Sura 60: Al-Mumtahanah (The Test) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[60:1] O you who believe, you shall not befriend My enemies and your enemies, extending love and friendship to them, even though they have disbelieved in the truth that has come to you. They persecute the messenger, and you, just because you believe in GOD, your Lord. If you mobilize to struggle in My cause, seeking My blessings, how can you secretly love them? I am fully aware of everything you conceal, and everything you declare. Those among you who do this have indeed strayed off the right path.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū[you all] takeعَدُوِّىʿaduwwīMy enemiesوَعَدُوَّكُمْwaʿaduwwakumand your enemiesأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies / friends.تُلْقُونَtul'qūnaYou [all] offeringإِلَيْهِمilayhimto themبِٱلْمَوَدَّةِbil-mawadatiof the loveوَقَدْwaqadwhile verilyكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedبِمَاbimāin whatجَآءَكُمjāakumit came to you [all]مِّنَminaofٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth.يُخْرِجُونَyukh'rijūnaThey drive out / expel / persecuteٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerوَإِيَّاكُمْwa-iyyākumand yourselvesأَنanbecauseتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou [all] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,رَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.إِنinIfكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] hadخَرَجْتُمْkharajtum[you all] mobilizedجِهَـٰدًاjihādan(to) striveفِىfīinسَبِيلِىsabīlīMy causeوَٱبْتِغَآءَwa-ib'tighāaand (to) seekمَرْضَاتِىmarḍātīMy Pleasure.تُسِرُّونَtusirrūnaYou [all] confideإِلَيْهِمilayhimto themبِٱلْمَوَدَّةِbil-mawadatiof the love,وَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I Amأَعْلَمُaʿlamufully awareبِمَآbimāof whatأَخْفَيْتُمْakhfaytumyou [all] concealوَمَآwamāand whatأَعْلَنتُمْaʿlantumyou [all] declare.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَفْعَلْهُyafʿalhuhe does itمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]فَقَدْfaqadthen certainlyضَلَّḍallahe strayedسَوَآءَsawāa(from the) rightٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path. ﴿١﴾

[60:2] Whenever they encounter you, they treat you as enemies, and hurt you with their hands and tongues. They want you to disbelieve.

إِنinIfيَثْقَفُوكُمْyathqafūkumthey encounter you [all] (*in war),يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey (would) beلَكُمْlakumto you [all]أَعْدَآءًaʿdāanenemiesوَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟wayabsuṭūand they extend / stretchإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir handsوَأَلْسِنَتَهُمwa-alsinatahumand their tonguesبِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiwith [the] evil / hurt,وَوَدُّوا۟wawaddūand they desiredلَوْlawifتَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] (would) disbelieve. ﴿٢﴾

[60:3] Your relatives and your money can never help you. On the Day of Resurrection, He will judge among you. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

لَنlanNeverتَنفَعَكُمْtanfaʿakum[it] will benefit you [all]أَرْحَامُكُمْarḥāmukumyour relativesوَلَآwalāand notأَوْلَـٰدُكُمْawlādukumyour childrenيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection.يَفْصِلُyafṣiluHe will judgeبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doبَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٣﴾

[60:4] A good example has been set for you by Abraham and those with him. They said to their people, "We disown you and the idols that you worship besides GOD. We denounce you, and you will see nothing from us except animosity and hatred until you believe in GOD ALONE."* However, a mistake was committed by Abraham when he said to his father, "I will pray for your forgiveness,** but I possess no power to protect you from GOD." "Our Lord, we trust in You, and submit to You; to You is the final destiny.

قَدْqadIndeed,كَانَتْkānatit wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]أُسْوَةٌus'watuna good exampleحَسَنَةٌḥasanatungoodفِىٓfīinإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand thoseمَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him,إِذْidhwhenقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidلِقَوْمِهِمْliqawmihimto their people,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟buraāuinnocent / disownمِنكُمْminkumfrom you [all]وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.كَفَرْنَاkafarnāWe denied / denouncedبِكُمْbikum[of] you [all],وَبَدَاwabadāand it appearedبَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween usوَبَيْنَكُمُwabaynakumuand between you [all]ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُl-ʿadāwatu[the] animosityوَٱلْبَغْضَآءُwal-baghḍāuand the hatredأَبَدًاabadanforeverحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou [all] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin GodوَحْدَهُۥٓwaḥdahuAlone."إِلَّاillāExceptقَوْلَqawlasayingإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamلِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father,لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّla-astaghfiranna"Surely I will ask forgivenessلَكَlakafor you,وَمَآwamābut notأَمْلِكُamlikuI have powerلَكَlakafor youمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنminofشَىْءٍshayinanything."رَّبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon Youتَوَكَّلْنَاtawakkalnāwe put (our) trust,وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilaykaand to Youأَنَبْنَاanabnāwe submitted / turned in repentance repeatedly with sincere deedsوَإِلَيْكَwa-ilaykaand to You (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe final return / destiny. ﴿٤﴾

*60:4 The Arabic word for "ALONE" (WAHDAHU) occurs only six times in the Quran, one of them refers to upholding the Quran ALONE (17:46). The reference to God ALONE occurs in 7:70, 39:45, 40:12 & 84, and 60:4. The sum of these numbers (7+70+39+45+40+12+84+60+4) equals 361, or 19x19. This emphasizes that the main theme of the Quran is "Worship God ALONE." Appendix 1. **60:4 We can pray for guidance for the idolators, not forgiveness, since God's law is that idolatry is the only unforgivable offense (4:48 & 116).

[60:5] "Our Lord, let us not be oppressed by those who disbelieved, and forgive us. You are the Almighty, Most Wise."

رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,لَاlā(do) notتَجْعَلْنَاtajʿalnāYou make usفِتْنَةًfit'natana trial / oppressedلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who / by those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,وَٱغْفِرْwa-igh'firand forgiveلَنَاlanā[for] us,رَبَّنَآrabbanāour Lord.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, [You]أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise." ﴿٥﴾

[60:6] A good example has been set by them for those who seek GOD and the Last Day. As for those who turn away, GOD is in no need (of them), Most Praiseworthy.

لَقَدْlaqadCertainly,كَانَkānathere wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِيهِمْfīhimin themأُسْوَةٌus'watuna good exampleحَسَنَةٌḥasanatungoodلِّمَنlimanfor one (who)كَانَkānahe used toيَرْجُوا۟yarjū[he] hope / expectٱللَّهَl-laha(in) Godوَٱلْيَوْمَwal-yawmaand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرَl-ākhirathe Last.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّyatawallahe turns away,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodهُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu[the] Free of need,ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduMost Praiseworthy. ﴿٦﴾

[60:7] GOD may change the animosity between you and them into love. GOD is Omnipotent. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

عَسَىʿasāPerhapsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيَجْعَلَyajʿalaHe will putبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]وَبَيْنَwabaynaand betweenٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (to) whom (are)عَادَيْتُمʿādaytumyour enemies,مِّنْهُمmin'humamong themمَّوَدَّةًmawaddatanlove.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiver,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٧﴾

[60:8] GOD does not enjoin you from befriending those who do not fight you because of religion, and do not evict you from your homes. You may befriend them and be equitable towards them. GOD loves the equitable.

لَّاlāNotيَنْهَىٰكُمُyanhākumu[He] forbids / enjoins you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَنِʿanifromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَمْlam(do) notيُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkum[they] fight you [all]فِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionوَلَمْwalamand (do) notيُخْرِجُوكُمyukh'rijūkumthey drive you [all] out / evict you [all]مِّنminfromدِيَـٰرِكُمْdiyārikumyour homesأَنanthatتَبَرُّوهُمْtabarrūhumyou [all] deal kindly / befriend themوَتُقْسِطُوٓا۟watuq'siṭūand you [all] deal justly / equitablyإِلَيْهِمْilayhimwith them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُقْسِطِينَl-muq'siṭīnathose who act justly / equitably. ﴿٨﴾

[60:9] GOD enjoins you only from befriending those who fight you because of religion, evict you from your homes, and band together with others to banish you. You shall not befriend them. Those who befriend them are the transgressors.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَنْهَىٰكُمُyanhākumu[He] forbids / enjoins you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَنِʿanifromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoقَـٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkum[they] fought you [all]فِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionوَأَخْرَجُوكُمwa-akhrajūkumand [they] evicted you [all]مِّنminfromدِيَـٰرِكُمْdiyārikumyour homesوَظَـٰهَرُوا۟waẓāharūand [they] supportedعَلَىٰٓʿalāinإِخْرَاجِكُمْikh'rājikumyour eviction,أَنanthatتَوَلَّوْهُمْtawallawhumyou [all] make them allies.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّهُمْyatawallahumhe makes them allies,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٩﴾

[60:10] O you who believe, when believing women (abandon the enemy and) ask for asylum with you, you shall test them. GOD is fully aware of their belief. Once you establish that they are believers, you shall not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful to remain married to them, nor shall the disbelievers be allowed to marry them. Give back the dowries that the disbelievers have paid. You commit no error by marrying them, so long as you pay them their due dowries. Do not keep disbelieving wives (if they wish to join the enemy). You may ask them for the dowry you had paid, and they may ask for what they paid. This is GOD's rule; He rules among you. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِذَاidhāWhenجَآءَكُمُjāakumu[it] came to you [all]ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing womenمُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍmuhājirātin[women] emigrants (seeking asylum),فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّfa-im'taḥinūhunnathen test them [you all].ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (is)أَعْلَمُaʿlamufully awareبِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّbiīmānihinnaof their faith.فَإِنْfa-inAnd ifعَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّʿalim'tumūhunnayou [all] known themمُؤْمِنَـٰتٍmu'minātin(to be) believing women,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَرْجِعُوهُنَّtarjiʿūhunnayou [all] return themإِلَىilātoٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelievers.لَاlāNotهُنَّhunnathey (the women are)حِلٌّḥillunlawfulلَّهُمْlahumfor themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumthey (the men)يَحِلُّونَyaḥillūna[they] are lawfulلَهُنَّlahunnafor them.وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumBut give them [you all]مَّآmāwhatأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spent.وَلَاwalāand noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]أَنanthatتَنكِحُوهُنَّtankiḥūhunnayou [all] marry themإِذَآidhāwhenءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou [all] gave themأُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir dowries.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُمْسِكُوا۟tum'sikūyou [all] remainبِعِصَمِbiʿiṣamito marital bonds (with) ٱلْكَوَافِرِl-kawāfirithe disbelievers (if they wish to join the enemy),وَسْـَٔلُوا۟wasalūbut ask [you all] (for)مَآmāwhatأَنفَقْتُمْanfaqtumyou [all] spent,وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟walyasalūand let them ask (for)مَآmāwhatأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spent.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)حُكْمُḥuk'mu(the) Judgment (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuHe judgesبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١٠﴾

[60:11] If any of your wives join the enemies' camp, and you are forced to fight, you shall force the enemy to compensate the men who lost their wives, by giving them what they spent on their wives. You shall reverence GOD, in whom you believe.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifفَاتَكُمْfātakumit had gone from you [all] / escaped you [all]شَىْءٌshayonanythingمِّنْminofأَزْوَٰجِكُمْazwājikumyour wivesإِلَىilātoٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelieversفَعَاقَبْتُمْfaʿāqabtumthen you [all] retaliated,فَـَٔاتُوا۟faātūthen give / pay / compensate [you all] (to)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoذَهَبَتْdhahabat[it] leftأَزْوَٰجُهُمazwājuhumtheir wivesمِّثْلَmith'la(the) like (of)مَآmāwhatأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spent.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand reverence [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whomأَنتُمantumyou [all] (are)بِهِۦbihiin Himمُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūnabelievers. ﴿١١﴾

[60:12] O you prophet, when the believing women (who abandoned the disbelievers) to seek asylum with you pledge to you that they will not set up any idols besides GOD, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor fabricate any falsehood, nor disobey your righteous orders, you shall accept their pledge, and pray to GOD to forgive them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu[the] prophet!إِذَاidhāWhenجَآءَكَjāaka[it] came to youٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing womenيُبَايِعْنَكَyubāyiʿ'nakathey pledge to youعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَنanthatلَّاlānotيُشْرِكْنَyush'rik'nathey will associateبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Godشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَلَاwalāand notيَسْرِقْنَyasriq'nathey will steal,وَلَاwalāand notيَزْنِينَyaznīnathey will commit adultery,وَلَاwalāand notيَقْتُلْنَyaqtul'nathey will killأَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّawlādahunnatheir children,وَلَاwalāand notيَأْتِينَyatīnathey will bringبِبُهْتَـٰنٍbibuh'tāninof a slander,يَفْتَرِينَهُۥyaftarīnahuthey fabricate itبَيْنَbaynabetweenأَيْدِيهِنَّaydīhinnatheir handsوَأَرْجُلِهِنَّwa-arjulihinnaand their feet,وَلَاwalāand notيَعْصِينَكَyaʿṣīnakathey will disobey youفِىfīinمَعْرُوفٍmaʿrūfinrighteousness / which is recognized as goodفَبَايِعْهُنَّfabāyiʿ'hunnathen accept their pledgeوَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirand ask forgivenessلَهُنَّlahunnafor themٱللَّهَl-laha(from) God.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiver,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٢﴾

[60:13] O you who believe, do not befriend people with whom GOD is angry, and who are hopelessly stuck in disbelief; they are just as hopeless as the disbelievers who are already in the graves.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawyou [all] make allies / befriendقَوْمًاqawmana people (who)غَضِبَghaḍiba(the) wrath / anger (of)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (is)عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them.قَدْqadIndeed,يَئِسُوا۟ya-isūthey despairedمِنَminaofٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterكَمَاkamājust asيَئِسَya-isa[he] despairedٱلْكُفَّارُl-kufāruthe disbelieversمِنْminofأَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions (of)ٱلْقُبُورِl-qubūrithe graves. ﴿١٣﴾

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