Surah Al-Mumtahina 60:8 — translation and meaning

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ۚ لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
لَّا
la
Not
يَنْهَاكُمُ
yanhakumu
(does) forbid you
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
عَنِ
ani
from
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
لَمْ
lam
(do) not
يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ
yuqatilukum
fight you
فِي
fi
in
الدِّينِ
al-dini
the religion
وَلَمْ
walam
and (do) not
يُخْرِجُوكُم
yukh'rijukum
drive you out
مِّن
min
of
دِيَارِكُمْ
diyarikum
your homes
أَن
an
that
تَبَرُّوهُمْ
tabarruhum
you deal kindly
وَتُقْسِطُوا
watuq'situ
and deal justly
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
with them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuhibbu
loves
الْمُقْسِطِينَ
al-muq'sitina
those who act justly

Transliteration

Laa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena lam yuqaatilookum fid deeni wa lam yukhrijookum min diyaarikum an tabarroohum wa tuqsitooo ilaihim; innal laaha yuhibbul muqsiteen

Translation

Allah 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, Allah loves those who act justly.

Verse interpretation (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.

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

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