Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Ayah 12 (60:12)

ٱلْمُمْتَحَنَة

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِٱللَّهِ …

Quran 60:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Mumtahanah (“She that is to be examined”), a Medinan surah of 13 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 551 of the Madani Mushaf.

60:12
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّإِذَاجَآءَكَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُيُبَايِعْنَكَعَلَىٰٓأَنلَّايُشْرِكْنَبِٱللَّهِشَئًْاوَلَايَسْرِقْنَوَلَايَزْنِينَوَلَايَقْتُلْنَأَوْلَٰدَهُنَّوَلَايَأْتِينَبِبُهْتَٰنٍيَفْتَرِينَهُۥبَيْنَأَيْدِيهِنَّوَأَرْجُلِهِنَّوَلَايَعْصِينَكَفِىمَعْرُوفٍ ۙفَبَايِعْهُنَّوَٱسْتَغْفِرْلَهُنَّٱللَّهَ ۖإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١٢
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

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.(12)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  2. ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
  3. إِذَاidhāWhen
  4. جَآءَكَjāakacome to you
  5. ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing women
  6. يُبَايِعْنَكَyubāyiʿ'nakapledging to you
  7. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
  8. أَنanthat
  9. لَّاlānot
  10. يُشْرِكْنَyush'rik'nathey will associate
  11. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
  12. شَئًْاshayananything
  13. وَلَاwalāand not
  14. يَسْرِقْنَyasriq'nathey will steal
  15. وَلَاwalāand not
  16. يَزْنِينَyaznīnathey will commit adultery
  17. وَلَاwalāand not
  18. يَقْتُلْنَyaqtul'nathey will kill
  19. أَوْلَٰدَهُنَّawlādahunnatheir children
  20. وَلَاwalāand not
  21. يَأْتِينَyatīnathey bring
  22. بِبُهْتَٰنٍbibuh'tāninslander
  23. يَفْتَرِينَهُۥyaftarīnahuthey invent it
  24. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  25. أَيْدِيهِنَّaydīhinnatheir hands
  26. وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّwa-arjulihinnaand their feet
  27. وَلَاwalāand not
  28. يَعْصِينَكَyaʿṣīnakathey will disobey you
  29. فِىfīin
  30. مَعْرُوفٍ ۙmaʿrūfin(the) right
  31. فَبَايِعْهُنَّfabāyiʿ'hunnathen accept their pledge
  32. وَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirand ask forgiveness
  33. لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
  34. ٱللَّهَ ۖl-laha(from) Allah
  35. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  36. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  37. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  38. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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