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Al-Mumtahanah 8

Ayah 8 of 13 · Medinan

لَّا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَلَمۡ يُخۡرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمۡ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمۡ وَتُقۡسِطُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ ٨

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّاNotlā
  2. يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ(does) forbid youyanhākumu
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. عَنِfromʿani
  5. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  6. لَمۡ(do) notlam
  7. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡfight youyuqātilūkum
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلدِّينِthe religionl-dīni
  10. وَلَمۡand (do) notwalam
  11. يُخۡرِجُوكُمdrive you outyukh'rijūkum
  12. مِّنofmin
  13. دِيَٰرِكُمۡyour homesdiyārikum
  14. أَنthatan
  15. تَبَرُّوهُمۡyou deal kindlytabarrūhum
  16. وَتُقۡسِطُوٓاْand deal justlywatuq'siṭū
  17. إِلَيۡهِمۡۚwith themilayhim
  18. إِنَّIndeedinna
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. يُحِبُّlovesyuḥibbu
  21. ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَthose who act justlyl-muq'siṭīna

Tafsir

Allah does not prohibit you from those who have not fought you on account of your Islam, and who have not expelled you from your homes, that you be good and fair to them by giving them any right they have against you. An example of this is how Asma bint Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq behaved with her disbelieving mother when she came to visit her after she had taken permission from the Prophet (peace be upon him) for this and he instructed her to join family ties. Allah loves those who are just to themselves, their families and what they are in charge of.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran