Surah Al Mumtahanah

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَّخِذُوْا عَدُوِّيْ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ تُلْقُوْنَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوْا بِمَا جَاۤءَكُمْ مِّنَ الْحَقِّۚ يُخْرِجُوْنَ الرَّسُوْلَ وَاِيَّاكُمْ اَنْ تُؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ رَبِّكُمْۗ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَادًا فِيْ سَبِيْلِيْ وَابْتِغَاۤءَ مَرْضَاتِيْ تُسِرُّوْنَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَاَنَا۠ اَعْلَمُ بِمَآ اَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَآ اَعْلَنْتُمْۗ وَمَنْ يَّفْعَلْهُ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاۤءَ السَّبِيْلِ

   Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū lā tattakhiżū ‘aduwwī wa ‘aduwwakum auliyā'a tulqūna ilaihim bil-mawaddati wa qad kafarū bimā jā'akum minal-ḥaqq(i), yukhrijūnar-rasūla wa iyyākum an tu'minū billāhi rabbikum, in kuntum kharajtum jihādan fī sabīlī wabtigā'a marḍātī tusirrūna ilaihim bil-mawaddah(ti), wa ana a‘lamu bimā akhfaitum wa mā a‘lantum, wa may yaf‘alhu minkum faqad ḍalla sawā'as-sabīl(i).

   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.

2. اِنْ يَّثْقَفُوْكُمْ يَكُوْنُوْا لَكُمْ اَعْدَاۤءً وَّيَبْسُطُوْٓا اِلَيْكُمْ اَيْدِيَهُمْ وَاَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّوْۤءِ وَوَدُّوْا لَوْ تَكْفُرُوْنَۗ

   Iy yaṡqafūkum yakūnū lakum a‘dā'aw wa yabsuṭū ilaikum aidiyahum wa alsinatahum bis-sū'i wa waddū lau takfurūn(a).

   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.

3. لَنْ تَنْفَعَكُمْ اَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَآ اَوْلَادُكُمْ ۛيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۛيَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْۗ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ

   Lan tanfa‘akum arḥāmukum wa lā aulādukum yaumal-qiyāmati yafṣilu bainakum, wallāhu bimā ta‘malūna baṣīr(un).

   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.

4. قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِيْٓ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَالَّذِيْنَ مَعَهٗۚ اِذْ قَالُوْا لِقَوْمِهِمْ اِنَّا بُرَءٰۤؤُا مِنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۖ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاۤءُ اَبَدًا حَتّٰى تُؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَحْدَهٗٓ اِلَّا قَوْلَ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لِاَبِيْهِ لَاَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ اَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۗ رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ اَنَبْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيْرُ

   Qad kānat lakum uswatun ḥasanatun fī ibrāhīma wal-lażīna ma‘ah(ū), iż qālū liqaumihim innā bura'ā'u minkum wa mimmā ta‘budūna min dūnillāh(i), kafarnā bikum wa badā bainanā wa bainakumul-‘adāwatu wal-bagḍā'u abadan ḥattā tu'minū billāhi waḥdahū illā qaula ibrāhīma li'abīhi la'astagfiranna laka wa mā amliku laka minallāhi min syai'(in), rabbanā ‘alaika tawakkalnā wa ilaika anabnā wa ilaikal-maṣīr(u).

   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.

5. رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَاۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ

   Rabbanā lā taj‘alnā fitnatal lil-lażīna kafarū wagfir lanā rabbanā, innaka antal-‘azīzul-ḥakīm(u).

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

6. لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيْهِمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَۗ وَمَنْ يَّتَوَلَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيْدُ ࣖ

   Laqad kāna lakum fīhim uswatun ḥasanatul liman kāna yarjullāha wal-yaumal-ākhir(a), wa may yatawalla fa'innallāha huwal-ganiyyul-ḥamīd(u).

   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.

7. ۞ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَّجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِّنْهُمْ مَّوَدَّةًۗ وَاللّٰهُ قَدِيْرٌۗ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ

   ‘Asallāhu ay yaj‘ala bainakum wa bainal-lażīna ‘ādaitum minhum mawaddah(tan), wallāhu qadīr(un), wallāhu gafūrur raḥīm(un).

   ˹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.

8. لَا يَنْهٰىكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذِيْنَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوْكُمْ فِى الدِّيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوْكُمْ مِّنْ دِيَارِكُمْ اَنْ تَبَرُّوْهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوْٓا اِلَيْهِمْۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِيْنَ

   Lā yanhākumullāhu ‘anil-lażīna lam yuqātilūkum fid-dīni wa lam yukhrijūkum min diyārikum an tabarrūhum wa tuqsiṭū ilaihim, innallāha yuḥibbul-muqsiṭīn(a).

   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.

9. اِنَّمَا يَنْهٰىكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذِيْنَ قَاتَلُوْكُمْ فِى الدِّيْنِ وَاَخْرَجُوْكُمْ مِّنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوْا عَلٰٓى اِخْرَاجِكُمْ اَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْۚ وَمَنْ يَّتَوَلَّهُمْ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ

   Innamā yanhākumullāhu ‘anil-lażīna qātalūkum fid-dīni wa akhrajūkum min diyārikum wa ẓāharū ‘alā ikhrājikum an tawallauhum, wa may yatawallahum fa'ulā'ika humuẓ-ẓālimūn(a).

   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.

10. يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِذَا جَاۤءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنٰتُ مُهٰجِرٰتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوْهُنَّۗ اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِاِيْمَانِهِنَّ فَاِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوْهُنَّ مُؤْمِنٰتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوْهُنَّ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِۗ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّوْنَ لَهُنَّۗ وَاٰتُوْهُمْ مَّآ اَنْفَقُوْاۗ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوْهُنَّ اِذَآ اٰتَيْتُمُوْهُنَّ اُجُوْرَهُنَّۗ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوْا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَسْـَٔلُوْا مَآ اَنْفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوْا مَآ اَنْفَقُوْاۗ ذٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ اللّٰهِ ۗيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْۗ وَاللّٰهُ عَلِيْمٌ حَكِيْمٌ

    Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū iżā jā'akumul-mu'minātu muhājirātin famtaḥinūhunn(a), allāhu a‘lamu bi'īmānihinna fa'in ‘alimtumūhunna mu'minātin falā tarji‘ūhunna ilal-kuffār(i), lā hunna ḥillul lahum wa lā hum yaḥillūna lahunn(a), wa ātūhum mā anfaqū, wa lā junāḥa ‘alaikum an tankiḥūhunna iżā ātaitumūhunna ujūrahunn(a), wa lā tumsikū bi‘iṣamil-kawāfiri was'alū mā anfaqū, żālikum ḥukmullāh(i), yaḥkumu bainakum, wallāhu ‘alīmun ḥakīm(un).

    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.

11. وَاِنْ فَاتَكُمْ شَيْءٌ مِّنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَاٰتُوا الَّذِيْنَ ذَهَبَتْ اَزْوَاجُهُمْ مِّثْلَ مَآ اَنْفَقُوْاۗ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِيْٓ اَنْتُمْ بِهٖ مُؤْمِنُوْنَ

    Wa in fātakum syai'um min azwājikum ilal-kuffāri fa‘āqabtum fa'ātul-lażīna żahabat azwājuhum miṡla mā anfaqū, wattaqullāhal-lażī antum bihī mu'minūn(a).

    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.

12. يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِذَا جَاۤءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللّٰهِ شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِيْنَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْتِيْنَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَّفْتَرِيْنَهٗ بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِنَّ وَاَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْصِيْنَكَ فِيْ مَعْرُوْفٍ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللّٰهَ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ

    Yā ayyuhan-nabiyyu iżā jā'akal-mu'minātu yubāyi‘naka ‘alā allā yusyrikna billāhi syai'aw wa lā yasriqna wa lā yaznīna wa lā yaqtulna aulādahunna wa lā ya'tīna bibuhtāniy yaftarīnahū baina aidīhinna wa arjulihinna wa lā ya‘ṣīnaka fī ma‘rūfin fabāyi‘hunna wastagfir lahunnallāh(a), innallāha gafūrur raḥīm(un).

    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.

13. يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْمًا غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَىِٕسُوْا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِ كَمَا يَىِٕسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْقُبُوْرِ ࣖ

    Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū lā tatawallau qauman gaḍiballāhu ‘alaihim qad ya'isū minal-ākhirati kamā ya'isal-kuffāru min aṣḥābil-qubūr(i).

    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.