Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 5
ٱدْعُوهُمْ لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَآ أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allāh. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you. And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.
Al-Ahzab · 33:5
Word by word
- ٱدْعُوهُمْid'ʿūhumCall them
- لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْliābāihimby their fathers
- هُوَhuwait
- أَقْسَطُaqsaṭu(is) more just
- عِندَʿindanear
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- لَّمْlamnot
- تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou know
- ءَابَآءَهُمْābāahumtheir fathers
- فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukumthen (they are) your brothers
- فِىfīin
- ٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] religion
- وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚwamawālīkumand your friends
- وَلَيْسَwalaysaBut not is
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- جُنَاحٌۭjunāḥunany blame
- فِيمَآfīmāin what
- أَخْطَأْتُمakhṭatumyou made a mistake
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- مَّاmāwhat
- تَعَمَّدَتْtaʿammadatintended
- قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚqulūbukumyour hearts
- وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah
- غَفُورًۭاghafūran(is) Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMost Merciful
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