Quran 60:10 — Al-Mumtahana, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, test the believing women when they come to you as emigrants- God knows best about their faith- and if you are sure of their belief, do not send them back to the disbelievers: they are not lawful wives for them, nor are the disbelievers their lawful husbands. Give the disbelievers whatever bride-gifts they have paid- if you choose to marry them, there is no blame on you once you have paid their bride-gifts- and do not yourselves hold on to marriage ties with disbelieving women. Ask for repayment of the bride-gifts you have paid, and let the disbelievers do the same. This is God’s judgement: He judges between you, God is all knowing and wise.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ ۖ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ ۖ وَآتُوهُمْ مَا أَنْفَقُوا ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَاسْأَلُوا مَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْأَلُوا مَا أَنْفَقُوا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ اللَّهِ ۖ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā jāakumu l-mu'minātu muhājirātin fa-im'taḥinūhunna l-lahu aʿlamu biīmānihinna fa-in ʿalim'tumūhunna mu'minātin falā tarjiʿūhunna ilā l-kufāri lā hunna ḥillun lahum walā hum yaḥillūna lahunna waātūhum mā anfaqū walā junāḥa ʿalaykum an tankiḥūhunna idhā ātaytumūhunna ujūrahunna walā tum'sikū biʿiṣami l-kawāfiri wasalū mā anfaqtum walyasalū mā anfaqū dhālikum ḥuk'mu l-lahi yaḥkumu baynakum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, when believing women come to you as emigrants, test them. God knows very well their belief. Then, if you know them to be believers, return them not to the unbelievers. They are not permitted to the unbelievers, nor are the unbelievers permitted to them. Give the unbelievers what they have expended; and there is no fault in you to marry them when you have given them their wages. Do not hold fast to the ties of unbelieving women, and ask what you have expended, and let them ask what they have expended. That is God's judgment; He judges between you; and God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Whenever believing women come unto you, forsaking the domain of evil, examine them, [although only] God is fully aware of their faith; and if you have thus ascertained that they are believers, do not send them back to the deniers of the truth, [since] they are [no longer] lawful to their erstwhile husbands, and these are [no longer] lawful to them. None the less, you shall return to them whatever they have spent [on their wives by way of dower]; and [then, O believers,] you will be committing no sin if you marry them after giving them their dowers. On the other hand, hold not to the marriage-tie with women who [continue to] deny the truth, and ask but for [the return of] whatever you have spent [by way of dower] -just as they [whose wives have gone over to you] have the right to demand [the return of] whatever they have spent. Such is God's judgment: He judges between you [in equity] - for God is all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 5 | جَآءَكُمُjāakumu | come to you | جيأ |
| 6 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātu | the believing women | أمن |
| 7 | مُهَـٰجِرَٰتٍۢmuhājirātin | (as) emigrants | هجر |
| 8 | فَٱمْتَحِنُوهُنَّ ۖfa-im'taḥinūhunna | then examine them | محن |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 10 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 11 | بِإِيمَـٰنِهِنَّ ۖbiīmānihinna | of their faith | أمن |
| 12 | فَإِنْfa-in | And if | — |
| 13 | عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّʿalim'tumūhunna | you know them | علم |
| 14 | مُؤْمِنَـٰتٍۢmu'minātin | (to be) believers | أمن |
| 15 | فَلَاfalā | then (do) not | — |
| 16 | تَرْجِعُوهُنَّtarjiʿūhunna | return them | رجع |
| 17 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 18 | ٱلْكُفَّارِ ۖl-kufāri | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 19 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 20 | هُنَّhunna | they | — |
| 21 | حِلٌّۭḥillun | (are) lawful | حلل |
| 22 | لَّهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 23 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 24 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 25 | يَحِلُّونَyaḥillūna | are lawful | حلل |
| 26 | لَهُنَّ ۖlahunna | for them | — |
| 27 | وَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhum | But give them | أتي |
| 28 | مَّآmā | what | — |
| 29 | أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚanfaqū | they have spent | نفق |
| 30 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 31 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | any blame | جنح |
| 32 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 33 | أَنan | if | — |
| 34 | تَنكِحُوهُنَّtankiḥūhunna | you marry them | نكح |
| 35 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 36 | ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunna | you have given them | أتي |
| 37 | أُجُورَهُنَّ ۚujūrahunna | their (bridal) dues | أجر |
| 38 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 39 | تُمْسِكُوا۟tum'sikū | hold | مسك |
| 40 | بِعِصَمِbiʿiṣami | to marriage bonds | عصم |
| 41 | ٱلْكَوَافِرِl-kawāfiri | (with) disbelieving women | كفر |
| 42 | وَسْـَٔلُوا۟wasalū | but ask (for) | سأل |
| 43 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 44 | أَنفَقْتُمْanfaqtum | you have spent | نفق |
| 45 | وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا۟walyasalū | and let them ask | سأل |
| 46 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 47 | أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚanfaqū | they have spent | نفق |
| 48 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | That | — |
| 49 | حُكْمُḥuk'mu | (is the) Judgment | حكم |
| 50 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 51 | يَحْكُمُyaḥkumu | He judges | حكم |
| 52 | بَيْنَكُمْ ۚbaynakum | between you | بين |
| 53 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 54 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knowing | علم |
| 55 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |