Quran 60:12 — Al-Mumtahana, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Prophet, when believing women come and pledge to you that they will not ascribe any partner to God, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor lie about who has fathered their children, nor disobey you in any righteous thing, then you should accept their pledge of allegiance and pray to God to forgive them: God is most forgiving and merciful.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ لَا 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 رَحِيمٌ
yāayyuhā l-nabiyu idhā jāaka l-mu'minātu yubāyiʿ'naka ʿalā an lā yush'rik'na bil-lahi shayan walā yasriq'na walā yaznīna walā yaqtul'na awlādahunna walā yatīna bibuh'tānin yaftarīnahu bayna aydīhinna wa-arjulihinna walā yaʿṣīnaka fī maʿrūfin fabāyiʿ'hunna wa-is'taghfir lahunna l-laha inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O Prophet, when believing women come to thee, swearing fealty to thee upon the terms that they will not associate with God anything, and will not steal, neither commit adultery, nor slay their children, nor bring a calumny they forge between their hands and their feet, nor disobey thee in aught honourable, ask God's forgiveness for them; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- O Prophet! Whenever believing women come unto thee to pledge their allegiance to thee, [pledging] that [henceforth] they would not ascribe divinity, in any way, to aught but God, and would not steal, and would not commit adultery, and would not kill their children, and would not indulge in slander, falsely devising it out of nothingness: and would not disobey thee in anything [that thou declarest to be] right - then accept their pledge of allegiance, and pray to God to forgive them their [past] sins: for, behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- O Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allāh, 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 Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu | Prophet | نبأ |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 4 | جَآءَكَjāaka | come to you | جيأ |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātu | the believing women | أمن |
| 6 | يُبَايِعْنَكَyubāyiʿ'naka | pledging to you | بيع |
| 7 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | [on] | — |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 10 | يُشْرِكْنَyush'rik'na | they will associate | شرك |
| 11 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 12 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 13 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 14 | يَسْرِقْنَyasriq'na | they will steal | سرق |
| 15 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 16 | يَزْنِينَyaznīna | they will commit adultery | زني |
| 17 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 18 | يَقْتُلْنَyaqtul'na | they will kill | قتل |
| 19 | أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّawlādahunna | their children | ولد |
| 20 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 21 | يَأْتِينَyatīna | they bring | أتي |
| 22 | بِبُهْتَـٰنٍۢbibuh'tānin | slander | بهت |
| 23 | يَفْتَرِينَهُۥyaftarīnahu | they invent it | فري |
| 24 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 25 | أَيْدِيهِنَّaydīhinna | their hands | يدي |
| 26 | وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّwa-arjulihinna | and their feet | رجل |
| 27 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 28 | يَعْصِينَكَyaʿṣīnaka | they will disobey you | عصي |
| 29 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 30 | مَعْرُوفٍۢ ۙmaʿrūfin | (the) right | عرف |
| 31 | فَبَايِعْهُنَّfabāyiʿ'hunna | then accept their pledge | بيع |
| 32 | وَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfir | and ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 33 | لَهُنَّlahunna | for them | — |
| 34 | ٱللَّهَ ۖl-laha | (from) Allah | أله |
| 35 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 36 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 37 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 38 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |