Surah Al-Mumtahanah (الممتحنة) • She that is to be examined

Quran 60:12

60:12

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْنِينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْتِينَ بِبُهْتَـٰنٍ يَفْتَرِينَهُۥ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْصِينَكَ فِى مَعْرُوفٍ ۙ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O Prophet! When believing women come to you to give you the Bai‘ah (pledge), that they will not associate anything in worship with Allâh, that they will not steal, that they will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, that they will not kill their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood (i.e. by making illegal children belonging to their husbands), and that they will not disobey you in Ma‘rûf (Islâmic Monotheism and all that which Islâm ordains), then accept their Bai‘ah (pledge), and ask Allâh to forgive them. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
إِذَاidhāWhen
جَآءَكَjāakacome to you
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُl-mu'minātuthe believing women
يُبَايِعْنَكَyubāyiʿ'nakapledging to you
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَنanthat
لَّاlānot
يُشْرِكْنَyush'rik'nathey will associate
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْرِقْنَyasriq'nathey will steal
وَلَاwalāand not
يَزْنِينَyaznīnathey will commit adultery
وَلَاwalāand not
يَقْتُلْنَyaqtul'nathey will kill
أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّawlādahunnatheir children
وَلَاwalāand not
يَأْتِينَyatīnathey bring
بِبُهْتَـٰنٍۢbibuh'tāninslander
يَفْتَرِينَهُۥyaftarīnahuthey invent it
بَيْنَbaynabetween
أَيْدِيهِنَّaydīhinnatheir hands
وَأَرْجُلِهِنَّwa-arjulihinnaand their feet
وَلَاwalāand not
يَعْصِينَكَyaʿṣīnakathey will disobey you
فِىfīin
مَعْرُوفٍۢۙmaʿrūfin(the) right
فَبَايِعْهُنَّfabāyiʿ'hunnathen accept their pledge
وَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirand ask forgiveness
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
ٱللَّهَۖl-laha(from) Allah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful