60: Al-Mumtahanah الممتحنة

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَّخِذُوْا عَدُوِّىْ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَآءَ تُلْقُوْنَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوْا بِمَا جَآءَكُمْ مِّنَ الْحَقِّ‌ ۚ يُخْرِجُوْنَ الرَّسُوْلَ وَاِيَّاكُمْ‌ اَنْ تُؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ رَبِّكُمْ ؕ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَادًا فِىْ سَبِيْلِىْ وَ ابْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِىْ ‌ۖ  تُسِرُّوْنَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ ‌ۖ  وَاَنَا اَعْلَمُ بِمَاۤ اَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَاۤ اَعْلَنْتُمْ‌ؕ وَمَنْ يَّفْعَلْهُ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ السَّبِيْلِ‏(1)

YAA AYYOHAL LAZEENA AAMANOO LAA TATTAKHEZOO A’DUWWEE WA A’DUWWAKUM AWLEYAAA-A TULQOONA ELAYHIM BIL-MAWADDATE WA QAD KAFAROO BEMAA JAAA-AKUM MENAL HAQ, YUKHREJOONAR RASOOLA WA IYYAAKUM AN TOAMENOO BIL-LAAHE RABBEKUM, IN KUNTUM KHARAJTUM JEHAADAN FEE SABEELEE WAB TEGHAAA-A MARZAATEE, TOSIRROONA ELAYHIM BIL-MAWADDAH, WA ANAA A-A’LAMO BEMAA AKHFAYTUM WA MAA A-A’LANTUM, WA MAN-Y YAF-A’LHO MINKUM FAQAD ZALLA SAWAAA-AS SABEEL.

O you who have faith! Do not take My enemy and your enemy for friends, [secretly] offering them affection, if you have set out for jihad in My way and to seek My pleasure, for they have certainly denied whatever has come to you of the truth, expelling the Apostle and you, because you have faith in Allah, your Lord. You secretly nourish affection for them, while I know well whatever you hide and whatever you disclose, and whoever among you does that has certainly strayed from the right way.

اِنْ يَّثْقَفُوْكُمْ يَكُوْنُوْا لَكُمْ اَعْدَآءً وَّيَبْسُطُوْۤا اِلَيْكُمْ اَيْدِيَهُمْ وَاَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّوْٓءِ وَوَدُّوْا لَوْ تَكْفُرُوْنَؕ‏(2)

IN-Y YASQAFOOKUM YAKOONOO LAKUM A-A’DAAA-ANW WA YABSOTOO ELAYKUM AYDEYAHUM WA ALSENATAHUM BIS-SOO-E WA WADDOO LAW TAKFOROON.

If they were to confront you they would be your enemies, and would stretch out against you their hands and [unleash] their tongues with evil [intentions], and they are eager that you [too] should be faithless.

لَنْ تَنْفَعَكُمْ اَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ ۛۚ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۛۚ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ‏(3)

LAN TANFA-A’KUM ARHAAMOKUM WA LAA AWLAADOKUM, YAWMAL QEYAAMAH, YAFSELO BAYNAKUM, WAL LAAHO BEMAA TA’MALOONA BASEER.

Your relatives and children will not avail you on the Day of Resurrection: He will separate you [from one another], and Allah watches what you do.

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِىْۤ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَالَّذِيْنَ مَعَهٗ‌ۚ اِذْ قَالُوْا لِقَوْمِهِمْ اِنَّا بُرَءٰٓؤُا مِنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَآءُ اَبَدًا حَتّٰى تُؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَحْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا قَوْلَ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لِاَبِيْهِ لَاَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَاۤ اَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَىْءٍ ‌ؕ رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ اَنَبْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيْرُ‏(4)

QAD KAANAT LAKUM USWATUN HASANATUN FEE IBRAAHEEMA WAL LAZEENA MA-A’H, IZ QAALOO LE-QAWMEHIM INNAA BORA-AAA-O MINKUM WA MIMMAA TA’BODOONA MIN DOONIL LAAH, KAFARNAA BEKUM WA BADAA BAYNANAA WA BAYNAKOMUL A’DAAWATO WAL BAGHZAAA-O ABADAN HATTAA TOAMENOO BIL-LAAHE WAHDAHU ILLAA QAWLA IBRAAHEEMA LE-ABEEHE LA-ASTAGHFERANNA LAKA WA MAA AMLEKO LAKA MENAL LAAHE MIN SHAY, RABBANAA A’LAYKA TAWAKKALNAA WA ELAYKA ANABNAA WA ELAYKAL MASEER.

There is certainly a good exemplar for you in Abraham and those who were with him, when they said to their own people, ‘Indeed we repudiate you and whatever you worship besides Allah. We disown you, and enmity and hate have appeared between you and us for ever, unless you come to have faith in Allah alone,’ apart from Abraham’s saying to his father, ‘I will surely plead forgiveness for you, though I cannot avail you anything against Allah.’ ‘Our Lord! In You do we put our trust, and to You do we turn penitently, and toward You is the destination.

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا‌ ۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ‏(5)

RABBANAA LAA TAJ-A’LNAA FITNATAL LILLAZEENA KAFAROO WAGH FIR LANAA RABBANAA, INNAKA ANTAL A’ZEEZUL HAKEEM.

Our Lord! Do not make us a test for the faithless, and forgive us. Our Lord! Indeed You are the All-mighty, the All-wise.’

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيْهِمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ‌ ؕ وَمَنْ يَّتَوَلَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيْدُ‏(6)

LAQAD KAANA LAKUM FEEHIM USWATUN HASANATUL LEMAN KAANA YARJUL LAAHA WAL YAWMAL AAKHER, WA MAN-Y YATAWALLA FA-INNAL LAAHA HOWAL GHANIYYUL HAMEED.

There is certainly a good exemplar for you in them—for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day—and anyone who refuses to comply [should know that] indeed Allah is the All-sufficient, the All-laudable.

عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَّجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِّنْهُمْ مَّوَدَّةً ؕ وَاللّٰهُ قَدِيْرٌ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ‏(7)

A’SAL LAAHO AN-Y YAJ-A’LA BAYNAKUM WA BAYNAL LAZEENA A’ADAYTUM MINHUM MAWADDAH, WAL LAAHO QADEER, WAL LAAHO GHAFOORUR RAHEEM.

It may be that Allah will bring about affection between you and those with whom you are at enmity, and Allah is all-powerful, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

لَا يَنْهٰٮكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذِيْنَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوْكُمْ فِى الدِّيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوْكُمْ مِّنْ دِيَارِكُمْ اَنْ تَبَرُّوْهُمْ وَ تُقْسِطُوْۤا اِلَيْهِمْ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِيْنَ‏(8)

LAA YANHAAKOMUL LAAHO A’NIL LAZEENA LAM YOQAATELOOKUM FID DEENE WA LAM YUKHREJOOKUM MIN DEYAAREKUM AN TABARROOHUM WA TUQSETOO ELAYHIM, INNAL LAAHA YOHIBBUL MUQSETEEN.

Allah does not forbid you from dealing with kindness and justice with those [polytheists] who did not make war against you on account of religion and did not expel you from your homes. Indeed Allah loves the just.

اِنَّمَا يَنْهٰٮكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذِيْنَ قَاتَلُوْكُمْ فِى الدِّيْنِ وَاَخْرَجُوْكُمْ مِّنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوْا عَلٰٓى اِخْرَاجِكُمْ اَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ‌ۚ وَمَنْ يَّتَوَلَّهُمْ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ‏(9)

INNAMAA YANHAAKOMUL LAAHO A’NIL LAZEENA QAATALOOKUM FID DEENE WA AKHRAJOOKUM MIN DEYAAREKUM WA ZAAHAROO A’LAA IKHRAAJEKUM AN TAWALLAWHUM, WA MAN-Y YATAWALLAHUM FA-OOLAAA-EKA HOMUZ ZAALEMOON.

Allah forbids you only in regard to those who made war against you on account of religion and expelled you from your homes and supported [the polytheists of Makkah] in your expulsion, that you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with them—it is they who are the wrongdoers.

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِذَا جَآءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنٰتُ مُهٰجِرٰتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوْهُنَّ‌ ؕ اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِاِيْمَانِهِنَّ‌ ۚ فَاِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوْهُنَّ مُؤْمِنٰتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوْهُنَّ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِ‌ ؕ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّوْنَ لَهُنَّ‌ ۚ وَاٰ تُوْهُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْفَقُوْا‌ ؕ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوْهُنَّ اِذَاۤ اٰ تَيْتُمُوْهُنَّ اُجُوْرَهُنَّ‌ ؕ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوْا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَسْئَلُوْا مَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْئَلُوْا مَاۤ اَنْفَقُوْا‌ ؕ ذٰ لِكُمْ حُكْمُ اللّٰهِ‌ ؕ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ‌ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَلِيْمٌ حَكِيْمٌ‏(10)

YAA AYYOHAL LAZEENA AAMANOO EZAA JAAA-AKOMUL MOAMENAATO MOHAAJERAATIN FAMTAHENOOHUN, ALLAAHO A-A’LAMO BE-EEMAANEHIN, FA-IN A’LIMTOMOOHUNNA MOAMENAATIN FALAA TARJE-O’OHUNNA ELAL KUFFAAR, LAA HUNNA HILLUL LAHUM WA LAA HUM YAHILLOONA LAHUN, WA AATOOHUM MAA ANFAQOO, WA LAA JONAAHA A’LAYKUM AN TANKEHOOHUNNA EZAA AATAYTOMOOHUNNA OJOORAHUN, WA LAA TUMSEKOO BE-E’SAMIL KAWAAFERE WAS ALOO MAA ANFAQTUM WAL YAS-ALOO MAA ANFAQOO, ZAALEKUM HUKMUL LAAH, YAHKOMO BAYNAKUM, WAL LAAHO A’LEEMUN HAKEEM.

O you who have faith! When faithful women come to you as immigrants, test them. Allah knows best [the state of] their faith. Then, if you ascertain them to be [genuinely] faithful women, do not send them back to the faithless. They are not lawful for them, nor are they lawful for them, but give them what [dowry] they have spent [for them]. There is no sin upon you in marrying them when you have given them their dowries. Do not hold on to [conjugal] ties with faithless women. Demand [from the infidels] what you have spent [as dowries], and let the faithless demand [from you] what they have spent [as dowries]. That is Allah’s judgment; He judges between you, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

وَاِنْ فَاتَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَاٰ تُوا الَّذِيْنَ ذَهَبَتْ اَزْوَاجُهُمْ مِّثْلَ مَاۤ اَنْفَقُوْا‌ ؕ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِىْۤ اَنْتُمْ بِهٖ مُؤْمِنُوْنَ‏(11)

WA IN FAATAKUM SHAY-UM MIN AZWAAJEKUM ELAL KUFFAARE FA-A’AQABTUM FA-AATUL LAZEENA ZAHABAT AZWAAJOHUM MISLA MAA ANFAQOO, WAT TAQUL LAAHAL LAZEE ANTUM BEHI MOAMENOON.

If anything [of the dowries] pertaining to your wives is not reclaimed from the faithless and then you have your turn, then give to those whose wives have left the like of what they have spent, and be wary of Allah in whom you have faith.

يٰۤاَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ اِذَا جَآءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللّٰهِ شَيْئًا وَّلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِيْنَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَاْتِيْنَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَّفْتَرِيْنَهٗ بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِنَّ وَاَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْصِيْنَكَ فِىْ مَعْرُوْفٍ‌ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللّٰهَ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ‏(12)

YAA AYYOHAN NABIYYO EZAA JAAA-AKAL MOAMENAATO YOBAAYE’NAKA A’LAA AL LAA YUSHRIKNA BIL-LAAHE SHAY-ANW WA LAA YASRIQNA WA LAA YAZNEENA WA LAA YAQTULNA AWLAADAHUNNA WA LAA YAATEENA BE-BOHTAANIN-Y YAFTAREENAHU BAYNA AYDEEHINNA WA ARJOLEHINNA WA LAA YA’SEENAKA FEE MA’ROOFIN FA-BAAYE’HUNNA WAS TAGHFIR LAHUNNAL LAAH, INNAL LAAHA GHAFOORUR RAHEEM.

O Prophet! If faithful women come to you, to take the oath of allegiance to you, [pledging] that they shall not ascribe any partners to Allah, that they shall not steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor utter any slander that they may have intentionally fabricated, nor disobey you in what is right, then accept their allegiance, and plead for them to Allah for forgiveness. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْمًا غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَئِسُوْا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْقُبُوْرِ‏(13)

YAA AYYOHAL LAZEENA AAMANOO LAA TATAWALLAW QAWMAN GHAZEBAL LAAHO A’LAYHIM QAD YA-ESOO MENAL AAKHERATE KAMAA YA-ESAL KUFFAARO MIN ASHAABIL QOBOOR.

O you who have faith! Do not befriend a people at whom Allah is wrathful: they have despaired of the Hereafter, just as the faithless have despaired of the occupants of the graves.