Al-Mumtahanah

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveلَاlā(Do) notتَتَّخِذُواْtattakhidhūtakeعَدُوِّيʿaduwwīMy enemiesوَعَدُوَّكُمۡwaʿaduwwakumand your enemiesأَوۡلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) alliesتُلۡقُونَtul'qūnaofferingإِلَيۡهِمilayhimthemبِٱلۡمَوَدَّةِbil-mawadatiloveوَقَدۡwaqadwhileكَفَرُواْkafarūthey have disbelievedبِمَاbimāin whatجَآءَكُمjāakumcame to youمِّنَminaofٱلۡحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truthيُخۡرِجُونَyukh'rijūnadriving outٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messengerوَإِيَّاكُمۡwa-iyyākumand yourselvesأَنanbecauseتُؤۡمِنُواْtu'minūyou believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allahرَبِّكُمۡrabbikumyour LordإِنinIfكُنتُمۡkuntumyouخَرَجۡتُمۡkharajtumcome forthجِهَٰدٗاjihādan(to) striveفِيfīinسَبِيلِيsabīlīMy wayوَٱبۡتِغَآءَwa-ib'tighāaand (to) seekمَرۡضَاتِيۚmarḍātīMy PleasureتُسِرُّونَtusirrūnaYou confideإِلَيۡهِمilayhimto themبِٱلۡمَوَدَّةِbil-mawadatiloveوَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I Amأَعۡلَمُaʿlamumost knowingبِمَآbimāof whatأَخۡفَيۡتُمۡakhfaytumyou concealوَمَآwamāand whatأَعۡلَنتُمۡۚaʿlantumyou declareوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَفۡعَلۡهُyafʿalhudoes itمِنكُمۡminkumamong youفَقَدۡfaqadthen certainlyضَلَّḍallahe has strayedسَوَآءَsawāa(from the) straightٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlipath

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattakhidhū ʿaduwwī waʿaduwwakum awliyāa tul'qūna ilayhim bil-mawadati waqad kafarū bimā jāakum mina l-ḥaqi yukh'rijūna l-rasūla wa-iyyākum an tu'minū bil-lahi rabbikum in kuntum kharajtum jihādan fī sabīlī wa-ib'tighāa marḍātī tusirrūna ilayhim bil-mawadati wa-anā aʿlamu bimā akhfaytum wamā aʿlantum waman yafʿalhu minkum faqad ḍalla sawāa l-sabīli

O believers! Do not take My enemies and yours as trusted allies, showing them affection even though they deny what has come to you of the truth. They drove the Messenger and yourselves out ˹of Mecca˺, simply for your belief in Allah, your Lord. If you ˹truly˺ emigrated to struggle in My cause and seek My pleasure, ˹then do not take them as allies,˺ disclosing secrets ˹of the believers˺ to the pagans out of affection for them, when I know best whatever you conceal and whatever you reveal. And whoever of you does this has truly strayed from the Right Way.

إِنinIfيَثۡقَفُوكُمۡyathqafūkumthey gain dominance over youيَكُونُواْyakūnūthey would beلَكُمۡlakumto youأَعۡدَآءٗaʿdāanenemiesوَيَبۡسُطُوٓاْwayabsuṭūand extendإِلَيۡكُمۡilaykumagainst youأَيۡدِيَهُمۡaydiyahumtheir handsوَأَلۡسِنَتَهُمwa-alsinatahumand their tonguesبِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiwith evilوَوَدُّواْwawaddūand they desireلَوۡlawthatتَكۡفُرُونَtakfurūnayou would disbelieve

in yathqafūkum yakūnū lakum aʿdāan wayabsuṭū ilaykum aydiyahum wa-alsinatahum bil-sūi wawaddū law takfurūna

If they gain the upper hand over you, they would be your ˹open˺ enemies, unleashing their hands and tongues to harm you, and wishing that you would abandon faith.

لَنlanNeverتَنفَعَكُمۡtanfaʿakumwill benefit youأَرۡحَامُكُمۡarḥāmukumyour relativesوَلَآwalāand notأَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡۚawlādukumyour childrenيَوۡمَyawma(on the) Dayٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the ResurrectionيَفۡصِلُyafṣiluHe will judgeبَيۡنَكُمۡۚbaynakumbetween youوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahبِمَاbimāof whatتَعۡمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou doبَصِيرٞbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer

lan tanfaʿakum arḥāmukum walā awlādukum yawma l-qiyāmati yafṣilu baynakum wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

Neither your relatives nor children will benefit you on Judgment Day—He will decide between you ˹all˺. For Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

قَدۡqadIndeedكَانَتۡkānat(there) isلَكُمۡlakumfor youأُسۡوَةٌus'watunan exampleحَسَنَةٞḥasanatungoodفِيٓfīinإِبۡرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahimوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand thoseمَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith himإِذۡidhwhenقَالُواْqālūthey saidلِقَوۡمِهِمۡliqawmihimto their peopleإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weبُرَءَٰٓؤُاْburaāu(are) disassociatedمِنكُمۡminkumfrom youوَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatتَعۡبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahكَفَرۡنَاkafarnāWe have deniedبِكُمۡbikumyouوَبَدَاwabadāand has appearedبَيۡنَنَاbaynanābetween usوَبَيۡنَكُمُwabaynakumuand between youٱلۡعَدَٰوَةُl-ʿadāwatuenmityوَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءُwal-baghḍāuand hatredأَبَدًاabadanforeverحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتُؤۡمِنُواْtu'minūyou believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin AllahوَحۡدَهُۥٓwaḥdahuAloneإِلَّاillāExceptقَوۡلَqawla(the) sayingإِبۡرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahimلِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his fatherلَأَسۡتَغۡفِرَنَّla-astaghfirannaSurely I ask forgivenessلَكَlakafor youوَمَآwamābut notأَمۡلِكُamlikuI have powerلَكَlakafor youمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahمِنminofشَيۡءٖۖshayinanythingرَّبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lordعَلَيۡكَʿalaykaupon Youتَوَكَّلۡنَاtawakkalnāwe put our trustوَإِلَيۡكَwa-ilaykaand to Youأَنَبۡنَاanabnāwe turnوَإِلَيۡكَwa-ilaykaand to Youٱلۡمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

qad kānat lakum us'watun ḥasanatun fī ib'rāhīma wa-alladhīna maʿahu idh qālū liqawmihim innā buraāu minkum wamimmā taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi kafarnā bikum wabadā baynanā wabaynakumu l-ʿadāwatu wal-baghḍāu abadan ḥattā tu'minū bil-lahi waḥdahu illā qawla ib'rāhīma li-abīhi la-astaghfiranna laka wamā amliku laka mina l-lahi min shayin rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa-ilayka anabnā wa-ilayka l-maṣīru

You already have an excellent example in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, “We totally dissociate ourselves from you and ˹shun˺ whatever ˹idols˺ you worship besides Allah. We reject you. The enmity and hatred that has arisen between us and you will last until you believe in Allah alone.” The only exception is when Abraham said to his father, “I will seek forgiveness for you,˹” adding, “but˺ I cannot protect you from Allah at all.” ˹The believers prayed,˺ “Our Lord! In You we trust. And to You we ˹always˺ turn. And to You is the final return.

رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lordلَاlā(do) notتَجۡعَلۡنَاtajʿalnāmake usفِتۡنَةٗfit'natana trialلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُواْkafarūdisbelieveوَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgiveلَنَاlanāusرَبَّنَآۖrabbanāour LordإِنَّكَinnakaIndeed Youأَنتَanta[You]ٱلۡعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(are) the All-Mightyٱلۡحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fit'natan lilladhīna kafarū wa-igh'fir lanā rabbanā innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Our Lord! Do not subject us to the persecution of the disbelievers. Forgive us, our Lord! You ˹alone˺ are truly the Almighty, All-Wise.”

لَقَدۡlaqadCertainlyكَانَkāna(there) isلَكُمۡlakumfor youفِيهِمۡfīhimin themأُسۡوَةٌus'watunan exampleحَسَنَةٞḥasanatungoodلِّمَنlimanfor (he) whoكَانَkānaisيَرۡجُواْyarjūhopefulٱللَّهَl-laha(in) Allahوَٱلۡيَوۡمَwal-yawmaand the Dayٱلۡأٓخِرَۚl-ākhirathe LastوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّyatawallaturns awayفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahهُوَhuwaHeٱلۡغَنِيُّl-ghaniyu(is) Free of needٱلۡحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduthe Praiseworthy

laqad kāna lakum fīhim us'watun ḥasanatun liman kāna yarjū l-laha wal-yawma l-ākhira waman yatawalla fa-inna l-laha huwa l-ghaniyu l-ḥamīdu

You certainly have an excellent example in them for whoever has hope in Allah and the Last Day. But whoever turns away, then surely Allah ˹alone˺ is the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.

۞ عَسَىʿasāPerhapsٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahأَنan[that]يَجۡعَلَyajʿalawill putبَيۡنَكُمۡbaynakumbetween youوَبَيۡنَwabaynaand betweenٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (to) whomعَادَيۡتُمʿādaytumyou have been enemiesمِّنۡهُمmin'humamong themمَّوَدَّةٗۚmawaddatanloveوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahقَدِيرٞۚqadīrun(is) All-Powerfulوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahغَفُورٞghafūrun(is) Oft-ForgivingرَّحِيمٞraḥīmunMost Merciful

ʿasā l-lahu an yajʿala baynakum wabayna alladhīna ʿādaytum min'hum mawaddatan wal-lahu qadīrun wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

˹In time,˺ Allah may bring about goodwill between you and those of them you ˹now˺ hold as enemies. For Allah is Most Capable. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

لَّاlāNotيَنۡهَىٰكُمُyanhākumu(does) forbid youٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahعَنِʿanifromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَمۡlam(do) notيُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡyuqātilūkumfight youفِيfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionوَلَمۡwalamand (do) notيُخۡرِجُوكُمyukh'rijūkumdrive you outمِّنminofدِيَٰرِكُمۡdiyārikumyour homesأَنanthatتَبَرُّوهُمۡtabarrūhumyou deal kindlyوَتُقۡسِطُوٓاْwatuq'siṭūand deal justlyإِلَيۡهِمۡۚilayhimwith themإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahيُحِبُّyuḥibbulovesٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَl-muq'siṭīnathose who act justly

lā yanhākumu l-lahu ʿani alladhīna lam yuqātilūkum fī l-dīni walam yukh'rijūkum min diyārikum an tabarrūhum watuq'siṭū ilayhim inna l-laha yuḥibbu l-muq'siṭīna

Allah does not forbid you from dealing kindly and fairly with those who have neither fought nor driven you out of your homes. Surely Allah loves those who are fair.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَنۡهَىٰكُمُyanhākumuforbids youٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahعَنِʿanifromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoقَٰتَلُوكُمۡqātalūkumfight youفِيfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionوَأَخۡرَجُوكُمwa-akhrajūkumand drive you outمِّنminofدِيَٰرِكُمۡdiyārikumyour homesوَظَٰهَرُواْwaẓāharūand supportعَلَىٰٓʿalāinإِخۡرَاجِكُمۡikh'rājikumyour expulsionأَنanthatتَوَلَّوۡهُمۡۚtawallawhumyou make them alliesوَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّهُمۡyatawallahummakes them alliesفَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumu[they]ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers

innamā yanhākumu l-lahu ʿani alladhīna qātalūkum fī l-dīni wa-akhrajūkum min diyārikum waẓāharū ʿalā ikh'rājikum an tawallawhum waman yatawallahum fa-ulāika humu l-ẓālimūna

Allah only forbids you from befriending those who have fought you for ˹your˺ faith, driven you out of your homes, or supported ˹others˺ in doing so. And whoever takes them as friends, then it is they who are the ˹true˺ wrongdoers.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhoءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieveإِذَاidhāWhenجَآءَكُمُjāakumucome to youٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing womenمُهَٰجِرَٰتٖmuhājirātin(as) emigrantsفَٱمۡتَحِنُوهُنَّۖfa-im'taḥinūhunnathen examine themٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahأَعۡلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِإِيمَٰنِهِنَّۖbiīmānihinnaof their faithفَإِنۡfa-inAnd ifعَلِمۡتُمُوهُنَّʿalim'tumūhunnayou know themمُؤۡمِنَٰتٖmu'minātin(to be) believersفَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَرۡجِعُوهُنَّtarjiʿūhunnareturn themإِلَىilātoٱلۡكُفَّارِۖl-kufārithe disbelieversلَاlāNotهُنَّhunnatheyحِلّٞḥillun(are) lawfulلَّهُمۡlahumfor themوَلَاwalāand notهُمۡhumtheyيَحِلُّونَyaḥillūnaare lawfulلَهُنَّۖlahunnafor themوَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumBut give themمَّآmāwhatأَنفَقُواْۚanfaqūthey have spentوَلَاwalāAnd notجُنَاحَjunāḥaany blameعَلَيۡكُمۡʿalaykumupon youأَنanifتَنكِحُوهُنَّtankiḥūhunnayou marry themإِذَآidhāwhenءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given themأُجُورَهُنَّۚujūrahunnatheir (bridal) duesوَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُمۡسِكُواْtum'sikūholdبِعِصَمِbiʿiṣamito marriage bondsٱلۡكَوَافِرِl-kawāfiri(with) disbelieving womenوَسۡـَٔلُواْwasalūbut ask (for)مَآmāwhatأَنفَقۡتُمۡanfaqtumyou have spentوَلۡيَسۡـَٔلُواْwalyasalūand let them askمَآmāwhatأَنفَقُواْۚanfaqūthey have spentذَٰلِكُمۡdhālikumThatحُكۡمُḥuk'mu(is the) Judgmentٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) AllahيَحۡكُمُyaḥkumuHe judgesبَيۡنَكُمۡۖbaynakumbetween youوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahعَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-KnowingحَكِيمٞḥakīmunAll-Wise

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā jāakumu l-mu'minātu muhājirātin fa-im'taḥinūhunna l-lahu aʿlamu biīmānihinna fa-in ʿalim'tumūhunna mu'minātin falā tarjiʿūhunna ilā l-kufāri lā hunna ḥillun lahum walā hum yaḥillūna lahunna waātūhum mā anfaqū walā junāḥa ʿalaykum an tankiḥūhunna idhā ātaytumūhunna ujūrahunna walā tum'sikū biʿiṣami l-kawāfiri wasalū mā anfaqtum walyasalū mā anfaqū dhālikum ḥuk'mu l-lahi yaḥkumu baynakum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

O believers! When the believing women come to you as emigrants, test their intentions—their faith is best known to Allah—and if you find them to be believers, then do not send them back to the disbelievers. These ˹women˺ are not lawful ˹wives˺ for the disbelievers, nor are the disbelievers lawful ˹husbands˺ for them. ˹But˺ repay the disbelievers whatever ˹dowries˺ they had paid. And there is no blame on you if you marry these ˹women˺ as long as you pay them their dowries. And do not hold on to marriage with polytheistic women. ˹But˺ demand ˹repayment of˺ whatever ˹dowries˺ you had paid, and let the disbelievers do the same. That is the judgment of Allah—He judges between you. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifفَاتَكُمۡfātakumhave gone from youشَيۡءٞshayonanyمِّنۡminofأَزۡوَٰجِكُمۡazwājikumyour wivesإِلَىilātoٱلۡكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelieversفَعَاقَبۡتُمۡfaʿāqabtumthen your turn comesفَـَٔاتُواْfaātūthen giveٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those whoذَهَبَتۡdhahabathave goneأَزۡوَٰجُهُمazwājuhumtheir wivesمِّثۡلَmith'la(the) likeمَآmā(of) whatأَنفَقُواْۚanfaqūthey had spentوَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūAnd fearٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahٱلَّذِيٓalladhī(in) Whomأَنتُمantumyouبِهِۦbihi[in Him]مُؤۡمِنُونَmu'minūna(are) believers

wa-in fātakum shayon min azwājikum ilā l-kufāri faʿāqabtum faātū alladhīna dhahabat azwājuhum mith'la mā anfaqū wa-ittaqū l-laha alladhī antum bihi mu'minūna

And if any of your wives desert you to the disbelievers, and later you take spoils from them, then pay those whose wives have gone, the equivalent of whatever ˹dowry˺ they had paid. And be mindful of Allah, in Whom you believe.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِيُّl-nabiyuProphetإِذَاidhāWhenجَآءَكَjāakacome to youٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing womenيُبَايِعۡنَكَyubāyiʿ'nakapledging to youعَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]أَنanthatلَّاlānotيُشۡرِكۡنَyush'rik'nathey will associateبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allahشَيۡـٔٗاshayananythingوَلَاwalāand notيَسۡرِقۡنَyasriq'nathey will stealوَلَاwalāand notيَزۡنِينَyaznīnathey will commit adulteryوَلَاwalāand notيَقۡتُلۡنَyaqtul'nathey will killأَوۡلَٰدَهُنَّawlādahunnatheir childrenوَلَاwalāand notيَأۡتِينَyatīnathey bringبِبُهۡتَٰنٖbibuh'tāninslanderيَفۡتَرِينَهُۥyaftarīnahuthey invent itبَيۡنَbaynabetweenأَيۡدِيهِنَّaydīhinnatheir handsوَأَرۡجُلِهِنَّwa-arjulihinnaand their feetوَلَاwalāand notيَعۡصِينَكَyaʿṣīnakathey will disobey youفِيfīinمَعۡرُوفٖmaʿrūfin(the) rightفَبَايِعۡهُنَّfabāyiʿ'hunnathen accept their pledgeوَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡwa-is'taghfirand ask forgivenessلَهُنَّlahunnafor themٱللَّهَۚl-laha(from) AllahإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahغَفُورٞghafūrun(is) Oft-ForgivingرَّحِيمٞraḥīmunMost Merciful

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu idhā jāaka l-mu'minātu yubāyiʿ'naka ʿalā an lā yush'rik'na bil-lahi shayan walā yasriq'na walā yaznīna walā yaqtul'na awlādahunna walā yatīna bibuh'tānin yaftarīnahu bayna aydīhinna wa-arjulihinna walā yaʿṣīnaka fī maʿrūfin fabāyiʿ'hunna wa-is'taghfir lahunna l-laha inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

O Prophet! When the believing women come to you, pledging to you that they will neither associate anything with Allah ˹in worship˺, nor steal, nor fornicate, nor kill their children, nor falsely attribute ˹illegitimate˺ children to their husbands, nor disobey you in what is right, then accept their pledge, and ask Allah to forgive them. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhoءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieveلَاlā(Do) notتَتَوَلَّوۡاْtatawallawmake alliesقَوۡمًاqawman(of) a peopleغَضِبَghaḍiba(The) wrathٱللَّهُl-lahu(of) Allahعَلَيۡهِمۡʿalayhim(is) upon themقَدۡqadIndeedيَئِسُواْya-isūthey despairمِنَminaofٱلۡأٓخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterكَمَاkamāasيَئِسَya-isadespairٱلۡكُفَّارُl-kufāruthe disbelieversمِنۡminofأَصۡحَٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companionsٱلۡقُبُورِl-qubūri(of) the graves

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tatawallaw qawman ghaḍiba l-lahu ʿalayhim qad ya-isū mina l-ākhirati kamā ya-isa l-kufāru min aṣḥābi l-qubūri

O believers! Do not ally yourselves with a people Allah is displeased with. They already have no hope for the Hereafter, just like the disbelievers lying in ˹their˺ graves.