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Al-Mumtahanah 11

Ayah 11 of 13 · Medinan

وَإِن فَاتَكُمۡ شَيۡءٞ مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبۡتُمۡ فَـَٔاتُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ذَهَبَتۡ أَزۡوَٰجُهُم مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنفَقُواْۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنُونَ ١١

And if you have lost any of your wives to the disbelievers and you subsequently obtain [something],1 then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent. And fear Allāh, in whom you are believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From the side of the disbelievers, i.e., war booty or a believing woman seeking refuge with the Muslims.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. فَاتَكُمۡhave gone from youfātakum
  3. شَيۡءٞanyshayon
  4. مِّنۡofmin
  5. أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۡyour wivesazwājikum
  6. إِلَىtoilā
  7. ٱلۡكُفَّارِthe disbelieversl-kufāri
  8. فَعَاقَبۡتُمۡthen your turn comesfaʿāqabtum
  9. فَـَٔاتُواْthen givefaātū
  10. ٱلَّذِينَ(to) those whoalladhīna
  11. ذَهَبَتۡhave gonedhahabat
  12. أَزۡوَٰجُهُمtheir wivesazwājuhum
  13. مِّثۡلَ(the) likemith'la
  14. مَآ(of) whatmā
  15. أَنفَقُواْۚthey had spentanfaqū
  16. وَٱتَّقُواْAnd fearwa-ittaqū
  17. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  18. ٱلَّذِيٓ(in) Whomalladhī
  19. أَنتُمyouantum
  20. بِهِۦ[in Him]bihi
  21. مُؤۡمِنُونَ(are) believersmu'minūna

Tafsir

If it happens that some of your women leave you for the disbelievers as renegades and you demand your dowry from the disbelievers but they do not give it to you, and thereafter you acquire booty from the disbelievers, then give those husbands whose wives left as renegades the equivalent of the dowry they paid. Be mindful of Allah, in Whom you have faith, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions.

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