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

Quran 60:4

60:4

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allâh: we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you hostility and hatred for ever until you believe in Allâh Alone" - except the saying of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) to his father: "Verily, I will ask forgiveness (from Allâh) for you, but I have no power to do anything for you before Allâh." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our) final Return.

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

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Word by Word

قَدْqadIndeed
كَانَتْkānat(there) is
لَكُمْlakumfor you
أُسْوَةٌus'watunan example
حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatungood
فِىٓfīin
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him
إِذْidhwhen
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
لِقَوْمِهِمْliqawmihimto their people
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟buraāu(are) disassociated
مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from what
تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَفَرْنَاkafarnāWe have denied
بِكُمْbikumyou
وَبَدَاwabadāand has appeared
بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
وَبَيْنَكُمُwabaynakumuand between you
ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُl-ʿadāwatuenmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُwal-baghḍāuand hatred
أَبَدًاabadanforever
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَحْدَهُۥٓwaḥdahuAlone
إِلَّاillāExcept
قَوْلَqawla(the) saying
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّla-astaghfirannaSurely I ask forgiveness
لَكَlakafor you
وَمَآwamābut not
أَمْلِكُamlikuI have power
لَكَlakafor you
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنminof
شَىْءٍۢۖshayinanything
رَّبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon You
تَوَكَّلْنَاtawakkalnāwe put our trust
وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilaykaand to You
أَنَبْنَاanabnāwe turn
وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilaykaand to You
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return