Quran 60:4 — Al-Mumtahana, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You have a good example in Abraham and his companions, when they said to their people, ‘We disown you and what you worship besides God! We renounce you! Until you believe in God alone, the enmity and hatred that has arisen between us will endure!’––except when Abraham said to his father, ‘I will pray for forgiveness for you though I cannot protect you from God’––[they prayed] ‘Lord, we have put our trust in You; we turn to You; You are our final destination.
قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۖ رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
qad kānat lakum us'watun ḥasanatun fī ib'rāhīma wa-alladhīna maʿahu idh qālū liqawmihim innā buraāu minkum wamimmā taʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi kafarnā bikum wabadā baynanā wabaynakumu l-ʿadāwatu wal-baghḍāu abadan ḥattā tu'minū bil-lahi waḥdahu illā qawla ib'rāhīma li-abīhi la-astaghfiranna laka wamā amliku laka mina l-lahi min shayin rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa-ilayka anabnā wa-ilayka l-maṣīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You have had a good example in Abraham, and those with him, when they said to their people, 'We are quit of you and that you serve, apart from God. We disbelieve in you, and between us and you enmity has shown itself, and hatred for ever, until you believe in God alone. (Except that Abraham said unto his father, 'Certainly I shall ask pardon for thee; but I have no power to do aught for thee against God.') 'Our Lord, in Thee we trust; to Thee we turn; to Thee is the homecoming.
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, you have had a good example in Abraham and those who followed him, when they said unto their [idolatrous] people: "Verily, we are quit of you and of all that you worship instead of God: we deny the truth of whatever you believe; and between us and you there has arisen enmity and hatred, to last until such a time as you come to believe in the One God!" The only exception was Abraham's saying to his father "I shall indeed pray for [God's] forgiveness for thee, although I have it not in my power to obtain anything from God in thy behalf." [And Abraham and his followers prayed:] "O our Sustainer! In Thee have we placed our trust, and unto Thee do we turn: for unto Thee is all journeys' end.
- Sahih International
- There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allāh. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allāh alone" - except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allāh. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَدْqad | Indeed | — |
| 2 | كَانَتْkānat | (there) is | كون |
| 3 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 4 | أُسْوَةٌus'watun | an example | أسو |
| 5 | حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatun | good | حسن |
| 6 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 7 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | Ibrahim | — |
| 8 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those | — |
| 9 | مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahu | with him | — |
| 10 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 11 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 12 | لِقَوْمِهِمْliqawmihim | to their people | قوم |
| 13 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 14 | بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟buraāu | (are) disassociated | برأ |
| 15 | مِنكُمْminkum | from you | — |
| 16 | وَمِمَّاwamimmā | and from what | — |
| 17 | تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna | you worship | عبد |
| 18 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 19 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 20 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 21 | كَفَرْنَاkafarnā | We have denied | كفر |
| 22 | بِكُمْbikum | you | — |
| 23 | وَبَدَاwabadā | and has appeared | بدو |
| 24 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 25 | وَبَيْنَكُمُwabaynakumu | and between you | بين |
| 26 | ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُl-ʿadāwatu | enmity | عدو |
| 27 | وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُwal-baghḍāu | and hatred | بغض |
| 28 | أَبَدًاabadan | forever | أبد |
| 29 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 30 | تُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minū | you believe | أمن |
| 31 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 32 | وَحْدَهُۥٓwaḥdahu | Alone | وحد |
| 33 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 34 | قَوْلَqawla | (the) saying | قول |
| 35 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 36 | لِأَبِيهِli-abīhi | to his father | أبو |
| 37 | لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّla-astaghfiranna | Surely I ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 38 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 39 | وَمَآwamā | but not | — |
| 40 | أَمْلِكُamliku | I have power | ملك |
| 41 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 42 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 43 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 44 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 45 | شَىْءٍۢ ۖshayin | anything | شيأ |
| 46 | رَّبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 47 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | upon You | — |
| 48 | تَوَكَّلْنَاtawakkalnā | we put our trust | وكل |
| 49 | وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilayka | and to You | — |
| 50 | أَنَبْنَاanabnā | we turn | نوب |
| 51 | وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilayka | and to You | — |
| 52 | ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru | (is) the final return | صير |