power over them”, and O our Lord forgive our sins for us, because indeed, You are the Almighty who can never be overpowered; the Wise in your creation, legislation and decree.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

6

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيهِمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

There has certainly been for you in them an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day. And whoever turns away - then indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

Laqad kaana lakum feehim uswatunhasanatul liman kaana yarjul laaha wal yawmal aakhir; wa many yatawalla fa innal laaha huwal ghaniyyul hameed

Word by word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
كَانَ
kāna
(there) is
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
in them
أُسْوَةٌ
us'watun
an example
حَسَنَةٌۭ
ḥasanatun
good
لِّمَن
liman
for (he) who
كَانَ
kāna
is
يَرْجُوا۟
yarjū
hopeful
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(in) Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمَ
wal-yawma
and the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ ۚ
l-ākhira
the Last
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَتَوَلَّ
yatawalla
turns away
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْغَنِىُّ
l-ghaniyu
(is) Free of need
ٱلْحَمِيدُ
l-ḥamīdu
the Praiseworthy
Interpretation

This good example is only followed by those who have hope for good from Allah in the world and afterlife. Those who turn away from this good example, then Allah is in no need of His servants. He does not require their obedience and He is worthy of praise in every state.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

7

۞ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Perhaps Allāh will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allāh is competent, and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Asal laahu any yaj'ala bainakum wa bainal lazeena 'aadaitum minhum mawaddah; wallahu qadeer; wallahu ghafoorur raheem

Word by word
۞ عَسَى
ʿasā
Perhaps
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
[that]
يَجْعَلَ
yajʿala
will put
بَيْنَكُمْ
baynakum
between you
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those (to) whom
عَادَيْتُم
ʿādaytum
you have been enemies
مِّنْهُم
min'hum
among them
مَّوَدَّةًۭ ۚ
mawaddatan
love
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
قَدِيرٌۭ ۚ
qadīrun
(is) All-Powerful
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Perhaps Allah will bring about affection between you, O believers, and those disbelievers whom you oppose by guiding them to Islam and they will become your brothers in religion. Allah has power to turn their hearts to faith. Allah Forgiving towards those of His servants who repent and He is merciful towards them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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لَّا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ

Allāh does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly.

Laa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena lam yuqaatilookum fid deeni wa lam yukhrijookum min diyaarikum an tabarroohum wa tuqsitooo ilaihim; innal laaha yuhibbul muqsiteen

Word by word
لَّا
Not
يَنْهَىٰكُمُ
yanhākumu
(does) forbid you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
لَمْ
lam
(do) not
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ
yuqātilūkum
fight you
فِى
in
ٱلدِّينِ
l-dīni
the religion
وَلَمْ
walam
and (do) not
يُخْرِجُوكُم
yukh'rijūkum
drive you out
مِّن
min
of
دِيَـٰرِكُمْ
diyārikum
your homes
أَن
an
that
تَبَرُّوهُمْ
tabarrūhum
you deal kindly
وَتُقْسِطُوٓا۟
watuq'siṭū
and deal justly
إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ
ilayhim
with them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
l-muq'siṭīna
those who act justly
Interpretation

Allah does not prohibit you from those who have not fought you on account of your Islam, and who have not expelled you from your homes, that you be good and fair to them by giving them any right they have against you. An example of this is how Asma bint Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq behaved with her disbelieving mother when she came to visit her after she had taken permission from the Prophet (peace be upon him) for this and he instructed her to join family ties. Allah loves those who are just to themselves, their families and what they are in charge of.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّمَا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Allāh only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

Innamaa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena qaatalookum fid deeni wa akhrajookum min diyaarikum wa zaaharoo 'alaa ikhraajikum an tawallawhum; wa many yatawallahum faulaaa'ika humuz zaalimoon

Word by word
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
يَنْهَىٰكُمُ
yanhākumu
forbids you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ
qātalūkum
fight you
فِى
in
ٱلدِّينِ
l-dīni
the religion
وَأَخْرَجُوكُم
wa-akhrajūkum
and drive you out
مِّن
min
of
دِيَـٰرِكُمْ
diyārikum
your homes
وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟
waẓāharū
and support
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
in
إِخْرَاجِكُمْ
ikh'rājikum
your expulsion
أَن
an
that
تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ
tawallawhum
you make them allies
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُمْ
yatawallahum
makes them allies
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
(are) the wrongdoers
Interpretation

Allah only prohibits you from those who fought you on account of your faith, expelled you from your homes and aided in your expulsion. He prohibits you from aligning yourselves with them. Those of you who align themselves with them, they are the ones who wrong themselves by bringing them to the point of destruction on account of their going against Allah’s instruction.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا جَآءَكُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍ فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مَّآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا۟ بِعِصَمِ ٱلْكَوَافِرِ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ مَآ أَنفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟ مَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine [i.e., test] them. Allāh is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them. But give them [i.e., the disbelievers] what they have spent. And there is no blame upon you if you marry them when you have given them their due compensation [i.e., mahr]. And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent and let them [i.e., the disbelievers] ask for what they have spent. That is the judgement of Allāh; He judges between you. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

Yaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo izaa jaaa'akumul mu'minaatu muhaajiraatin famtah inoohunna Allaahu a'lamu bieemaanihinna fa in 'alimtumoohunna mu'minaatin falaa tarji'oohunna ilal kuffaar; laa hunna hillul lahum wa laa hum uahilloona lahunna wa aatoohum maa anfaqoo wa laa junaaha 'alaikum an tankihoohunna izaaa aataitumoohunna ujoorahunn; wa laa tumsikoo bi 'isamil kawaafiri was'aloo maaa anfaqtum walyas'aloo maaa anfaqoo zaalikum hukmul laahi yahkumu bainakum wallaahu 'aleemun hakeem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِذَا
idhā
When
جَآءَكُمُ
jāakumu
come to you
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ
l-mu'minātu
the believing women
مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍۢ
muhājirātin
(as) emigrants
فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖ
fa-im'taḥinūhunna
then examine them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) most knowing
بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖ
biīmānihinna
of their faith
فَإِنْ
fa-in
And if
عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ
ʿalim'tumūhunna
you know them
مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢ
mu'minātin
(to be) believers
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ
tarjiʿūhunna
return them
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖ
l-kufāri
the disbelievers
لَا
Not
هُنَّ
hunna
they
حِلٌّۭ
ḥillun
(are) lawful
لَّهُمْ
lahum
for them
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَحِلُّونَ
yaḥillūna
are lawful
لَهُنَّ ۖ
lahunna
for them
وَءَاتُوهُم
waātūhum
But give them
مَّآ
what
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ
anfaqū
they have spent
وَلَا
walā
And not
جُنَاحَ
junāḥa
any blame
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
أَن
an
if
تَنكِحُوهُنَّ
tankiḥūhunna
you marry them
إِذَآ
idhā
when
ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ
ātaytumūhunna
you have given them
أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚ
ujūrahunna
their (bridal) dues
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تُمْسِكُوا۟
tum'sikū
hold
بِعِصَمِ
biʿiṣami
to marriage bonds
ٱلْكَوَافِرِ
l-kawāfiri
(with) disbelieving women
وَسْـَٔلُوا۟
wasalū
but ask (for)
مَآ
what
أَنفَقْتُمْ
anfaqtum
you have spent
وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟
walyasalū
and let them ask
مَآ
what
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ
anfaqū
they have spent
ذَٰلِكُمْ
dhālikum
That
حُكْمُ
ḥuk'mu
(is the) Judgment
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
He judges
بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ
baynakum
between you
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
حَكِيمٌۭ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He has ordained for you, when believing women come to you as emigrants from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam, then test them with respect to the sincerity of their faith. Allah knows best about their faith - nothing of what their hearts contain is hidden from Him. If you are sure of their being believers after such a test that makes their sincerity apparent to you, then do not send them back to their disbelieving husbands. It is not lawful for believing women to be married to disbelievers and it is not lawful for disbelievers to marr

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَإِن فَاتَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَـَٔاتُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ذَهَبَتْ أَزْوَٰجُهُم مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ

And if you have lost any of your wives to the disbelievers and you subsequently obtain [something], then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent. And fear Allāh, in whom you are believers.

Wa in faatakum shai'um min azwaajikum ilal kuffaari fa'aaqabtum fa aatul lazeena zahabat azwaajuhum misla maaa anfaqoo; wattaqul laahal lazeee antum bihee mu'minoon

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
فَاتَكُمْ
fātakum
have gone from you
شَىْءٌۭ
shayon
any
مِّنْ
min
of
أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ
azwājikum
your wives
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْكُفَّارِ
l-kufāri
the disbelievers
فَعَاقَبْتُمْ
faʿāqabtum
then your turn comes
فَـَٔاتُوا۟
faātū
then give
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(to) those who
ذَهَبَتْ
dhahabat
have gone
أَزْوَٰجُهُم
azwājuhum
their wives
مِّثْلَ
mith'la
(the) like
مَآ
(of) what
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ
anfaqū
they had spent
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(in) Whom
أَنتُم
antum
you
بِهِۦ
bihi
[in Him]
مُؤْمِنُونَ
mu'minūna
(are) believers
Interpretation

If it happens that some of your women leave you for the disbelievers as renegades and you demand your dowry from the disbelievers but they do not give it to you, and thereafter you acquire booty from the disbelievers, then give those husbands whose wives left as renegades the equivalent of the dowry they paid. Be mindful of Allah, in Whom you have faith, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْتِينَ بِبُهْتَـٰنٍ يَفْتَرِينَهُۥ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْصِينَكَ فِى مَعْرُوفٍ ۙ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

O Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allāh, nor will they steal, nor will they commit unlawful sexual intercourse, nor will they kill their children, nor will they bring forth a slander they have invented between their arms and legs, nor will they disobey you in what is right - then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Yaaa ayyuhan nabbiyyu izaa jaaa'akal mu'minaau yubaai naka 'alaaa allaa yushrikna billaahi shai 'anw wa laa yasriqna wa laa yazneena wa laa yaqtulna awlaadahunna wa laa yaateena bibuhtaaniny yaftaree nahoo baina aydeehinna wa arjulihinna wa laa ya'seenaka fee ma'roofin fabaayi'hunna wastaghfir lahunnal laaha innnal laaha ghafoorur raheem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلنَّبِىُّ
l-nabiyu
Prophet
إِذَا
idhā
When
جَآءَكَ
jāaka
come to you
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ
l-mu'minātu
the believing women
يُبَايِعْنَكَ
yubāyiʿ'naka
pledging to you
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
[on]
أَن
an
that
لَّا
not
يُشْرِكْنَ
yush'rik'na
they will associate
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَسْرِقْنَ
yasriq'na
they will steal
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَزْنِينَ
yaznīna
they will commit adultery
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَقْتُلْنَ
yaqtul'na
they will kill
أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّ
awlādahunna
their children
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَأْتِينَ
yatīna
they bring
بِبُهْتَـٰنٍۢ
bibuh'tānin
slander
يَفْتَرِينَهُۥ
yaftarīnahu
they invent it
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
أَيْدِيهِنَّ
aydīhinna
their hands
وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ
wa-arjulihinna
and their feet
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَعْصِينَكَ
yaʿṣīnaka
they will disobey you
فِى
in
مَعْرُوفٍۢ ۙ
maʿrūfin
(the) right
فَبَايِعْهُنَّ
fabāyiʿ'hunna
then accept their pledge
وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ
wa-is'taghfir
and ask forgiveness
لَهُنَّ
lahunna
for them
ٱللَّهَ ۖ
l-laha
(from) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

O prophet, when believing women come to pledge allegiance to you - as occurred at the time of the conquest of Makkah - that they will not associate anything as partner to Allah, but they will worship Him alone, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children in accordance with the custom of the people of ignorance, nor attribute to their husbands their children from adultery, no go against you in any righteous thing such as His prohibition from wailing, shaving off hair and tearing garments: - then accept their pledge of allegiance, and seek forgiveness for them from Allah for their si

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ قَوْمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَئِسُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْقُبُورِ

O you who have believed, do not make allies of a people with whom Allāh has become angry. They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the companions [i.e., inhabitants] of the graves.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena amanoo laa tatawallaw qawman ghadibal laahu 'alaihim qad ya'isoo minal aakhirati kamaa ya'isal kuffaaru min as haabil quboor

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟
tatawallaw
make allies
قَوْمًا
qawman
(of) a people
غَضِبَ
ghaḍiba
(The) wrath
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
(is) upon them
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
يَئِسُوا۟
ya-isū
they despair
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
كَمَا
kamā
as
يَئِسَ
ya-isa
despair
ٱلْكُفَّارُ
l-kufāru
the disbelievers
مِنْ
min
of
أَصْحَـٰبِ
aṣḥābi
(the) companions
ٱلْقُبُورِ
l-qubūri
(of) the graves
Interpretation

Since the Sūrah commenced with a warning against becoming allies with Allah’s enemies, it ends with a warning against the same to reiterate what was said previously. Allah said: O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He has ordained for you, do not take as allies a people with whom Allah is angry. They do not have conviction in the afterlife. Instead they despair of it just like their despair of the return of their dead to them, because they reject resurrection.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.