Surah Al-Mumtaĥanah (She that is to be examined) in English

1. لقد كان لكم فيهم أسوة حسنة لمن كان يرجو الله واليوم الآخر ومن يتول فإن الله هو الغني الحميد

   6

   There is certainly a good exemplar for you in them—for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day—and anyone who refuses to comply [should know that] indeed Allah is the All-sufficient, the All-laudable.

   la-qad kāna lakum fīhim ʾuswatun ḥasanatun li-man kāna yarjū llāha wa-l-yawma l-ʾākhira wa-man yatawalla fa-ʾinna llāha huwa l-ghaniyyu l-ḥamīdu

2. عسى الله أن يجعل بينكم وبين الذين عاديتم منهم مودة والله قدير والله غفور رحيم

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   It may be that Allah will bring about affection between you and those with whom you are at enmity, and Allah is all-powerful, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   ʿasā llāhu ʿan yajʿala baynakum wa-bayna lladhīna ʿādaytum minhum mawaddatan wa-llāhu qadīrun wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

3. لا ينهاكم الله عن الذين لم يقاتلوكم في الدين ولم يخرجوكم من دياركم أن تبروهم وتقسطوا إليهم إن الله يحب المقسطين

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   Allah does not forbid you from dealing with kindness and justice with those [polytheists] who did not make war against you on account of religion and did not expel you from your homes. Indeed Allah loves the just.

   lā yanhākumu llāhu ʿani lladhīna lam yuqātilūkum fī d-dīni wa-lam yukhrijūkum min diyārikum ʾan tabarrūhum wa-tuqsiṭū ʾilayhim ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna

4. إنما ينهاكم الله عن الذين قاتلوكم في الدين وأخرجوكم من دياركم وظاهروا على إخراجكم أن تولوهم ومن يتولهم فأولئك هم الظالمون

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   Allah forbids you only in regard to those who made war against you on account of religion and expelled you from your homes and supported [the polytheists of Makkah] in your expulsion, that you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with them—it is they who are the wrongdoers.

   ʾinnamā yanhākumu llāhu ʿani lladhīna qātalūkum fī d-dīni wa-ʾakhrajūkum min diyārikum wa-ẓāharū ʿalā ʾikhrājikum ʾan tawallawhum wa-man yatawallahum fa-ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna

5. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا جاءكم المؤمنات مهاجرات فامتحنوهن الله أعلم بإيمانهن فإن علمتموهن مؤمنات فلا ترجعوهن إلى الكفار لا هن حل لهم ولا هم يحلون لهن وآتوهم ما أنفقوا ولا جناح عليكم أن تنكحوهن إذا آتيتموهن أجورهن ولا تمسكوا بعصم الكوافر واسألوا ما أنفقتم وليسألوا ما أنفقوا ذلكم حكم الله يحكم بينكم والله عليم حكيم

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   O you who have faith! When faithful women come to you as immigrants, test them. Allah knows best [the state of] their faith. Then, if you ascertain them to be [genuinely] faithful women, do not send them back to the faithless. They are not lawful for them, nor are they lawful for them, but give them what [dowry] they have spent [for them]. There is no sin upon you in marrying them when you have given them their dowries. Do not hold on to [conjugal] ties with faithless women. Demand [from the infidels] what you have spent [as dowries], and let the faithless demand [from you] what they have spent [as dowries]. That is Allah’s judgment; He judges between you, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾidhā jāʾakumu l-muʾminātu muhājirātin fa-mtaḥinūhunna llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-ʾīmānihinna fa-ʾin ʿalimtumūhunna muʾminātin fa-lā tarjiʿūhunna ʾilā l-kuffāri lā hunna ḥillun lahum wa-lā hum yaḥillūna lahunna wa-ʾātūhum mā ʾanfaqū wa-lā junāḥa ʿalaykum ʾan tankiḥūhunna ʾidhā ʾātaytumūhunna ʾujūrahunna wa-lā tumsikū bi-ʿiṣami l-kawāfiri wa-sʾalū mā ʾanfaqtum wa-l-yasʾalū mā ʾanfaqū dhālikum ḥukmu llāhi yaḥkumu baynakum wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

6. وإن فاتكم شيء من أزواجكم إلى الكفار فعاقبتم فآتوا الذين ذهبت أزواجهم مثل ما أنفقوا واتقوا الله الذي أنتم به مؤمنون

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   If anything [of the dowries] pertaining to your wives is not reclaimed from the faithless and then you have your turn, then give to those whose wives have left the like of what they have spent, and be wary of Allah in whom you have faith.

   wa-ʾin fātakum shayʾun min ʾazwājikum ʾilā l-kuffāri fa-ʿāqabtum fa-ʾātū lladhīna dhahabat ʾazwājuhum mithla mā ʾanfaqū wa-ttaqū llāha lladhī ʾantum bihī muʾminūna