Surah 60 · Madani · 13 Ayahs

Al-Mumtahanah

She Who Is Examined

الممتحنة

Addresses an incident in which a Muslim leaked a war secret to protect his family, using it to lay down clear principles about loyalty and dealings with those hostile to the faith.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you
ٱلَّذِينَwho
ءَامَنُوا۟believe
لَا(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟take
عَدُوِّىMy enemies
وَعَدُوَّكُمْand your enemies
أَوْلِيَآءَ(as) allies
تُلْقُونَoffering
إِلَيْهِمthem
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِlove
وَقَدْwhile
كَفَرُوا۟they have disbelieved
بِمَاin what
جَآءَكُمcame to you
مِّنَof
ٱلْحَقِّthe truth
يُخْرِجُونَdriving out
ٱلرَّسُولَthe Messenger
وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙand yourselves
أَنbecause
تُؤْمِنُوا۟you believe
بِٱللَّهِin Allah
رَبِّكُمْyour Lord
إِنIf
كُنتُمْyou
خَرَجْتُمْcome forth
جِهَـٰدًۭا(to) strive
فِىin
سَبِيلِىMy way
وَٱبْتِغَآءَand (to) seek
مَرْضَاتِى ۚMy Pleasure
تُسِرُّونَYou confide
إِلَيْهِمto them
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِlove
وَأَنَا۠but I Am
أَعْلَمُmost knowing
بِمَآof what
أَخْفَيْتُمْyou conceal
وَمَآand what
أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚyou declare
وَمَنAnd whoever
يَفْعَلْهُdoes it
مِنكُمْamong you
فَقَدْthen certainly
ضَلَّhe has strayed
سَوَآءَ(from the) straight
ٱلسَّبِيلِpath
1

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.

2
إِنIf
يَثْقَفُوكُمْthey gain dominance over you
يَكُونُوا۟they would be
لَكُمْto you
أَعْدَآءًۭenemies
وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟and extend
إِلَيْكُمْagainst you
أَيْدِيَهُمْtheir hands
وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمand their tongues
بِٱلسُّوٓءِwith evil
وَوَدُّوا۟and they desire
لَوْthat
تَكْفُرُونَyou would disbelieve
2

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.

3
لَنNever
تَنفَعَكُمْwill benefit you
أَرْحَامُكُمْyour relatives
وَلَآand not
أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ ۚyour children
يَوْمَ(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrection
يَفْصِلُHe will judge
بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbetween you
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
بِمَاof what
تَعْمَلُونَyou do
بَصِيرٌۭ(is) All-Seer
3

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.

4
قَدْIndeed
كَانَتْ(there) is
لَكُمْfor you
أُسْوَةٌan example
حَسَنَةٌۭgood
فِىٓin
إِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahim
وَٱلَّذِينَand those
مَعَهُۥٓwith him
إِذْwhen
قَالُوا۟they said
لِقَوْمِهِمْto their people
إِنَّاIndeed, we
بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟(are) disassociated
مِنكُمْfrom you
وَمِمَّاand from what
تَعْبُدُونَyou worship
مِنfrom
دُونِbesides
ٱللَّهِAllah
كَفَرْنَاWe have denied
بِكُمْyou
وَبَدَاand has appeared
بَيْنَنَاbetween us
وَبَيْنَكُمُand between you
ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُenmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُand hatred
أَبَدًاforever
حَتَّىٰuntil
تُؤْمِنُوا۟you believe
بِٱللَّهِin Allah
وَحْدَهُۥٓAlone
إِلَّاExcept
قَوْلَ(the) saying
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ(of) Ibrahim
لِأَبِيهِto his father
لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّSurely I ask forgiveness
لَكَfor you
وَمَآbut not
أَمْلِكُI have power
لَكَfor you
مِنَfrom
ٱللَّهِAllah
مِنof
شَىْءٍۢ ۖanything
رَّبَّنَاOur Lord
عَلَيْكَupon You
تَوَكَّلْنَاwe put our trust
وَإِلَيْكَand to You
أَنَبْنَاwe turn
وَإِلَيْكَand to You
ٱلْمَصِيرُ(is) the final return
4

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.

5
رَبَّنَاOur Lord
لَا(do) not
تَجْعَلْنَاmake us
فِتْنَةًۭa trial
لِّلَّذِينَfor those who
كَفَرُوا۟disbelieve
وَٱغْفِرْand forgive
لَنَاus
رَبَّنَآ ۖour Lord
إِنَّكَIndeed You
أَنتَ[You]
ٱلْعَزِيزُ(are) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُthe All-Wise
5

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."

6
لَقَدْCertainly
كَانَ(there) is
لَكُمْfor you
فِيهِمْin them
أُسْوَةٌan example
حَسَنَةٌۭgood
لِّمَنfor (he) who
كَانَis
يَرْجُوا۟hopeful
ٱللَّهَ(in) Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمَand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ ۚthe Last
وَمَنAnd whoever
يَتَوَلَّturns away
فَإِنَّthen indeed
ٱللَّهَAllah
هُوَHe
ٱلْغَنِىُّ(is) Free of need
ٱلْحَمِيدُthe Praiseworthy
6

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.

7
۞ عَسَىPerhaps
ٱللَّهُAllah
أَن[that]
يَجْعَلَwill put
بَيْنَكُمْbetween you
وَبَيْنَand between
ٱلَّذِينَthose (to) whom
عَادَيْتُمyou have been enemies
مِّنْهُمamong them
مَّوَدَّةًۭ ۚlove
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
قَدِيرٌۭ ۚ(is) All-Powerful
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
غَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭMost Merciful
7

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.

8
لَّاNot
يَنْهَىٰكُمُ(does) forbid you
ٱللَّهُAllah
عَنِfrom
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
لَمْ(do) not
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْfight you
فِىin
ٱلدِّينِthe religion
وَلَمْand (do) not
يُخْرِجُوكُمdrive you out
مِّنof
دِيَـٰرِكُمْyour homes
أَنthat
تَبَرُّوهُمْyou deal kindly
وَتُقْسِطُوٓا۟and deal justly
إِلَيْهِمْ ۚwith them
إِنَّIndeed
ٱللَّهَAllah
يُحِبُّloves
ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَthose who act justly
8

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.

9
إِنَّمَاOnly
يَنْهَىٰكُمُforbids you
ٱللَّهُAllah
عَنِfrom
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْfight you
فِىin
ٱلدِّينِthe religion
وَأَخْرَجُوكُمand drive you out
مِّنof
دِيَـٰرِكُمْyour homes
وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟and support
عَلَىٰٓin
إِخْرَاجِكُمْyour expulsion
أَنthat
تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚyou make them allies
وَمَنAnd whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُمْmakes them allies
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَthen those
هُمُ[they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ(are) the wrongdoers
9

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.

10
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you
ٱلَّذِينَwho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟believe
إِذَاWhen
جَآءَكُمُcome to you
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُthe believing women
مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍۢ(as) emigrants
فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖthen examine them
ٱللَّهُAllah
أَعْلَمُ(is) most knowing
بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖof their faith
فَإِنْAnd if
عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّyou know them
مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢ(to be) believers
فَلَاthen (do) not
تَرْجِعُوهُنَّreturn them
إِلَىto
ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖthe disbelievers
لَاNot
هُنَّthey
حِلٌّۭ(are) lawful
لَّهُمْfor them
وَلَاand not
هُمْthey
يَحِلُّونَare lawful
لَهُنَّ ۖfor them
وَءَاتُوهُمBut give them
مَّآwhat
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚthey have spent
وَلَاAnd not
جُنَاحَany blame
عَلَيْكُمْupon you
أَنif
تَنكِحُوهُنَّyou marry them
إِذَآwhen
ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّyou have given them
أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚtheir (bridal) dues
وَلَاAnd (do) not
تُمْسِكُوا۟hold
بِعِصَمِto marriage bonds
ٱلْكَوَافِرِ(with) disbelieving women
وَسْـَٔلُوا۟but ask (for)
مَآwhat
أَنفَقْتُمْyou have spent
وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟and let them ask
مَآwhat
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚthey have spent
ذَٰلِكُمْThat
حُكْمُ(is the) Judgment
ٱللَّهِ ۖ(of) Allah
يَحْكُمُHe judges
بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbetween you
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knowing
حَكِيمٌۭAll-Wise
10

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.

11
وَإِنAnd if
فَاتَكُمْhave gone from you
شَىْءٌۭany
مِّنْof
أَزْوَٰجِكُمْyour wives
إِلَىto
ٱلْكُفَّارِthe disbelievers
فَعَاقَبْتُمْthen your turn comes
فَـَٔاتُوا۟then give
ٱلَّذِينَ(to) those who
ذَهَبَتْhave gone
أَزْوَٰجُهُمtheir wives
مِّثْلَ(the) like
مَآ(of) what
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚthey had spent
وَٱتَّقُوا۟And fear
ٱللَّهَAllah
ٱلَّذِىٓ(in) Whom
أَنتُمyou
بِهِۦ[in Him]
مُؤْمِنُونَ(are) believers
11

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.

12
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO
ٱلنَّبِىُّProphet
إِذَاWhen
جَآءَكَcome to you
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُthe believing women
يُبَايِعْنَكَpledging to you
عَلَىٰٓ[on]
أَنthat
لَّاnot
يُشْرِكْنَthey will associate
بِٱللَّهِwith Allah
شَيْـًۭٔاanything
وَلَاand not
يَسْرِقْنَthey will steal
وَلَاand not
يَزْنِينَthey will commit adultery
وَلَاand not
يَقْتُلْنَthey will kill
أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّtheir children
وَلَاand not
يَأْتِينَthey bring
بِبُهْتَـٰنٍۢslander
يَفْتَرِينَهُۥthey invent it
بَيْنَbetween
أَيْدِيهِنَّtheir hands
وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّand their feet
وَلَاand not
يَعْصِينَكَthey will disobey you
فِىin
مَعْرُوفٍۢ ۙ(the) right
فَبَايِعْهُنَّthen accept their pledge
وَٱسْتَغْفِرْand ask forgiveness
لَهُنَّfor them
ٱللَّهَ ۖ(from) Allah
إِنَّIndeed
ٱللَّهَAllah
غَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭMost Merciful
12

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.

13
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you
ٱلَّذِينَwho
ءَامَنُواْbelieve
لَا(Do) not
تَتَوَلَّوْاْmake allies
قَوْمًا(of) a people
غَضِبَ(The) wrath
ٱللَّهُ(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ(is) upon them
قَدْIndeed
يَئِسُواْthey despair
مِنَof
ٱلْأَخِرَةِthe Hereafter
كَمَاas
يَئِسَdespair
ٱلْكُفَّارُthe disbelievers
مِنْof
أَصْحَـٰبِ(the) companions
ٱلْقُبُورِ(of) the graves
١٣

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.