Surah Al-Mumtahanah, ayah 10
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا جَآءَكُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍ فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مَّآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا۟ بِعِصَمِ ٱلْكَوَافِرِ وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ مَآ أَنفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟ مَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine [i.e., test] them. Allāh is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them. But give them [i.e., the disbelievers] what they have spent. And there is no blame upon you if you marry them when you have given them their due compensation [i.e., mahr]. And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent and let them [i.e., the disbelievers] ask for what they have spent. That is the judgement of Allāh; He judges between you. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
- إِذَاidhāWhen
- جَآءَكُمُjāakumucome to you
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing women
- مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍۢmuhājirātin(as) emigrants
- فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖfa-im'taḥinūhunnathen examine them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
- بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖbiīmānihinnaof their faith
- فَإِنْfa-inAnd if
- عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّʿalim'tumūhunnayou know them
- مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢmu'minātin(to be) believers
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تَرْجِعُوهُنَّtarjiʿūhunnareturn them
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖl-kufārithe disbelievers
- لَاlāNot
- هُنَّhunnathey
- حِلٌّۭḥillun(are) lawful
- لَّهُمْlahumfor them
- وَلَاwalāand not
- هُمْhumthey
- يَحِلُّونَyaḥillūnaare lawful
- لَهُنَّ ۖlahunnafor them
- وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumBut give them
- مَّآmāwhat
- أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚanfaqūthey have spent
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- جُنَاحَjunāḥaany blame
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- أَنanif
- تَنكِحُوهُنَّtankiḥūhunnayou marry them
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
- أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚujūrahunnatheir (bridal) dues
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُمْسِكُوا۟tum'sikūhold
- بِعِصَمِbiʿiṣamito marriage bonds
- ٱلْكَوَافِرِl-kawāfiri(with) disbelieving women
- وَسْـَٔلُوا۟wasalūbut ask (for)
- مَآmāwhat
- أَنفَقْتُمْanfaqtumyou have spent
- وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟walyasalūand let them ask
- مَآmāwhat
- أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚanfaqūthey have spent
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
- حُكْمُḥuk'mu(is the) Judgment
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
- يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuHe judges
- بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbaynakumbetween you
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise
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