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Al-Mumtahanah 12

Ayah 12 of 13 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ يُبَايِعۡنَكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّا يُشۡرِكۡنَ بِٱللَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَسۡرِقۡنَ وَلَا يَزۡنِينَ وَلَا يَقۡتُلۡنَ أَوۡلَٰدَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأۡتِينَ بِبُهۡتَٰنٖ يَفۡتَرِينَهُۥ بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِنَّ وَأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعۡصِينَكَ فِي مَعۡرُوفٖ فَبَايِعۡهُنَّ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُنَّ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٢

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,1 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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This is an allusion to pregnancy and childbirth, i.e., to falsely attribute a child (whether adopted or born of adultery) to a woman's husband.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّبِيُّProphetl-nabiyu
  3. إِذَاWhenidhā
  4. جَآءَكَcome to youjāaka
  5. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُthe believing womenl-mu'minātu
  6. يُبَايِعۡنَكَpledging to youyubāyiʿ'naka
  7. عَلَىٰٓ[on]ʿalā
  8. أَنthatan
  9. لَّاnotlā
  10. يُشۡرِكۡنَthey will associateyush'rik'na
  11. بِٱللَّهِwith Allahbil-lahi
  12. شَيۡـٔٗاanythingshayan
  13. وَلَاand notwalā
  14. يَسۡرِقۡنَthey will stealyasriq'na
  15. وَلَاand notwalā
  16. يَزۡنِينَthey will commit adulteryyaznīna
  17. وَلَاand notwalā
  18. يَقۡتُلۡنَthey will killyaqtul'na
  19. أَوۡلَٰدَهُنَّtheir childrenawlādahunna
  20. وَلَاand notwalā
  21. يَأۡتِينَthey bringyatīna
  22. بِبُهۡتَٰنٖslanderbibuh'tānin
  23. يَفۡتَرِينَهُۥthey invent ityaftarīnahu
  24. بَيۡنَbetweenbayna
  25. أَيۡدِيهِنَّtheir handsaydīhinna
  26. وَأَرۡجُلِهِنَّand their feetwa-arjulihinna
  27. وَلَاand notwalā
  28. يَعۡصِينَكَthey will disobey youyaʿṣīnaka
  29. فِيinfī
  30. مَعۡرُوفٖ(the) rightmaʿrūfin
  31. فَبَايِعۡهُنَّthen accept their pledgefabāyiʿ'hunna
  32. وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡand ask forgivenesswa-is'taghfir
  33. لَهُنَّfor themlahunna
  34. ٱللَّهَۚ(from) Allahl-laha
  35. إِنَّIndeedinna
  36. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  37. غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  38. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

O prophet, when believing women come to pledge allegiance to you - as occurred at the time of the conquest of Makkah - that they will not associate anything as partner to Allah, but they will worship Him alone, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children in accordance with the custom of the people of ignorance, nor attribute to their husbands their children from adultery, no go against you in any righteous thing such as His prohibition from wailing, shaving off hair and tearing garments: - then accept their pledge of allegiance, and seek forgiveness for them from Allah for their sins after they pledge allegiance to you. Allah Forgiving to those servants of His who repent to him and He is merciful to them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran