Surah Al-Mumtahina 60:12 — translation and meaning

الممتحنة · Verse 12 / 13 · Page 551

ۙ ۖ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَى أَن لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْتِينَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَفْتَرِينَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْصِينَكَ فِي مَعْرُوفٍ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۙ
ۖ
يَا أَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O
النَّبِيُّ
al-nabiyu
Prophet
إِذَا
idha
When
جَاءَكَ
jaaka
come to you
الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ
al-mu'minatu
the believing women
يُبَايِعْنَكَ
yubayi'naka
pledging to you
عَلَى
ala
[on]
أَن
an
that
لَّا
la
not
يُشْرِكْنَ
yush'rik'na
they will associate
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
شَيْئًا
shayan
anything
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَسْرِقْنَ
yasriq'na
they will steal
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَزْنِينَ
yaznina
they will commit adultery
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَقْتُلْنَ
yaqtul'na
they will kill
أَوْلَادَهُنَّ
awladahunna
their children
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَأْتِينَ
yatina
they bring
بِبُهْتَانٍ
bibuh'tanin
slander
يَفْتَرِينَهُ
yaftarinahu
they invent it
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
أَيْدِيهِنَّ
aydihinna
their hands
وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ
wa-arjulihinna
and their feet
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَعْصِينَكَ
ya'sinaka
they will disobey you
فِي
fi
in
مَعْرُوفٍ
ma'rufin
(the) right
فَبَايِعْهُنَّ
fabayi'hunna
then accept their pledge
وَاسْتَغْفِرْ
wa-is'taghfir
and ask forgiveness
لَهُنَّ
lahunna
for them
اللَّهَ
al-laha
(from) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌ
ghafurun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
rahimun
Most Merciful

Transliteration

Yaaa ayyuhan nabbiyyu izaa jaaa'akal mu'minaau yubaai naka 'alaaa allaa yushrikna billaahi shai 'anw wa laa yasriqna wa laa yazneena wa laa yaqtulna awlaadahunna wa laa yaateena bibuhtaaniny yaftaree nahoo baina aydeehinna wa arjulihinna wa laa ya'seenaka fee ma'roofin fabaayi'hunna wastaghfir lahunnal laaha innnal laaha ghafoorur raheem

Translation

O Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allah, 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, nor will they disobey you in what is right - then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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